tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post1360946094215913939..comments2024-03-27T03:14:07.652-04:00Comments on Seekerville: The Journey Continues: Backwards Mystery Plotting for AmateursMissy Tippenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05480008023330542958noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-32963059272804752232018-01-12T20:48:23.018-05:002018-01-12T20:48:23.018-05:00Thanks for a great post. If there's anything I...Thanks for a great post. If there's anything I love more than history fiction it is a good mystery/suspense novel. Thanks for sharing!<br />Connie<br />cps1950(at)gmail(dot)comConnie Porter Saundershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234596850866029756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-16485608541847803852018-01-12T14:54:39.843-05:002018-01-12T14:54:39.843-05:00hi Ruthy
I love cozy mysteries and try to see if I...hi Ruthy<br />I love cozy mysteries and try to see if I can figure out the bad guy before it's revealed by the writer. I always feel smart when I'm right because it doesn't happen very often. I've always loved the mystery genre - I think it goes back to my love of reading Sherlock Holmes stories.<br /><br />Her Secret Daughter is AWESOMWE!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to get to post how much I love it on Amazon... And I need to get to Guideposts to get your mystery books but right now I'll be pre-occupied with packing, purging, and painting. New employment in Colorado starts second week of February. As you say, Oh Mylanta... we've barely begun the process. Exciting, scary times...DebHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685506948995225770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-91880886333262555812018-01-12T05:36:30.644-05:002018-01-12T05:36:30.644-05:00Hi Ruthy! Oh I must have coffee in the morning, Ea...Hi Ruthy! Oh I must have coffee in the morning, Earl Grey tea in the afternoon and hot chocolate for the evening. Thank you so much!Cindy W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09030648905662071478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-42809203066676711922018-01-11T22:36:50.151-05:002018-01-11T22:36:50.151-05:00Loved this post, Ruthy!! (And yes, I seem to be ru...Loved this post, Ruthy!! (And yes, I seem to be running a day behind all week *sigh*). I was never a huge mystery fan but loved your book A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS. And these tips you gave today are wonderful---another post for my Keeper File! Speaking of Ruthy books, today I pre-ordered Her Secret Daughter - - I'm thinking I'll need a special shelf just for Ruthy books before long! :) <br /> Hugs from Georgia (where I wish we had snow!),<br /> Patti JoCatMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09985658721138526298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-18711542094196291272018-01-11T16:37:40.481-05:002018-01-11T16:37:40.481-05:00Glynna! I am having way too much fun! And learning...Glynna! I am having way too much fun! And learning as I go... It's a learning curve for certain.Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-14173082997224386422018-01-11T16:31:34.356-05:002018-01-11T16:31:34.356-05:00Blogger is giving me agitation on my phone!!! Anne...Blogger is giving me agitation on my phone!!! Anne, you know how much we love readers here! You are the reason we have jobs, sweet thing!!! And I will with you... Light on gore, great on characters and story!!!Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-39844761216708487192018-01-11T16:27:01.136-05:002018-01-11T16:27:01.136-05:00Carrie, thank you!!! I love these stories... A lit...Carrie, thank you!!! I love these stories... A little mischief afoot!!! ;)Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-39368007296416295142018-01-11T16:25:26.795-05:002018-01-11T16:25:26.795-05:00Oh, yeah. Humor, fun and a plan for death or crime...Oh, yeah. Humor, fun and a plan for death or crime!!!Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-42541623515177236582018-01-11T16:23:27.628-05:002018-01-11T16:23:27.628-05:00Jill I released some captive comments today. Proba...Jill I released some captive comments today. Probably yours! Yes, something is going on for sure. And you're amazingly over-qualified. :)Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-26260269041442401472018-01-11T10:53:55.337-05:002018-01-11T10:53:55.337-05:00I love mysteries...Nancy Drew first then on to Mar...I love mysteries...Nancy Drew first then on to Mary Stewart as a teen. I like them pretty much any which way but light on the gore. Thank you for sharing your backwards way to plot. I'm not a writer but as a reader, it makes sense to me! Keep on writing for your readers, Ruthie. We love it.Anne Rightlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314991305218683214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-42572020911595344722018-01-11T09:21:37.836-05:002018-01-11T09:21:37.836-05:00I felt exactly the same way. Until Susan Downs cam...I felt exactly the same way. Until Susan Downs came along.<br /><br /><b>WE CAN BLAME SUSAN!!!!!</b> :)<br /><br />You ponder this, Winnie... because I could totally see you doing this. Susan's words to me were "If you can do a Love Inspired continuity, you can write a mystery... because you already did, basically."Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-55504262867537727142018-01-11T09:19:52.108-05:002018-01-11T09:19:52.108-05:00Mary Connealy did a few mysteries for that Barbour...Mary Connealy did a few mysteries for that Barbour line, back in the day. She was young then, I believe. (I can say that and NOT GET INTO TROUBLE because she's busy today. :)<br /><br />Yeah, the body isn't the problem... although this series is a "no murder" series... but still fun and full of neat stuff....<br /><br />Vice can get pretty ugly!!! :)<br /><br />But it's the thinking of human suffering that gets me. So these are perfect because we get to have fun... and find the bad guy... or woman!!!Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-90777152717245461122018-01-11T09:13:11.905-05:002018-01-11T09:13:11.905-05:00Hmmm...well you've verschimmeled me. I'm n...Hmmm...well you've verschimmeled me. I'm not sure if I spelled that right... but it's German, so we won't fret about it...<br /><br />Did it work, Walt? To switch things up? I can see where we could do that, but then I'd need to add to the front of the book, but I have to do that all the time anyway...<br /><br />Very interesting, right?<br /><br />I must mull this.<br /><br />Grab coffee.<br /><br />You've made me think.<br /><br />It's quite painful.Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-45234332169712169002018-01-11T09:11:03.734-05:002018-01-11T09:11:03.734-05:00I cannot remember my Mary Higgins Clark stories, I...I cannot remember my Mary Higgins Clark stories, I think because I was too busy rocking babies during her strong times... and I should go grab them and read.<br /><br />If only there were more hours in the day, Connie!!!!! <br /><br />I love down-to-earth heroines... but for mysteries I also love kind of ditzy ones, too, that grow into themselves... <br /><br />Not mystery, but movie... Reds... then Reds 2 ... Mary Louise Parker went from a scared rabbit to a crazed crime-solving woman in those movies and that cracked me up because you'd have never expected it but the comedy in the movies kind of demanded it.<br /><br />My husband loves those movies!Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-91639764612547517732018-01-11T09:08:21.253-05:002018-01-11T09:08:21.253-05:00Oh, that's funny.... now I'm laughing. I h...Oh, that's funny.... now I'm laughing. I have to try. I love to get it before the end, but if I get it too early then I blame the author.<br /><br /><b>I AM A TERRIBLE PERSON!!!!</b><br /><br />Erica, of course you could! You deal with Connealy all the time, darling. It rubs off on us! (LAUGHING!!!!)Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-87236020470932755202018-01-11T09:06:44.079-05:002018-01-11T09:06:44.079-05:00Leslie!!! Congratulations on that, I'm having ...Leslie!!! Congratulations on that, I'm having so much fun writing these books... it shouldn't be legal to have this much fun from work!!!!Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-66654618907380421332018-01-11T09:05:53.134-05:002018-01-11T09:05:53.134-05:00I loved My Brother Michael... and Madame, Will You...I loved My Brother Michael... and Madame, Will You Talk? And Rebecca.... oh be still my heart.... <br /><br />You are in the drawing, former police officer!!! You know, I don't mind the blood and forensics, either... it's graphic violence that gets to me, so murder mysteries don't bother me as long as the focus is on the solving... not the brutality of a crime.<br /><br />Yes. I'm a wuss!!!Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-12913523826756956882018-01-11T09:03:22.410-05:002018-01-11T09:03:22.410-05:00Dana, I'm a chrome user. I keep Chrome, Explor...Dana, I'm a chrome user. I keep Chrome, Explorer (that I don't use unless it's absolutely necessary) and Firefox loaded because if one goes down I want to be able to access things quickly... even though the "look" is different.<br /><br />We noticed the glitch late fall, pre-Christmas, and I'm not sure if Google/Blogger is doing something regionally behind the scenes (updates will cause trouble sometimes but we never know when they're doing them...) But mostly blogger is pretty good and it's free... oh my gosh, we love "FREE!!!" :) Although if Google takes over the world... No. Let's not go there!!!! ;)Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-88824192388377326872018-01-11T09:00:30.937-05:002018-01-11T09:00:30.937-05:00So exciting, Ruthy, that you're successfully s...So exciting, Ruthy, that you're successfully stretching your wings in the cozy mystery world! The variety of the different genres you're writing for will keep your writing fresh and vibrant. Glynna Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11914006944057671962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-28730979698845720352018-01-11T09:00:16.439-05:002018-01-11T09:00:16.439-05:00FIXED IT! YOU WERE SPAMMED!!!!!<b>FIXED IT! YOU WERE SPAMMED!!!!!</b>Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-7503510249765252872018-01-11T08:59:13.644-05:002018-01-11T08:59:13.644-05:00Another day, more fresh coffee, my friends! I'...Another day, more fresh coffee, my friends! I've also baked a lovely batch of cinnamon streusel cakes, my husband's favorite... he loves this stuff! I've got squares of cake right here and the coffee/tea/hot chocolate service is set to go! Good morning!Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-66187110699762132342018-01-11T08:57:15.765-05:002018-01-11T08:57:15.765-05:00Kathy, your comment and 3 others were in the Spam ...Kathy, your comment and 3 others were in the Spam folder! We'd noticed that happening before Christmas, that spam was catching a few now and then. I'd forgotten to check it, so I'm glad you mentioned it!!!!Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-10089744103162530452018-01-11T08:54:48.049-05:002018-01-11T08:54:48.049-05:00Okay, Ruthy, you almost have me convinced to write...Okay, Ruthy, you almost have me convinced to write a cozy mystery!<br /><br />Almost.<br /><br />But not quite because although you make it look easy, both with your excellent teaching blog above AND your cozies, I still contend it's harder to write suspense and mysteries than straight romance because you have to pull the wool over people's eyes, which isn't easy to do, especially to seasoned mystery/suspense readers who probably have read every scenario under the sun. <br /><br />So my hat's off to you and all suspense/mystery writers because I sure wouldn't want to strain my brain that way! :)<br /><br />Hugs,<br />JulieJulie Lessmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00406395645316139292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-59111033678417170552018-01-11T08:53:42.045-05:002018-01-11T08:53:42.045-05:00Kathy, no, not at all. We kept everything the same...Kathy, no, not at all. We kept everything the same. But we had problems on those busy days with comments being swept into a moderation folder.... I have noticed that blogger is CRAZY SLOW yesterday and today for me, and that it's not loading right. But all other sites are working fine and fast so maybe Blogger's got a bit of indigestion???? Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-5584287988710851652018-01-11T08:51:02.105-05:002018-01-11T08:51:02.105-05:00Audra, that's so true... so much of this appli...Audra, that's so true... so much of this applies to multiple genres... and I guess in a way we do the same thing in a romance. We know the ending.... Happy Ever After...<br /><br />So in a way we work our way back to a beginning that will lead to that HEA.Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.com