New Orleans mystery

Inside the Funhouse Wing of the Perilously Fun Fiction Fortress

Step inside the Funhouse Wing of the Perilously Fun Fiction Fortress and discover Pauline Baird Jones’s romantic comedy suspense novels, where spies, murder, romance, and chaos collide in wildly entertaining ways.

Behind the Book: The Mostly True Story Behind the Writing of Gumbo Ya-Ya Exit

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Another installment in my often painful look behind the scenes of writing a book.

Why I Wrote Gumbo Ya-Ya Exit

Big Uneasy

I also wrote this book because ten comes after nine. It was ten’s turn.

Remind Me Why DEAD SPACES Happened?

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We write books for lots of reasons. Usually, there isn’t one “this is why I wrote this book.” Which is why I have, and like, this feature. I’m curious why authors write the books they write. And believe it or not, I’m curious why I wrote a particular book. (You’d think I’d know, wouldn’t you?)…

What I Learned from Falling on my Butt

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The photograph has nothing to do with the topic of this blog post. I picked it because it made me laugh. And because there are no pictures of me falling on my butt (thank goodness). First I’ll set the scene. I was in New York with my daughter. I made a rookie mistake of wearing…