Ok, super sleuths — it’s time to vote on the chosen directions our collaborative cozy mystery, A Brunch with Death, is going to take next. There were some fantastic suggestions this week, so it was very difficult to narrow it down to just 5 for each question. 😍⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ There are some really great suggestions […]

Wow, things are really starting to heat up in our collaborative cozy mystery spin-off, A Brunch with Death! 🔥 Can you believe we’re already on week 9 of new pages? 😮⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I have some great assignments for you this week, because our cozy mystery is really getting to the good stuff. One thing I […]

Wow, there were a lot of votes cast in this round! 🥳 You can tell we’re getting to the good stuff now. I’m so intrigued by where our cozy mystery spin-off is going with these results. Thanks so much for participating! Now I’m off to write up some new pages. I have some great thoughts […]

  Do you read nonfiction books? As an author and avid reader, I love to read both fiction and nonfiction books. Fiction is a wonderful escape for me, but nonfiction books allow me to do a deep dive into subjects that fiction might tend to gloss over or only just touch on. Nonfiction books tend […]

It’s time to vote! 😁🗳️⁣ ⁣ Below are all three questions from part 8 of our collaborative cozy mystery, A BRUNCH WITH DEATH. Please comment below with your picks — one choice per question ONLY, please. You have until Wednesday to submit your answers. I’ll take the winners for each question and craft new pages […]

Our collaborative cozy mystery just keeps getting better and better! The intrigue is really starting to build thanks to your creative ideas. In case you missed it, this week’s winning idea for A Brunch with Death was option #2: The police found a metal box containing a key and cash behind the drywall. ⁣ ⁣ […]

https://youtu.be/cxzrVb3qW68   No eggs? 🥚 No butter? 🧈 No problem! 😋 Have you ever gone to bake a batch of cookies and discovered that you’re out of butter? Or maybe you don’t have enough eggs? I have definitely run into this situation myself, so that’s why, on today’s Torte Test Kitchen, I’m sharing how to […]

Who’s ready to vote? 🤷‍♀️ We had some really great suggestions for the latest cliffhanger of our collaborative cozy mystery, A Brunch with Death! The five choices for this week’s vote are listed below. Please choose your favorite (One. Choice. Only.) and let me know by posting it in the comments below. This is a […]

  What a week it was for our collaborative cozy mystery, A Brunch with Death! 🥐☠️ Initial voting ended in a tie for one of our questions and, after a deluge of back and forth tie-breaker voting yesterday, finally settled on a winning answer. It was still close, though! And, of course, as with all […]

After an incredible response to this week’s voting, including an additional tie-breaker for one of the questions, we have our winning answers and recipes! What is Brady hiding? What exactly was Hank doing in the kitchen? And what delicious recipes are going to be on the menu for the ill-fated brunch? The winning choices are […]