Month: August 2016
Writing Challenge 57
Art. Sculptures. Paintings. They are a completed, visual work that can serve to inspire a writer’s blank canvas. Any work of art may serve as a muse to a writer, and each may speak to the writer in a different manner or not at all. Choosing a work is subjective to the individual, but below… Read More ›
16 Famous Sleuths
Discover new authors (or revisit old favorites) with The Poisoned Martini ‘s Recommended Reads. Perhaps these suggested titles will expand your reading list. *** Real People, Fictional Sleuths! Several authors have given new life to renowned individuals—many of them authors in their own right—by chronicling their fictional exploits as amateur sleuths. Think of it as… Read More ›
Live Read: Grimoire of the Lamb
Today, The Poisoned Martini is reading Kevin Hearne’s novella, Grimoire of the Lamb. Atticus O’Sullivan looks twenty-one years old, but he is the centuries old druid Siodhachan Ó Suileabháin lying low in the desert clime of Tempe, Arizona. When an evil sorcerer steals the titular grimoire, Atticus travels to Egypt to get it back, but… Read More ›
Catherine Coulter’s Insidious
Missy Devereaux had hoped to escape her stalker, but somehow he’d followed her to Vegas. Having had enough, Missy takes the fight to him and chases John ‘Blinker’ Bayley down, confronting him in a casino parking lot with an able assist from a security guard. Later, jewel thief Marty Sallas has tracked down Molly Harbinger,… Read More ›
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