Melissa Westemeier

Readers, I'm so thrilled to bring you a very special guest today! Author of the Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series & USA Today and Amazon Bestselling Author and friend Lois Winston! (Be sure to leave comments to enter her giveaway!) Would you expect to grab a clarinet for the first time and immediately play Rhapsody in Blue ? Or lace up toe shoes for the first time and immediately dance Coppélia ? Or pick up a paintbrush for the first time and immediately create a mus

Stop over for a behind-the-scenes look at my new release A Fatal Habit! https://nanreinhardt.com/author-spotlight-melissa-westemeier-brings-more-nun-the-wiser-fun/

Bestselling writer Bruce Robert Coffin started writing following his storied career as a police detective sergeant in Maine. His mysteries are fast-paced, action-packed, and gripping from the first page. We discuss his new series featuring Detective Brock Justice, the fun he’s having bringing Justice (both literal and figurative) to different locations around the state of Maine, and the secret to how he writes such strong female characters. Bitter Fall yanks readers’ attentio

I blinked hard the other day when I saw the calendar. How was it only January 11? It felt like February 20. I'm not built for so much stuff happening at once, my mind cannot process it. Obviously when the world gets crazy, it makes sense to hunker down occasionally and re-calibrate so the stress levels don't go totally bonkers. For me that means writing a new book, and readers, I AM OBSESSED with this project. I'm closing in on 48,000 words this week (which means nothing to

It's that time of year when people start talking about making resolutions, but I don't because I think they suck. Resolved means "firmly determined to do something." A resolution is "a firm decision to do or not do something." Decisions doesn't mean squat in my book. Making a decision is as pointless as making a wish, it's just thoughts and words which are meaningless without action and effort. Decisions don't mean anything actually changes. I'm a woman of ACTION because s

I've spent the last few months in revision mode while managing some marketing details for the Nun the Wiser Mysteries. Revisions take a lot of energy, they're a bit like doing a puzzle as you try to slot in the best-shaped scene or line of dialogue to smooth out a manuscript so the entire thing flows nicely and all the readers' questions get answered and any confusion gets laid to rest. Revising a novel means attending to LAYERS of text, including character development, word

Janice Hallett masterfully creates a world using text threads, pub quiz results, and emails in her newest book, A Killer Question . I’m a...

Readers, it's a REAL TREAT to host guest G.P. Gottlieb today! You KNOW anyone writing a book using "Whipped" in their title must be good:...

I don't typically choose a season for setting a book, usually the setting chooses me. In ONE book, Across the River , I deliberately...

Featured at Dru's Book Musings today: Detective AJ LEWIS! Fun fact: Detective AJ Lewis is very inspired by my firstborn! Head on over to...

My fictional neighborhood, to be clear. I had loads of fun creating this little world in the Nun the Wiser Mysteries, and I'm excited to...