Tart Bites: Rolled Cherry Sandwiches
Aug. 29, 2021
What goes into a versatile cherry cream cheese filling or spread?
5-Minute Drill: Set Pieces
Aug. 26, 2021
What is a set piece, and how do I use it in a story?
Barbara Barrett
Aug. 25, 2021
What was the inspiration for Barbara Barrett's cozy mystery series?
Tart Bites: Affogato
Aug. 22, 2021
How is it that only two ingredients are so delicious?
5-Minute Drill: Setting
Aug. 21, 2021
What elements of setting do writers need to consider for their story?
Tart Bites: Cherry Clafoutis
Aug. 15, 2021
A not-too-sweet dish using seasonal fruit that's perfect for brunch or dessert.
Tart Bites: Puff Pancake
Aug. 15, 2021
What makes the eggy custard climb the sides of the baking dish? Can it be...magic?
Amy Vansant
Aug. 8, 2021
How did circus and cruise settings end up with ties to Pineapple Port?
Russia Week - Tart Bites: Pryaniki (Russian Spice Cookies)
Aug. 7, 2021
How does coffee make a delicious tea cookie?
Russia Week - Dick Francis's Trial Run
Aug. 7, 2021
What can writers learn from a Grand Master of the genre about secrets, societal expectations, setting, and building characters for story?
Russia Week - Encore: Emilya Naymark
Aug. 2, 2021
The first of a theme week for the Tart Words podcast is an encore presentation of Emilya Naymark's podcast episode.
Tart Bites: Honey for Cheese (and Crackers)
July 29, 2021
What happens when you drizzle honey over cheese and crackers? Magic.
Mary Stewart's The Ivy Tree
July 29, 2021
What can writers learn about secrets, family dynamics, writing fiction from real life, and creating characters who serve the story from Mary Stewart's The Ivy Tree?
Neil Plakcy
July 25, 2021
Linda Hengerer and Neil Plakcy talk about writing, Neil's many writing projects, and his writing process.
Tart Bites: S'mores Coffee Break
July 25, 2021
How do you make S'mores without a grill? S'mores are the iconic campfire or grilling dessert. Toasted marshmallows are sandwiched with chocolate bars between graham crackers. Does summer get any better than that?
Mary Stewart's Thunder on the Right
July 25, 2021
Linda Hengerer and Suzanne Fox discuss Mary Stewart's Thunder on the Right, point of view, an unworldly protagonist, and why they don't enjoy this book as much as other novels she wrote.
Alan Orloff
July 18, 2021
Linda Hengerer and Alan Orloff talk about how real-life informed the writing of his latest novel, I Play One on TV; writing; SleuthFest and Bouchercon; Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America; and what networking wit…
Raquel V. Reyes
July 12, 2021
Linda Gordon Hengerer and Raquel V. Reyes talk about Raquel's first novel in her Caribbean Kitchen Mystery series, Mango, Mambo, and Murder; discuss writing process; SleuthFest; and how Raquel's miniatures help her writing.