Voice recognition mistake of the week: “I hope that fear brings you many lovely gifts.” Makes a scary kind of sense. Sometimes fear does lead to exciting new things! (but I meant "this year.") It's been hot and unusually humid in New Mexico. On...

Southernism of the Week: “She’d charge hell with a bucket of ice water.”Sounds like Melanie! Find the Felony Melanie: Sweet Home Alabama romantic comedy novels at all retailers. If you haven’t collected your free copy of Felony Melanie Destroys the M...

Voice recognition mistake of the day, from a mystery manuscript critique: “This feels like you’re setting up a future scene where she’s going to be in danger of pie.” (That’s up high – no dangerous pies here!)I turned in The Accidental Detective humo...

Southernism of the Week: “So dry my duck don’t know how to swim.” 🦆 Find the Felony Melanie: Sweet Home Alabama romantic comedy novels at all retailers. If you haven’t collected your free copy of Felony Melanie Destroys the Moonshiner’s Cabin get it...

Wait a minute, what day is it? Oh, right, it's Friday! Time for a newsletter. I had plans to go tubing on the Rio Grande with my husband and some friends yesterday. (It's not as dramatic as it might sound. The Rio Grande is quite shallow and slo...

Southernism of the Week: “So dry the birds are building their nests out of barbed wire.” We hope it's not that dry where you are! New Mexico has been getting lots of clouds and a little bit of rain as we head into monsoon season. But it's sure been h...

Voice recognition mistake of the day: “Well, if Darius had taken the day off to play glacier for her, she might as well make use of him.” Glacier for her? 🤔 No, chauffeur! That was from writing Pride and Prejudice at the Cat Café. See all the b...

Southernism of the Week: “He’ll squeeze a nickel till the buffalo screams.” The meaning was more obvious when nickels had pictures of buffaloes on them. Word Histories has some other versions of this. Happy birthday Ethan Embry! He played Bobby Ray i...

Voice recognition mistake of the day: “Back in a sack.” ... or maybe in a sec? But I was, after all, writing a murder mystery, so perhaps they will be back in a body bag/sack. 🤔 In the Accidental Detective humorous mystery series, a witty...

Southernism of the Week: “All the buzzards will come to the mule’s funeral.” In other words, all the relatives show up at a rich person’s funeral.Visit the Amazon series page for Felony Melanie: Sweet Home Alabama romantic comedy novels or find the l...