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Maggie King
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Author of the Hazel Rose Book Group Mysteries & short stories set in Virginia. Childless cat lady.
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Celebrate fall! Grab a copy of CRIME IN THE OLD DOMINION and check out “The Golden Girl,” a short story by Carol Willis.

Available wherever fine books are sold.
LULA DEAN’S LITTLE LIBRARY OF BANNED BOOKS will make you laugh and cry. Great messages delivered in an entertaining way.
Celebrate fall! Grab a copy of CRIME IN THE OLD DOMINION and check out “A Key to the Past,” a short story by Cindy Martin.

Available wherever fine books are sold.
Join us at Barnes and Noble this Saturday. We love seeing our readers!
Celebrate fall! Grab a copy of CRIME IN THE OLD DOMINION and check out “Bad Date Rescue,” a short story by Adam Meyer.

Available wherever fine books are sold.
#OliveTheCat sends Happy #Caturday wishes to all the cool 😎 cats out there!
Celebrate fall! Grab a copy of CRIME IN THE OLD DOMINION and check out “House Arrest,” a short story by Kathryn Prater Bomey.

Available wherever fine books are sold.
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Fall is here! Grab a copy of CRIME IN THE OLD DOMINION and check out “Beach Club,” a short story by K.L. Murphy.

Available wherever fine books are sold.
Reposted by Maggie King
They are seeking the death penalty in Utah. On the list of factors influencing the decision was the presence of children when the shooting occurred.

You know where else children are present for shootings??? School!!!!!!
Writer’s block. Natalie Goldberg’s WRITING DOWN THE BONES helped me deal with this unwelcome, and thankfully temporary, condition that plagues many writers. Read my post “Free Write Your Way Out of Writer’s Block” on this week’s Writers in Residence blog.

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Free Write Your Way Out of Writer’s Block
By Maggie King Writer’s block. Many writers suffer from this condition. I used to scoff at the very idea of writer’s block, regarding it as another way for writers to procrastinate. But the creativ…
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Happy #Caturday! #OliveTheCat has taken over my very messy desk. An aspiring writer, perhaps?
Edgy cozy. What on earth is an edgy cozy? For that matter, what’s a COZY? I tackle both pressing questions on Sandra Murphy’s excellent blog, Writers and Publishers Network. Stop by and leave a comment.

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Pushing a Cozy to the Edge by Maggie King
by Maggie King Picture a charming village where the local café owner solves crimes while serving lattes and freshly baked scones. A calico cat snoozes in the front
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Some thoughts on today’s awful murder
Happy #Caturday and Happy Birthday to the lovely Olive! She turned sweet sixteen on September 4. Hard to believe she’s a senior lady.
Maybe Olive will show off her musical talent and play you a happy #caturday song.

Maybe not.

#OlivetheCat #norwegianforestcat #oliveannking