SOMETIMES LIFE JUST CATCHES UP WITH YOU and you wander away from the things you love to do. Our lives have seriously evolved since we published our second Portland Bookmobile Mystery, "Corpse of Discovery." Day jobs got busier. Health issues intervened. Then retirement came along and we relocated to a cabin on a tiny island in Washington's beautiful San Juans.
We've both pursued other writing projects and continue to do so, but we've kept coming back to talk about Hester McGarrigle, Nate Darrow and Ethel Pimala, the principals in the Murdermobile mysteries. We agreed that it's like being a kid with imaginary friends. We just can't let them go.
Now we're dodging a pandemic, have lots of at-home time on our hands, and have realized that a quarantine is the perfect time for imaginary friends.
So Nate, Hester, Pim and the bookmobile have rolled back into our lives. And in the midst of all this stress in the world, like Auntie Mame and her charge, Patrick, we decided we "need a little Christmas, right this very minute." So we're in the thick of writing a cozy holiday mystery we're calling "Iced, with Sprinkles." Hint: Pim's beautifully iced Christmas cookies play a starring role.
We're having loads of fun. We promise it on Amazon by November.
-- Barbara and Brian
We've both pursued other writing projects and continue to do so, but we've kept coming back to talk about Hester McGarrigle, Nate Darrow and Ethel Pimala, the principals in the Murdermobile mysteries. We agreed that it's like being a kid with imaginary friends. We just can't let them go.
Now we're dodging a pandemic, have lots of at-home time on our hands, and have realized that a quarantine is the perfect time for imaginary friends.
So Nate, Hester, Pim and the bookmobile have rolled back into our lives. And in the midst of all this stress in the world, like Auntie Mame and her charge, Patrick, we decided we "need a little Christmas, right this very minute." So we're in the thick of writing a cozy holiday mystery we're calling "Iced, with Sprinkles." Hint: Pim's beautifully iced Christmas cookies play a starring role.
We're having loads of fun. We promise it on Amazon by November.
-- Barbara and Brian