First off, if you don’t understand the title of this post, ask a millennial. I sat down today to do some forward planning for the coming semester and realized with horror and excitement what a crazy hectic travel and event schedule lies ahead of me. Horror because somehow, I still have a day job toContinue reading “Where in the world is Mindy Quigliego?”
Category Archives: public appearances
Virtual Tour of a Virtual Book
This month, I’m going on an actual trip with my actual family of squishy little humans, the first proper vacation we’ve had in several years. I will bring a real book made of paper, and read it with my eyeballs while sipping a tropical cocktail and raking sand with my newly-pedicured toes. I’m also goingContinue reading “Virtual Tour of a Virtual Book”
Word architects
After a long hiatus, I finally started working on a novel again this month. With apologies to all the very patient Lindsay Harding fans, I haven’t started working on the next chaplain mystery. Instead, I’ve begun revising the manuscript for the middle-grade adventure novel I wrote a few years back in the hopes that IContinue reading “Word architects”
Mindy Quigley in Space!
I got word a few weeks ago that my short story “Equality Day” was selected as the winner of the 2018 Women Hold Up Half the Sky Award, sponsored by Artemis Journal, Light Bringer Project & the Hollywood Chapter of the National Organization for Women. The contest required me to write a science fiction storyContinue reading “Mindy Quigley in Space!”
Here’s to not barfing in abject terror
I have a confession to make. I am terrified of public speaking. If you’ve seen me give a talk or a reading, it may come as a surprise to know I am secretly so petrified of talking in front of people that I would do just about anything to avoid it. It wasn’t always that way. WhenContinue reading “Here’s to not barfing in abject terror”
Little kids are pretty trippy
First, a confession. If it were socially acceptable, I would play with dolls every day. Yesterday, I took part in the enormously fun Ask Big Questions “Living Library” event hosted by Virginia Tech and the Blacksburg Library. Each invited presenter represented a job the attendees (preschool and elementary school aged kids) might be interested in learningContinue reading “Little kids are pretty trippy”
The Four Questions
I’ll be reading this short story this afternoon at the Blacksburg Library, but for those who can’t make the reading, and who don’t have Montgomery County local access TV, and who can’t wait for it to be posted on the New River Valley Voices YouTube channel, here ’tis. A little more serious than my usualContinue reading “The Four Questions”
How to Write a Really Terrible Mystery
On October 28th, I’ll be giving a talk at the Blacksburg, VA Public Library. “How to Write a Really Terrible Mystery (and How Not To)” will feature tips from my alter ego, Mandy Quagley. Below is a little sneak peek at the kind of colossally unhelpful advice Mandy will give to mystery readers and would-be mysteryContinue reading “How to Write a Really Terrible Mystery”
Book Groups
Remember that I LOVE coming to book clubs, and I always bring presents! If I can’t be there in person, I can appear via Skype. Need some inspiration for book group questions? Look no further: A Murder in Mount Moriah Before you read the book, what did you think of the idea of having aContinue reading “Book Groups”
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