Ava Mallory

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                                                                Colleen's Office 1. Tell me about your writing process. Are you an outliner, a "pantser", or a hybrid of both?   I am mostly an outliner, though I do tend to stray from my outline partway through the story. My characters take over, so I never really know what the ending will be like till I write it. I think that makes me a failed outliner, rather than a strict pantser. 2. What's your writing schedule like? I write for 3 hours in the morning, then take my dog Jaeger out for a walk or run for 2 hours. Then I write another 3 hours before dinner, and usually another 2-3 hours after dinner.  I write 7 days a week, though I'm trying to take more time off on the weekends.  During my breaks, I also "power weed" my garden or do some yoga. 3. Do you have word count goals or chapter goals for your writing sessions?  I try to write at least a chapter a day, ideally two. That's u

                                                       Frankie's amazing office view 1. Tell me about your writing process. Are you an outliner, a "pantser", or a hybrid of both? Some details might change between the outline and the finished product, but I'm basically a plotter. It would be very hard for me to write a mystery without some planning.  2. What's your writing schedule like? My ideal schedule is that I wake up and have an uninterrupted hour to work while my brain is fresh. My actual schedule is me grabbing bits of time where I can.  3. Do you have word count goals or chapter goals for your writing sessions? I try for a thousand words a day.  4. Where do you do the majority of your writing?  Hawaii is warm year-round, so when it's not raining I can take my laptop to a coffee shop and sit at an outdoor table.   5. Do you have any writing rituals? I like to have a cup of a legal psychoactive substance ne

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The holidays are quickly approaching and we're all feeling harried. Take some time to relax and enjoy some fun short stories. The Holly Jolly Blog Hop 2016 is LIVE! Immerse yourself in these fun, fabulous fictional worlds and discover new-to-you authors and their best-loved characters! Join the blog hop here:  Holly Jolly Blog Hop 2016 Here's my contribution - The Wrong Gift – A Mercy Mares Cozy Mystery Short By Ava Mallory The jarring noise at 3 A.M. should have been my first clue that the holiday would not go as planned. I could have ignored it. I would have. But Barney, my part-time guard dog, full-time housemate, wouldn’t hear of it. “What is that noise?” I tried to sit up but the new mermaid blanket my daughter had given me as an early Christmas gift barred me from moving anything other than my toes if I angled them just so. Barney’s loud barking wasn’t helping. I flailed my lower half to loosen the death grip the blanket had on my legs, but between the