Paula's Musings

Dawna Carpenter is the main character in the Hometown Hardware Mysteries written by Paula Charles, and if there is one thing she's sure of, you most definitely should be the main character of your own life.

I have always loved a good ghost story, and crave a spooky tale now and then. When I discovered paranormal cozy mysteries, I was delighted to find stories full of the not-so-spooky kind of ghostly visitations.

While dogs and cats are more than lovely, there are a handful of unique furry, feathered, and scaled creatures that also add a great deal of fun to the cozy mystery series they inhabit.

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A Pinch Point is my very first officially published poem. It came out in issue #93 of Yellow Mama Webzine in August of 2022, and I...