Category Archives: Kaitlyn’s Posts

Feline Muses

Posted on April 17, 2018 by

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, today musing about muses, this time of the feline variety. Anyone who reads by books is probably aware that I almost always have at least one cat as a character. In my Liss MacCrimmon Mysteries, … Continue reading →

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Mom’s Good China

Posted on April 2, 2018 by

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, pondering today the dilemma of what to do with family heirlooms when your own heirs don’t want them. I’m not talking about the kind of thing you can leave to a museum, but rather the … Continue reading →

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Clearing Away the Clutter, or How I Spend My Day

Posted on March 15, 2018 by

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here. A few years ago, a reader of this blog asked for suggestions about ways to clear the mind in order to begin writing. I made a note at the time that this would be a … Continue reading →

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Books Looking for Good Homes

Posted on March 1, 2018 by

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, today writing as Kathy. Over the long President’s Day weekend, I tackled a job I’d been putting off for far too long—weeding my reference book shelves. Over many years of writing historical novels set in … Continue reading →

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The Strange Disappearance of . . .

Posted on February 15, 2018 by

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, pondering the fact that the more varieties of a product there are, the harder it gets to find the one you want. I understand that shelf space in grocery and drug stores is limited, but … Continue reading →

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Does Your Cozy Sleuth Have Superpowers?

Posted on February 1, 2018 by

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, pondering this question, which was inspired by a recent email from a reader. He wrote that he has read and enjoyed all of my Liss MacCrimmon mysteries and plans to buy the new ones as … Continue reading →

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The Pleasures and Perils of Sustaining a Long(ish)-Running Series

Posted on January 16, 2018 by

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, author of the recently published X Marks the Scot, number eleven in the Liss MacCrimmon series. The first Liss MacCrimmon mystery, Kilt Dead, came out in August 2007. Once a series has been around for … Continue reading →

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