Wherever and whatever you celebrate, here's wishing you a season of joy--and good reading, too! I'll be back in mid-January with more great reads, plus updates about the next book in my Waterside Kennels mystery series. ~Susan
Tag: Waterside Kennels mystery series
Digging for Treasure
While mystery fiction has quite a few dog-related series, none of them were set in a boarding kennel at the time Deadly Ties was published. Makes a great setting with plenty of characters coming and going—and dogs, of course! The kennel becomes the physical “anchor” for the book, and for the entire series. As the series …
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The Beautiful Ozarks
When I travel, I'm often asked "What's it like to live in the Ozarks?" Borrowing a Native American phrase I like to say that to live among these hills is to "walk in beauty." You needn't take my word for it, though. Here's a slideshow of photographs taken by Arkansas photographer David Dedman: These photographs capture the beauty of our …
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Folklore in Fiction
I'm an "up close and personal" kind of researcher. So when I'm working on my regional series, that means I'm often out in the hills, meeting people and listening to the stories that have been handed down, one generation to the next, keeping the old legends alive. The story of the Yokum Dollar is one of …
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Fact, Fiction, and Folklore
I’m honored to have been invited once again to the Fayetteville (AR) Public Library for a book discussion and signing of Deadly Ties, the first in the Waterside Kennels mystery series. If you’re in the area, please join me from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, October 11th. This presentation will explore the art of blending fact, …
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