Welcome to the strange—and occasionally ridiculous—side of Los Angeles! I’m Mathiya Adams, and I’m delighted to welcome you to the world of Ava Storm. Ava is a scry witch who makes her living finding things that other people can’t. That sounds fairly straightforward until you consider that her clients—and suspects—may include vampires, werewolves, […]
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When I started writing the Hot Dog Detective series of urban cozy mysteries, several factors greatly influenced my writing. The first, and most important factor, was of course the character of the Hot Dog Detective himself. Based on a person I actually saw selling hot dogs outside of the Denver City Hall, I knew that
Let me start off by getting one thing clear. I do not use any AI program to “write” any of my stories. I have conducted many experiments with AI programs, and every last one of them fails to understand either the human condition or the writing process well enough to create a story as well
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One of the dilemmas I face when writing Crystal Cove novels is what is going to be the next book in the series. This should not be a problem. I have a pretty good idea of how the overall series is going to progress. I have an over-arching plot line that I follow. In
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I’ve been thinking about a possible sequel to the Hot Dog Detective series. One idea that is floating around in the empty recesses of my brain is the concept of MacFarland and Pierson in their new detective agency. Things are moving along at a slow but predictable pace until a young woman, Sonia Landis,
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More than a decade ago, I had an inspiration to write a story about a man I saw standing at the corner of the Denver Civic Center Building. He was selling hot dogs, though at the time I saw him, he was deeply engrossed in listening to an audio tape cassette. I thought he was
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