Mudpies and Magnolias

Breaking news from the universe of Maggie: DIME IF I KNOW is now out in digital format. I'm so very pleased that my readers in the digit...

Remember the lyrics from "I'm Leaving On a Jet Plane"? All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go.. In those days, you we...

Do you need a break? Life presses in on us, squeezing us, making us squirm. Yet, we hold out hope that it will subside, that we will get...

I’ve heard rumblings lately. Rumblings about how draggy folks are feeling. And  you know what? I’m feeling a twinge of the dog-days-of-A...

I've got two books to promote, but all I can think about is house size. We changed house sizes as our family grew. At first, the t...

As a long-time people watcher, I've come up with a way to definitively distinguish between people types. I've been down the Myers-...

Maggie, left, with Barbara Graham This was my second year of attending Malice Domestic as a published author. For those who aren't f...

What would you do if you saw your husband kissing your sister? Really kissing her with his hands in all the wrong places? In my new ...

Pay yourself first. I heard this advice the first time years ago about financial matters. My husband and I were newlyweds with two inc...

Another friend was diagnosed with cancer. The news devastated us all. I flailed around, not sure how to best help this particular friend...