Voice recognition mistake of the week: “In the humerus Accidental Detective series, Kate Tessler is facing fifty, her family, and her fears.” I guess the book is ‘armed’ with laughs.I went to the Left Coast Crime convention for mystery fans last week...
Southernism of the Week: “Looks like I'm going to be busier than a room full of toothless contestants at a corn-on-the-cob eating contest.” – This one is from Kris’s friend Jodi Lea Stewart, a Texas author of wonderful contemporary and historical nov...
Voice recognition mistake of the day – “the turtle slippers flapped a couple of times.” Make that “turtle’s flippers.”BBC Scotland shares a video from Inside The Zoo: The First Litter Of Lion Cubs In Ten Years Something Shady at Sunshine Haven, a hum...
Southernism of the Week: On arguing with idiots: “It's like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter how good you are, the bird is going to poop on the board and strut around like it won.”Reese Witherspoon had a birthday on Tuesday! Happy birthday, Ree...
Voice recognition mistake of the day: “Most writers are harmless.” I meant most spiders are harmless, though the other is also true – we'll only kill you in our books. Speaking of which … Have you grabbed your free mystery story collection? It s...
Southernism of the Week: “Flashy as a rat with a gold tooth.” Because everything is flashier on a rat, we guess?Can you believe Sweet Home Alabama came out twenty years ago? Check out Reese Witherspoon and other celebs in “Must-See Throwbacks f...
Voice recognition mistake of the day: "We saw the meat. You're right!" (Actually, they saw a meteorite.)Have you grabbed “The Case of the Missing Monkey and other short mystery stories?” This free collection starts with a ten-page mystery short story...
Southernism of the Week: “Children in the back seat cause accidents… accidents in the back seat cause children!”Voice recognition mistake of the day: "According to the Greek historian Harold Otis ...." Yep, that famous Greek guy, Harold Otis.Southern...
Voice recognition mistake of the day: “I didn’t actually have a strategy other than poke at our suspects to see if we could shake loose some clothes.” (Or maybe clues.) The first four books in the Accidental Detective Mystery Series are finished...
Southernism of the Week: “It’s harder than trying to stick a wet noodle in a wildcat’s butt.” Why anyone would want to do that, we don’t know. Sweet Home Alabama is now available on Hulu! Maybe it’s time to revisit this fan favorite. (Or maybe y...