Author Archives: Joyce Ann Brown

About Joyce Ann Brown

Freelance writer retired from a long career as a library media specialist, adventurer, reader, lover of all things spunky. Besides hiking K.C. trails weekly, I currently write for publications and write cozy mysteries. Find Catastrophic Connections and Furtive Investigation on Amazon.

Walks and Hikes Galore During COVID-19

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Joyce Ann Brown

Hiking in the Kansas City Metro is fun. Trails are many. Walking buddy is the best. After eleven years of hiking, though, I have cut back on the photos I take and the blog posts I create, because we hike … Continue reading →

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My Funny Friend Flies

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Joyce Ann Brown

Rather than Tweeting or Facebooking or writing a blog, this friend blasts e-mails about her life experiences. Here is her latest “post” about a pre-holiday trip she recently made to visit family in Indiana. Her subject heading was “You had … Continue reading →

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It’s a Mystery

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Joyce Ann Brown

There are various types of whodunits or crime novels including detective stories, cozy mysteries, suspense novels, and thrillers, each with its own format. Even though most subject indices list them together as “Mystery and Detective Stories” or just “Mysteries,” a … Continue reading →

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Loving our Pets

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Joyce Ann Brown

I think more people like cats than don’t. When one of the “does like cats” marries one of the “doesn’t like cats,” it’s likely the couple will have a dog or no pets at all. Here’s a story of one … Continue reading →

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Books that Changed my Life: Good, Bad or Otherwise by Carol Wright Crigger

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Joyce Ann Brown

Originally posted on bookbrowsing:
First of all, I think just about every book I’ve ever read changed my life in some way. A pretty broad statement, I know, but as an example, the romance novels (in my teens I read…

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What’s in a Name?

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Joyce Ann Brown

Nicholas Nickleby, Tom Sawyer, Anna Karenina, Jane Eyre—people remember those fictional characters’ names because they are also the titles of books. Character’s names from books that were made into movies—James Bond, Jack Ryan, Scarlett O’Hara, Scout—are memorable because we see … Continue reading →

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Retirement Can Change Your Life – Or Someone Else’s Life

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Joyce Ann Brown

I found this great retirement story on an author friend’s blog. James Callan is the author of the Father Frank Mysteries. Go to his site to learn more about them. Posted on January 15, 2016 by James Callan Retirement. That … Continue reading →

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Spend a Day Blogging for Fun

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Joyce Ann Brown

I’ve been writing a book this summer and promoting the two I’ve already written, Catastrophic Connections and Furtive Investigation. What kind of time did I have to update my blogs? Not much. However, I spent most of today updating my … Continue reading →

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A Non-Political, Non-Critical Letter to Trump

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Joyce Ann Brown

Sometimes a cozy writer, like me, reads posts by fellow authors that are anything but cozy. Maybe serious, maybe instructive, and sometimes satirical. Here is a post by a warm, helpful author/blogger who has been a great mentor. I like … Continue reading →

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Rainy, Soggy Springtime

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Joyce Ann Brown

As is true in much of the country this spring, we’ve had tons of rain. It’s good in many respects–made up somewhat for the terrible drought we’ve had the past few years and made my deck plants happy.  But it … Continue reading →

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