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📚 A Haunting and an Ancient Monolith 📚
Hey there, lovely reader! I went to the pictures last week to see Kenneth Branagh's A Haunting in Venice. I don't go to the movies that much. It's too loud. I am probably the only person who takes her earbuds with her, switches them to noise cancellation, and can...
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Book news, life musings, and the occasional cat picture.
📚 Can you help Annabelle? 📚
Hey there, Phew! Have I been hot, dirty, and dusty these past few weeks? I am helping a relative declutter her home. It's been hard, physical work - quite the opposite to the type of work I usually do - but very satisfying and, I hope, helpful. Help Annabelle find a...
📚 New York, here I come 📚
Hey there, I'm off to New York for my son's graduation on Saturday. We're staying all week to enjoy the sights, a show or two, and a couple of escape rooms. I can't wait! The ceremonies are taking place at Radio City Music Hall and Yankee Stadium, two places I haven't...
📚 Cajun Catastrophe is live 📚
Hello! It is my pleasure to announce that the fourth book in the Roxy Reinhardt mystery series, Cajun Catastrophe has hit the Amazon shelves. Buy Cajun Catastrophe or read for free with Kindle Unlimited If you missed last week's cover reveal, scroll no further and go...
📚 Don't lose out 📚
Greetings! I'm getting closer and closer to publishing the next book in the Roxy Reinhardt series, Cajun Catastrophe. Early feedback has been fantastic. I can't wait to share it with you. If you missed last week's cover reveal, scroll no further and go here. To whet...
📚 Need a little pick-me-up? 📚
Hey there, Thank you so much for all the well wishes. I am well on the way to recovery now. COVID plus pneumonia was no fun, but our Starry looked after me and, well, who could resist that cute face? Writing isn't physically strenuous, so I have been able to work in...
Would you do me a favor?
Greetings, I hope you are doing well. I am decompressing from my trip, attending to a few things Stateside, and getting ready for my son's graduation next month in New York. It was so lovely to share with you my UK experiences. As I replied to readers who wrote to me,...
📚 Bye-bye UK 📚
Hey there, Greetings, When you receive this, I'll be touching down again in San Francisco, two months after leaving for a trip to the UK. Someone asked me how the trip had gone. It has been by far my longest visit since I left the country nearly 27 years ago, and I...
📚 Paris 📚
Hey there, Well, what an adventure I've been on. Since I last wrote to you, I've gone from being stranded by snow to navigating a fiery dystopian hellscape. But I tell you, to an author, it's all grist for the mill. Expect my experiences to be featured in a story or...
📚 Is this my real name? 📚
Hey there! This week I have answers to some questions, and of course some photos. There won't be a newsletter next Thursday because I'll be in Paris with my son who is flying in from New York. We will meet at St. Pancras International and take the train under the...
📚 Which one of these? 📚
Hey there! Gosh, this week's been busy. I feel I've finally mastered the basics of living out in the sticks. I know when the freshly-baked cakes are delivered to the coffee shop. I've eaten in the pub. I've discovered there is a bus tracker app. (OMG. There. is. a....
