From December 7 to December 15 Cozy Mystery Party will host a big takeover event on Facebook. This is your chance to chat with cozy mystery authors from all over the globe – and win a freebie or giveaway. I’ll be posting on Saturday 7 at 1 PM ET (7 PM CET). To participate, make sure to join the Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/cozymysteryparty
To celebrate the upcoming launch of my next mystery, I’ll run a number of promotions. Stay tuned for news!
Want to know more about me and my novels? Want a chance to win two FREE electronic copies of my Magical Misfits cozy mysteries? Then head across to Facebook, to the Cozy Mystery Village group, where I’ll be participating in an author takeover tomorrow at 5 PM EST
First off the block was fellow author, blogger, and reviewer Lilyana Shadowlyn. Read her fantastically well-written review here: And if you’d like to know more about my main protagonist, Myrtle Coldron, how about a day in the life of a rookie witch. Read more in Dru’s Book Musings:
To celebrate the launch of the sequel, Down The Hatch on 1 April, In My Attic will be free until 1 April inclusive! Get your copy HERE.
“Down the Hatch”, the sequel to my award-winning debut novel was reviewed by Literary Titan and gained praise! Read here what’s it all about: Down the Hatch: A Magical Misfits Mystery by Lina Hansen is about Myrtle Coldron, a witch who is not in complete control of her magic, and as she struggles, others want to take charge of the coven. Myrtle finds herself taking on a lot of responsibilities, including running her family’s bed and breakfast business, while other events unravel around her. When she…Continue Reading “Praise for “Down the Hatch””
Weelll, sadly it’s not all mine. I only wrote Chapter Five of “Bird of the Gods”, a fabulous, fun, FREE adventure novel, which started posting on Wattpad today. Mine will follow in a few days – on November 13. https://www.wattpad.com/1282516303-bird-of-the-gods-a-writer%27s-relay-project-chapter?preview=true
The global information war is raging, and it’s getting really hard to separate truth from lie. However, with a few basic tricks, there is a way through the web of deceit. Foremost, it’s important to take every piece of information with a pinch of salt. Facts can be interpreted in different ways. That is legitimate. Facts can be faked. That’s not legitimate, but unfortunately very common. The key approach to steering clear of info traps is 1 – Never rely on one source for your…Continue Reading “How fake to do you take your news?”
Book 2 in the Kea Wright Mysteries, this one works quite well as a standalone. I’m the living proof; I never read the first. It’s called “Cold Flood” and features a volcano erupting under an ice cap together a sneaky killer causing accidents on icy mountain slopes. As Mysteries go, that’s certainly an original idea, and I get the impression the author’s USP is knowledge about intriguing biological, geographical, and other scientific wonders he aptly presents to the readers. For me, that works. Minor gripe…Continue Reading “Fiction Review – The Meerkat Murders by R.J. Corgan”
Compiling on Scrivener for me has always been a bit of a nightmare. The new Version 3 promised a much improved experience, so I upgraded. What can I say? The nightmare got worse? Hey, that describes the experience more or less accurately. The help function didn’t help much since it kept telling me how easy everything now was. Duh. For IT savvy peeps, perhaps. But all I want to do is WRITE, EDIT and PUBLISH. I already have to maintain a website, conduct marketing campaigns…Continue Reading “How to compile with Scrivener 3”