Welcome to our new “Let’s Talk” format. The authors at Booklover’s Bench would love to know more about what you like—or don’t like—about the books you read. Each week, we’ll add Q&A to our short posts, and we’d love to have you share your opinions. Also, on February 1st, we’re celebrating our third anniversary, and […]
Hunker down with a good book month by Karla Brandenburg I don’t know about you but January is hunker down with a good book month for me. With the holidays over and the weather declining, there’s nothing better than curling up in a warm chair and reading. I do most of my binge-reading in January. […]
Beats and Rhythms By Tina Whittle One of the things I enjoy most about talking to other writers is learning about their writing processes. We’re creatures of various habits, we writers. Some of us plot; some of us pants it. Some of us are morning writers; other are night owls. And some of us adore […]
Does Genre Matter? by Terry Odell When I started writing, my reading preferences were primarily mystery, so that’s what I wanted to write. I had a basic premise—a cop who never crossed the line, and a woman as a victim of a crime he’d investigate. I figured it would be about his investigation, but as […]
If it’s in print is it true? by Karla Darcy While shopping for Thanksgiving dinner at the grocery store I began to wonder how much of what we see in print is true. As a writer I try to write accurately and research my facts but I’m not convinced that the rest of the world […]
Binging. Cookies or books? By Karla Brandenburg I like my food fresh, as in not days old. And for those things that I enjoy eating, I have a tendency to overeat, because they are better fresh (and not days old). Take chocolate chip cookies, for instance. My patient husband does not understand how I can […]
Operation New Hope By Tina Whittle I’ve always been a sucker for a story with a happy ending. It’s one of the reasons I write mysteries – good triumphs over evil, and life returns to the sweetly normal. However, I didn’t expect to find such a powerful one in the Chatham County Detention Center. This […]
Halloween Treats by Terry Odell Where I live, out in the boonies, Halloween is a low key night. Our houses are too far apart, the roads aren’t paved, no street lights, and it’s really hilly. Too much effort for too little reward. Instead, our community hosts a “Trunk or Treat” one afternoon before the big […]
Fortune Telling or Developing Imagination? By Karla Brandenburg One of my fellow authors here at Booklover’s Bench, Tina Whittle, is a mystery writer, sometimes editor, and semi-professional tarot reader living and working in the Low Country of southeast Georgia. In addition to her regular blog posts, she hosts a site called Tarot by Tina. The […]
Musing on Muses by Tina Whittle Like most mystery writers, I grew up marinating my brain in unsuitable material— Edgar Allan Poe, The Nightstalker, the lurid photographs in my mother’s nursing textbooks. I whetted my appetite for the edgy and unsavory in every medium that the library and late night movies would allow, but I […]
