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Cozy Mystery Review: The Fog Ladies: In the Soup

October 12, 2021

The Fog Ladies: In the Soup (A San Francisco Cozy Murder Mystery) by Susan McCormick About The Fog Ladies: In the Soup The Fog Ladies: In the Soup (A San Francisco Cozy Murder Mystery) Cozy Mystery 3rd in Series Setting — San Francisco Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wild Rose Press (October 4, 2021) Paperback ‏ : ‎ 328 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1509237984 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1509237982 Digital Print Length ‏ : ‎ 230 pages ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09C91H76Z The Fog Ladies are back, in the third installment of this endearing cozy murder mystery series. "There was a man in the soup." When the Fog Ladies volunteer at a San Francisco soup kitchen, these spunky elderly friends plus one overworked young doctor-in-training envision washing and chopping and serving. Not murder. Now the soup kitchen is doomed, and the mysteries have just begun. Was the death rooted in a long-ago grudge? Can they save the soup kitchen? Will they find the killer? Could the Fog Ladies, too, end up "in the soup"? My ...

SF Review: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet

December 21, 2020

Title: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) Author: Becky Chambers. Read by Rachel Dulude Publication Info: Tantor Audio, 2016. 14 1/2 hours. Hardback by Hodder & Stoughton, 2015; 404 pages. Source: Library digital services Blurb: Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a bed, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy, and most importantly, some distance from her past. An introspective young woman who learned early to keep to herself, she’s never met anyone remotely like the ship’s diverse crew, including Sissix, the exotic reptilian pilot, chatty engineers Kizzy and Jenks who keep the ship running, and Ashby, their noble captain. Life aboard the Wayfarer is chaotic and crazy—exactly what Rosemary wants. It’s also about to get extremely dangerous when the crew is offered the job of a lifetime. Tunneling wormholes through...

Cover Reveal! Princelings Revolution, by Jemima Pett

September 15, 2020

The long-running Princelings of the East series has reached the final book... and it's coming soon! Before we can tell you about the book, you have to see the stunning cover, by artist Danielle English (kanizo.co.uk). Today is the Cover Reveal for the final book in the Princelings of the East series: Princelings Revolution. Princelings Publications is also kicking off the Launch & Anniversary Giveaway, which will run until midnight on October 23rd, to cover Jemima's tenth blogoversary on 21st October! There may be additional options for entries added between now and then, so check whenever you see it. Jemima Pett has come by to tell us about the Princelings series covers. NL: Cover art is a challenge for author-publishers. How did you managed to get such fantastic art for yours? JP: When I decided to publish the first three books, I needed a cover illustrator. Looking at the lists of people offering their services, I gulped. Then my niece mentioned her daughter was in her f...

Writer's Wednesday: Some Writing Errors to Avoid

September 09, 2020

I've been reading and listening to books more than I'm writing, but my writer brain is clearly turned on, because I've stumbled on--or over--some writing mistakes that I certainly felt shouldn't have gotten by the editor. The worst, a constant irritant in an otherwise pleasant (if somewhat saccharine) series, have to do with what I'd have to classify as info dumps. I'll call this one, "The dog had three legs, he remembered." The particular author I'm listening to (who I see no reason to name) has a tendency that I don't think I noticed so much when it was on paper, to use "John remembered that blah blah" in order to get info dumps out there. To make it worse, some of them don't really even matter to the story at any time. A subset of this, equally a clunky device for sharing background the reader may need but shouldn't trip over (from a different writer, whose works I also usually really enjoy), is, "She remembered sh...

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