Season 1 Episodes

Cream Cheese & Olives is a fast and easy, two-ingredient dish, suitable for snacking or a light lunch.

Linda Hengerer and Suzanne Fox discuss Mary Stewart's book The Moon-Spinners, how she uses setting, shows family love and loyalties, and how her characters answer a Call to Adventure.

Linda Hengerer and Suzanne Fox talk about her re-issued book One Hot Summer, Key West, and life before cell phones.

The classic Chocolate Chip Cookies, refined.

In this episode of Tart Words, Suzanne Fox and Linda Hengerer are discussing Mary Stewart’s book My Brother Michael and how she uses setting, incorporates both ancient and recent history, and how her characters answer a call to adventure.

Linda Hengerer is talking with Joan Lipinsky Cochran, whose Becks Ruchinsky Mysteries explore subcultures of American Judaism.

Linda talks with Nancy J. Cohen, author of the Bad Hair Day cozy mystery series.

A sweet, toffee and chocolate treat for Passover, Easter, or anytime.

Linda Hengerer and Suzanne Fox talk about This Rough Magic, how she uses a dolphin as both needing rescue and rescuer, and plays characters off each other who are at the beginning and end of their career.

A crunchy, chocolatey, peanut buttery treat!

In this episode of Tart Words, Suzanne Fox and Linda Hengerer are discussing Mary Stewart’s book Nine Coaches Waiting and how she develops her characters and uses genre. It was first published in 1958 by Hodder & Stoughton and is now available in ebook editions.

Annette Dashofy is the USA Today best-selling author of the multi–Agatha Award-nominated Zoe Chambers mystery series about a paramedic and deputy coroner in rural Pennsylvania’s tight-knit Vance Township. Her latest release, a standalone, is Death by Equine, about a veterinarian at a second-rate thoroughbred racetrack seeking to find the truth about her mentor’s mysterious death.

When you want sweet, chocolatey crunch for an afternoon - or any time - treat.

In this episode of Tart Words, we’re discussing Mary Stewart’s book Wildfire at Midnight and how she uses setting, genre, and plot in this story about mountain worship taken to the extreme.

When a sweet treat isn't what you're craving, try this recipe for savory Pimento Cheese.

In this episode of Tart Words, Linda and Suzanne are discussing Mary Stewart’s book Madam, Will You Talk?, and how she uses POV (Point of View) and Backstory in this twisted tale of murder, betrayal, and love.

Joan Wright Mularz is the author of the E.T. Madigan YA mystery series.

Victoria L.K. Williams is the cozy mystery author of the Citrus Beach and Sister Station series.

Writers read. Readers bake. Bakers write. Welcome to the Tart Words Podcast, for readers who want to hear their favorite authors talk about their writing life; for writers who want to hear about the nuts and bolts of writing; and for bakers who want tips and quick and easy recipes. On Sunday I’ll post episodes for readers where you’ll be a fly on the wall when I interview authors about their latest book, what they’re working on now, and where they get their ideas. Find out what inspired yo...