Leslie Budewitz Blog
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Leslie Budewitz blends her passion for food, great mysteries, and the Northwest in two light-hearted mystery series: the Spice Shop Mysteries, set in Seattle, and the Food Lovers' Village Mysteries, set in northwest Montana. Her books focus on strong women who share their passions, and have a talent for finding trouble!
Leslie Budewitz Blog
3d ago
A few years ago, when I was on the board of Mystery Writers of America, one of our Grand Master nominees was Barbara Neely. Although I knew of her and her Blanche White mysteries, I’d never read her work. I ..read more
Leslie Budewitz Blog
6d ago
We just came back from ten days in Hawai’i – I know, poor us – and I call any vacation successful when I come home and don’t quite remember how my daily routine ought to go. Doubly successful when I ..read more
Leslie Budewitz Blog
1w ago
“I’ve seen women insist on cleaning everything in the house before they could sit down to write… and you know it’s a funny thing about housecleaning… it never comes to an end. Perfect way to stop a woman. A woman ..read more
Leslie Budewitz Blog
2w ago
Why does it seem at times like each book or even each draft of the same manuscript is harder than the one before? Author, editor, and teacher Tiffany Yates Martin says in The Intuitive Author (2024) that it’s because of ..read more
Leslie Budewitz Blog
3w ago
Next time you’re annoyed with yourself for detouring through a study of grief or sibling rivalry or some other interpersonal dynamic — or even just for watching the birds out your window when you should have been writing, consider this ..read more
Leslie Budewitz Blog
3w ago
“Any creative art should be about stretching your abilities in areas that are difficult and perhaps just beyond your current skills, like multiple storylines. Otherwise how do we grow as artists? As Vincent van Gogh said, “I am always doing ..read more
Leslie Budewitz Blog
1M ago
“Books are uniquely suited to helping us change our relationship to the rhythms and habits of daily life in this world of endless connectivity. We can’t interrupt them; we can only interrupt ourselves while reading them. . . . “Books ..read more
Leslie Budewitz Blog
1M ago
The Agatha Awards, named for the great lady herself, are given annually at the Malice Domestic convention, celebrating the traditional mystery. Nominations have just been announced. Fabulous reading ahead! I am pleased to have contributed to Writing the Cozy Mystery ..read more
Leslie Budewitz Blog
1M ago
How can I write, some of you are asking, when the world is on fire? Because writing is how many of us process what happens around us, how we filter it and try to understand it, and how we find ..read more
Leslie Budewitz Blog
1M ago
My friend Chris LaTray is Montana’s poet laureate, a fierce advocate for the arts and artists. I mentioned his newest book, Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home (Milkweed Press, 2024), last fall after his appearance at our new town ..read more