Mojo/4 and final
I've enjoyed writing this blog, but frankly, I'll be glad to turn it back over to Linda. She's not very good at technical things, but I'm even worse. So I'll concentate on fighting crime and not joining the ghost-brigade before my time, and let her do this.She's going...
Mojo/Day 2
I've already written this once. Hopefully, the blog gods won't zap it into the ethers this time.I wanted to tell you all about Tucker Darroch, the man in my life. Unlike Nick, he's alive, which is a big plus. He's an undercover cop--when I met him, he was posing as a...
Mojo Day 3
Dead people.It's me, me, me with them.Find out who killed me, pass on this message--yada yada yada.Wouldn't you think they'd KNOW who killed them, for pete's sake? But no. Truth is, a lot of them haven't even picked up on the fact that they're dead in the first place....
Mojo/Day 1
I guess one of the first things you need to know about me—Mojo Sheepshanks—is that I'm determined. Due to weather in Spokane, Linda's computer won't go online. So I'm writing this, and then our good friend, Nancy Berland, will post it on the blog....
Sheep and Shepherds
(Still Linda. Mojo comes on Monday.)Recently, I've read a book that has touched me deeply, and taken me to a new level. It's called "A Shepherd Looks at the 23rd Psalm", by Phillip Keller. I have always loved that Psalm, but I have a greater understanding of it now.I...
Coming Soon to a Blog Near You
Don't say I didn't warn you.I'm taking next week off from the blog, and Mojo Sheepshanks will be taking over for me Monday-Thursday. On Friday, Mojo and I are both going to California, where I'll be keynoting the LaJolla Writers' Conference. Just to prepare you a...
Crisp, Cool and Sunny
That's how it is this morning, in Spokane, Washington. There's a chill in the bright air, though, as if we might get snow. I would love that, even though it's pretty early in the year for the white stuff. I remember one Halloween in my childhood when we had three feet...
Ordinary Days/Magical Days
I'm grateful for Ordinary Days--Tuesdays, like this one, with no appointments and no planes to catch. For me, it's thanksgiving. I can write. My dogs are nearby, and my cats. (The horses, alas, are still up the road at boarding school, but I'll have the barn up by...
Weather Report
It's crisp and cool this morning, with a bright sun shining its blessings down on all of us.This past Saturday, I attended the Lael Family Reunion in Colville, Washington (for those of you who don't live around these here parts, it's pronounced CALLville, not...
Major P.S.
How could I have forgotten????There is a Christmas anthology out now, called "I'll Be Home for Christmas", and my story, "The Christmas of the Red Chiefs", is the headliner. If you're in a "snowy" mood, as I am, and starting to think of the festive season just ahead,...
Turkeys and Trees
There are wild turkeys behind my house, gobble-gobbling! They seem to know they're in no danger of becoming Thanksgiving dinner. (Or Sadie's dinner, either, though she barks at them with all the good-natured ferocity of any self-respecting beagle!) The deer visit,...
The Blog was Broken
And now, hopefully, it's fixed.I'm officially halfway through the next Mojo book, "Deadly Deceptions". Meanwhile, the first Mojo, "Deadly Gamble", will be in stores soon. I'm getting ready for the Lael family reunion this weekend--always a good time.A bit under the...