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Grateful for Readers Giveaway

November 19, 2018 by Mary Angela 51 Comments

Writing is a solitary act. What happens between a writer and the page is personal. My kids tease me about going down the rabbit’s hole when I go downstairs to write, but it’s a pretty accurate description. With each step, the real world recedes. The laundry disappears, the grading disappears, the grocery list disappears. Copper Bluff comes into focus, and I am there again in Em’s bungalow, Dickinson at the porch window switching her tail.

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: book launch, giveaway, gratitude, holidays, Professor Prather, reading, writing

Cover Reveal: A Very Merry Murder

April 16, 2018 by Mary Angela 12 Comments

I’m so excited to announce book three, A Very Merry Murder, coming in October 2018! 

It’s December in Copper Bluff, and from hillside to hallowed hall, everyone is merry—or will be as soon as semester break arrives. Students are studying, professors are grading, and Emmeline Prather is anticipating the university-sponsored holiday concert. Friend and colleague Lenny Jenkins will be accompanying the visiting quartet, Jazz Underground, and Em can’t think of a better way to kick-start the holiday season.

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: A Very Merry Murder, Book Release, Cover reveal, Cozy Mystery, mystery, Professor Prather

Lions, Lambs, and Spring Break

March 7, 2018 by Mary Angela 6 Comments

March 6 at USF. I’m counting this as “In like a lion.”

The March saying goes, “In like a lion, out like a lamb” or “In like a lamb, out like a lion.” But what happens when it’s lion in and lion out? South Dakota weather can feel that way some days. Well before the snow melts, I’m looking for a small sprout or seed to plant, anything to green up the gray days of early spring. This year, I traded seeds for paint and plants for brushes, and using the Neapolitan series by Elena Ferrante as my inspiration, I renovated my bedroom. I painted it “Sea Glass” and bought a furniture set called “Summer Breeze,” tossing in a Tommy Bahama comforter for good measure. I bet you can guess what I was thinking: island retreat.

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: March, Passport to Murder, Professor Prather, reading, spring break

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