“There’s something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.” Ronald Reagan A lady riding next to me on the trail ride this past weekend reminded me of that quote, and we both gave it hearty “amens.” It was Sunday morning, so the amen seemed appropriate. People who …
My new mystery will be released in December by Five Star, so I thought I would post a few excerpts between now and then. Enjoy…. OPEN SEASONPROLOGUE Sarah took a deep breath and faced Quinlin in the stuffy cubbyhole of an office. The room was hot and musty. Dust motes floated in the slivers of …
THE KINGDOM WHERE NOBODY DIES Kathleen HillsPoisoned Pen Press, January 2008hard cover,316 pagesISBN: 978-1-59058-476-7 The author of this novel has a strong background in rural America, particularly in the Upper Midwest. It shows in many of the nuances that affect the progress of this story. The novel is replete with icons of small towns, some …
It’s terrible when a cold slams into you and literally takes three days out of your carefully planned schedule. That’s what happened to me this week when I was supposed to be gathering interesting pieces of news to lay out here for comment. There was lots of other work I was supposed to be doing, …
Felicity Howard,American Heroine Abroad Maryann: Felicity, welcome to It’s Not All Gravy Felicity: Thank you, Maryann. I’m delighted to be here for my very first interview. I don’t know why people always interview that Donna Fletcher Crow woman when I’m more than capable of speaking for myself. Maryann: The circumstances that led you to become …
I hope everyone will come back tomorrow for a fun interview with Felicity Howard, the central character in Donna Crow’s new mystery, A Very Private Grave. The book was released in the UK in June and has just had its official US release in September. Felicity Howard, a young American studying for the Anglican priesthood …
….heard of anything so absurd. Well, actually I have heard some pretty absurd things, but this one is a step above – or below- many others. Firefighters in rural Indiana did not respond to a 911 call about a house-fire because the owners had failed to pay the annual $75.00 fee to the city for …
…putting up a new post yesterday. Obvious to the most casual observer, right? I had every intention of putting something new up, but as the old cliche goes, the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray. We had a power outage that started about eight in the morning and lasted until almost …
Since Sunday is book review day here, I thought I’d post the review I just received for my December release, Open Season. This was in Publisher’s Weekly, and I am both humbled and thrilled at the review. Open Season Maryann Miller, Five Star Cengage/Gale $25.95 (302p) ISBN 978-1-59414-915-3 Miller spins a tight tale that’s a …
Talk about absurd. Dez Bryant of the Dallas Cowboys took the team out to dinner at an upscale restaurant recently, and the players ordered everything on the menu. They also took home expensive bottles of wine. The dinner check? Are you sitting down? $54,896. An editorial writer for The Dallas Morning News made this comment, “Look, …
