Tag: Her Dying Day

• A Fairy Tale Life

  

  “Why can’t my life be a fairy tale?” It’s the refrain of every heroine in every romance novel and movie. Or—why limit ourselves?—it’s in every novel on the shelf and movie streaming through the interwebs. What they mean is, “I want to skip to the Happily Ever After.” They want to wake up/have their life…

  Mindy Carlson

  July 1, 2025

  Comedy, The Swiss Family Carlson, Tween Chronicals, Writing

  #amwriting, book-review, books, fairy tale life, fairy tales, fantasy, fiction, happily ever after, HEA, Her Dying Day, little red riding hood, parenting, The Swiss Family Carlson, writing

• Malice and Gardening

  

  This weekend was Malice Domestic and the Agatha Awards. Malice Domestic is a conference celebrating traditional mysteries, cozies, and softer thrillers and noir novels. Malice has the reputation for being *only* for cozy mysteries, or viewing mysteries only through a cozy lens. But, really, it’s for every genre under the mystery umbrella. If you write…

  Mindy Carlson

  May 2, 2025

  Food, Homemaking, Writing

  #amwriting, book-review, book-reviews, books, fiction, food, gardening, Her Dying Day, mulch, mystery, peppers, planting, rain garden, spring, The Swiss Family Carlson, tomatoes

• Creativity Returns

  

  Last time we spoke, I was in a bit of a spiral. Part of that was because it was February. Part of it was the specific ways the world is fracturing under our feet. The world hasn’t gotten better. It’s still fracturing and things are still awful. (Who shares classified military information in an unsecured…

  Mindy Carlson

  March 27, 2025

  Homemaking, The Swiss Family Carlson, Writing

  #amwriting, books, brainstorming, fiction, garden, gardening, gardens, Her Dying Day, mulch, parenting, spring, springflowers, Swiss Family Carlson, The Swiss Family Carlson, writing