Category Archives: De-stressing

Welcome, 2014!

Posted on January 5, 2014 by

Hi there, guys and dolls!  This week, Andrea and Heather are hijacking the site from Barbara Jean.  2013 has been a fantastic year for us — making so many new friends, seeing STRANGLED BY SILK come to life as well … Continue reading →

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Funeral…

Posted on September 22, 2013 by

Hi there, guys and dolls!  There’s so many reasons to love a cozy.  Today, let’s interrupt our murderous program with an anecdotal interlude. Usually, cozies tell the story of a murder or two, deadly chases and a good deal of … Continue reading →

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Excuse Me, Ma’am, is that Your Cart Before the Horse?

Posted on September 15, 2013 by

This week, we’ve decided to take over for Barbara Jean and talk about what we are hearing from a majority of our peers and considering our own thoughts on the writing, promoting, and busy lives subjects.  Life’s been really great … Continue reading →

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Death, I Laugh in Your Face!

Posted on September 1, 2013 by

We cozy readers and writers are a curious and quirky bunch.  We love our bucolic little towns and affable gentlefolk, living their law abiding lives and then wham!  A dead body is found in the oddest of circumstances — a … Continue reading →

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Santa Lucia’s Best

Posted on August 18, 2013 by

Hi there, guys and dolls!  Today I thought I’d share a fabulous post from Bella McGuire’s terrific blog, A Prairie Girl Reads.  She has this great feature called  “Top 5 Places to Visit in a Cozy Town” that I had … Continue reading →

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Gone Fishin’

Posted on July 14, 2013 by

Life can be such a blurry whirlwind!  What with writing the follow-up novel to STRANGLED BY SILK and the schmoozing, socializing and cocktail swilling that can happily be called research, a girl can really be twirled off her kitten heels.  … Continue reading →

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What Barbara Jean is Teaching Us

Posted on March 3, 2013 by

As some of you may know, Barbara Jean Coast is the pseudonym for us — Andrea Taylor & Heather Shkuratoff.  The concept of her started as a joint name to refer to the both of us, but when we came … Continue reading →

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