After more than a year of blogging once each week with a wonderful group of friends at the Working Stiffs, that blog is shutting down, and it’s time for a new beginning.

I learned much working with Joyce Tremel, Annette Dashofy, Jennie Bentley, Ramona DeFelice Long, Gina Sestak, Martha Reed, Paula Matter, Pat Gulley, and K.M. Humphreys. My biggest lesson?  That every word counts.  And that I write for you, dear reader.

This blog will be dedicated to those who enjoy reading mysteries, whether true life or fiction.  I’ll be sharing tid-bits from true crime stories, short flash fiction mysteries, interviews with mystery readers and writers, and stories from “the making of a mystery novel”, that is the story behind the stories I write.

People ask me, “Where do you get your ideas?” I will tell you, at least some of what inspires as story and takes us in a direction. 2012 is a year of change, of discovering new mysteries, and of appreciating each person who stops by to read and share.

May you find something in this blog entertaining, something that causes you to see the world in a new way.  May you find characters that tickle your funny bone, and discovery something you didn’t know.

Please leave comments. I promise to answer.  And if you sign up for my email list, you receive early preview stories and be part of my WOMBats. More about WOMBats later.  Did you know Austin has one one the largest bat colonies on earth?  Yep.  All eating BBQ and drinking Shiner beer.

But I digress.

Welcome.  Kick your shoes off.  Grab a cup of joe and stay awhile.