Author: Brenda Chapman

Happy Saturday, everyone! This past week, I resumed chugging along on my latest Hunter and Tate manuscript, now zooming in on 46,000 words. However, I had a few interruptions :-) I finished my review of the Nobody Tell manuscript last Saturday and submitted it to my...

Another Saturday morning, and we're moving through January at a great clip. The Nobody Tell manuscript arrived back in my email for one last look on Tuesday evening, and I've spent the last three days going through it again. I caught a few errors (missing quotation...

It is January 3, 2026. We've taken down the Christmas tree and put away the decorations. It's time to get this new year underway! I've taken this break from life and schedules to continue writing the latest Hunter and Tate manuscript, which still doesn't have a...

And Christmas is over with New Year's Eve on our doorstep. I hope you are having a lovely holiday season as we enter the last week of 2025. This is the time I like to look back on my writing year that was before turning...

And Christmas Eve is only four days away! Are you ready?! I've corralled most of what I need to do -- some gifts wrapped, tree half decorated, food nearly bought. Still gobs of time left for the finishing touches. In amongst all this Christmas preparations, I've...

Good Saturday morning! It promises to be another snowy, cold day here in Ottawa much like every day this past week. Just in time to put us in the Christmas spirit. Last Saturday, Don Butler and I spent the morning selling our books at the Orleans...

And that's another week in the books. Last Sunday afternoon, I took part in Crime for Christmas at the Barrhaven Legion, an event spearheaded by Peggy Blair. It was great to get together with the other authors and meet readers, many who had come out last...

Good Saturday morning. And tomorrow is the big day - Crime for Christmas will be happening at the Barrhaven Legion between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m.! Your one-stop shopping spot for mystery book stocking stuffers, not to mention delicious free goodies and a bar where you can...

Good Saturday morning, my friends. It's an overcast, freezing rain kind of week, but won't let grey November skies get us down. Today, I'm signing books at Coles Carlingwood from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. and hope you can come by and say hi. It's getting on...