Melissa Westemeier

It's starting to hit me--in 15 days the Nun the Wiser Mysteries launches with the release of Old Habits Die Hard . FIFTEEN DAYS! I feel a...

Readers, fellow writer Lois Winston is on the page (and the case!) today...   It’s pretty much a universal truth that cozy readers love...

KELLY PARKER won my first newletter giveaway of 2025! Congratulations, Kelly!

Advance review copies of Old Habits Die Hard have landed in readers' laps and the early reviews are very encouraging! Behind the scenes...

Ah, the algorithm. The bane of everyone's online existence. They're supposed to guide us to better things but they're as useless as a...

Preorder your paperback copy of Old Habits Die Hard here!

The best thing about becoming a full-time fiction writer is escaping into my imagination and blocking out the ugly horror in the real...

An incomplete list of places that have asked me to fill out a customer satisfaction survey or write an online review in the past 6...

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People typically have one of two reactions to Thanksgiving, they're either super excited about the holiday or they're dreading it. I've...

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Forge has a couple of meanings. The OG definition refers to forming or shaping metal in a fire or furnace by beating and hammering it. A...

Our first frost advisory came last night, causing me to cover a bed of newly transplanted strawberries and the huge geranium I haven't...

As previously mentioned, writing a story means focusing on past, present, and future simultaneously. I need to think 'big picture' and...

Sunday, Sept. 15 @ 4 A Literary Salon We'll celebrate Agatha Christie's birthday and I'll host a little conversation about how to give a...

Working in an environment with more creature comforts and fewer distractions has been amazing.