Category Archives: 1950’s California

Barbara Jean, What Have You Been Up To?

Posted on January 7, 2018 by

Hi there, guys and dolls! Welcome to a new year – may it be a blessed one for us all. I’m so happy that my writer gals have gotten back into the swing of things and are letting yours truly … Continue reading →

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The Girl Means the World to Us…

Posted on February 19, 2017 by

Hi there guys and dolls, Andrea and Heather here. Slowly but surely we’ve been getting back to Barbara Jean’s Poppy Cove Mysteries set in her beloved Santa Lucia. From what we’ve seen in recent news, its alternative reality of Santa … Continue reading →

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I Wonder About Them

Posted on August 21, 2016 by

Hi there, guys and dolls! Hope your summer has been going along swimmingly. Yours truly has been having such a fantabulous one, I’m always up to something. Which makes me think about my Santa Lucians in my Poppy Cove Mysteries and what they do. Everyone’s … Continue reading →

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Radio Days

Posted on July 4, 2016 by

Hi there, guys and dolls! Today I’m sharing some of my girls’ radio interviews with some of their favorite people – Amy Beth Arkawy and Cyrus Webb. Both are certainly hosts with the most, and I just adore these two. … Continue reading →

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So What Have They Been Up To?

Posted on May 9, 2016 by

Hi there, guys and dolls! Today I was thinking about my darling Santa Lucians who are the heart of my Poppy Cove Mysteries, and wondering what they do when I’m busy running around and carousing about. They seem to have … Continue reading →

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Happy to Make Your Acquaintance

Posted on April 11, 2016 by

Hi there, guys and dolls! Andrea and Heather here and don’t we feel blessed. Lately, we have made so many new friends and curious visitors to the wonderful world of Barbara Jean Coast, and the Santa Lucia she inhabits. It … Continue reading →

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Thanks, Fiona!

Posted on December 14, 2015 by

Hi there, guys and dolls! This week we had the privilege to be featured on a fantabulously popular blog – Author Interviews by Fiona McVie. Here it is in its entirety. And friends, you should do yourself a favor by … Continue reading →

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Behind the Seams

Posted on December 7, 2015 by

Hi there, guys and dolls! Well, I’ve been busy working away on book four in the Poppy Cove Mystery Series (title yet to reveal itself), and my alter ego writer girls have certainly been enjoying themselves forming and crafting the … Continue reading →

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Guest Starring – Me!

Posted on October 12, 2015 by

Hi there, guys and dolls! Recently, yours truly was blessed to be interviewed by the wonderful ladies at the fantabulous Mysteristas blog. I was thrilled to be featured by such talented authors the blog is currently womanned (I don’t care … Continue reading →

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So Who Does Make it A NATE TO REMEMBER, Part Two

Posted on September 21, 2015 by

Hi there, guys and dolls! A couple of weeks ago, I shared with you a little tidbit about some of the fine Santa Lucians featured in my most recently published Poppy Cove Mystery, A NATE TO REMEMBER. Here are some … Continue reading →

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