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The Carnival Wing of the Perilously Fun Fiction Fortress
Step inside the Carnival Wing of the Perilously Fun Fiction Fortress and discover Pauline Baird Jones’s Big Uneasy mystery series set in New Orleans.
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The Bleak Mid-Winter Coping
The bleak mid-winter, that time of year when the days are short, the nights are long, and the weather is colder than a witch’s heart, is a bit of a challenge here in Northern Wyoming. But let’s not despair, there are plenty of ways to make the most of this dreary time of year. First…
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I Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans
It doesn’t matter who is singing “Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans?”, or where I am when it comes on. My breath catches and I have to stop and listen because I know. I grew up in Wyoming. When I was little all I knew of New Orleans was some dimly…
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LOL Listening
I seem to have declared September my personal audiobooks month. I have no authority to do this, but since there is no known authority for this, I have made it so (hahaha). So far this month I’ve shared my personal audiobooks journey and talked about my wonderful narrator, Becky Boyd. And I’ve talked about my…
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Two Books Nominated for N.N. Light 2020 Book Awards!
I’m so thrilled to announce that I have TWO books that finaled in the 2020 N.N. Light Book Awards! Fais Do Do Die in the cozy mystery category and Pets in Space 5 in the science fiction romance category! You can see the full list of finalists if you click here. Here is the blurb…
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Remembering New Orleans #lettershome
So, a long time ago, I wrote a column for my hometown paper called “Letters Home.” I don’t remember how many of them ended being published (or why they stopped being published), but it was fun to share my getting to know New Orleans—and me getting used to New Orleans—in the columns. The writing…
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New Orleans Q&A With Pauline
Why have I written so many stories about New Orleans? I found this question in a review for one of my books and thought it was an interesting one. (And I wondered why they cared. Lots of authors write books set in New Orleans, but I digress. The reader wanted to know why *I* write…
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It’s FAIS DO DO DIE Release Day!
It’s release day here on the blog! I’m super excited for readers to dive into another Big Uneasy adventure (and romance! We can’t forget the romance!)! This installment switches to the brothers, specifically Calvin Baker and (I’ve been waiting for this one and hope you have, too!) Sarah, Nell’s roommate! Here’s the scoop: He kicks…
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Happy National Cozy Mystery Day!
Why is today National Cozy Mystery Day? Because it is also Agatha Christie’s birthday and she is the Grande Dame of the Cozy Mystery! Dame Agatha wrote 66 detective novels and 14 short stories. Her most famous sleuths were Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world’s longest-running play, a murder mystery called…