Flowers from the yard

So where to begin. After a lot of heavy thinking (and a few glasses of wine) I decided to write a blog.  I thought it would be interesting to give my blog and novel / eBook readers a look into who I am, my interests, and my books; so here we go.

I live in North Scottsdale, AZ in the foothills, this of course doesn't help the heat any.  It is the middle of the summer and the Monsoon storms are finally starting.  I reserve the weekends for the usual house stuff; I do like to garden as evidenced by the picture above, but at this time of year it's a chore to even get my dog outside.

My books are listed in the menu above, hopefully soon the list will be expanding; my next book is again set in Santa Barbara and involves two murders, one ancient and one in modern times.  Again, a cozy murder mystery only this time I'm exploring characters with psychic abilities.  One character is actually based on an ancestor of mine so in some ways I'm bringing her back to life in my book.

My next novel will include my favorite character Mimi Griffin (see A Murder in the Grand Canyon, and A Murder At Mimi's).  Of all my characters, she is the one truly alive in my mind, and generally causing havoc when I don't write about her.

Another great interest of mine is cooking; I am a vegetarian (my dog of course is not) and love to explore new recipes when I have the time.  Once I get back to trying out new things I plan to post interesting ones here for your enjoyment.

Well that's my beginning, so I hope you come back and visit me.  Thanks for taking the time to read this post.

N