The Belvedere Club was recently released in Kindle Format and Paperback just in time for your summer reading. My goal in writing The Belvedere Club was to create a mystery series based in Marin County as seen through the eyes … Continue reading →
I’ve been a busy little rabbit, preparing for the publishing of my mystery novel, The Belvedere Club . So sandwiched between last week’s guest bloggers, Bette & J.J. Lamb and next week’s guest blogger Patricia Morin, I’m going to offer up one of my favorite tomato sauce recipes, learned while eating my way across Tuscany in 2009.
Continue reading →Thinking of self-publishing on a digital format? What writers aren’t these days? I’ve been listening to other writers tell their self-publishing stories for a couple of months and the number one thing I take away from these lectures is “Formatting.”
Continue reading →What’s worse than a table full of mystery writers at a Mystery Theatre Dinner? Answer: Six tables of mystery writers.
While at the Left Coast Crime Convention last weekend, I attended the Mystery Theatre Dinner that took place on a 1920’s riverboat, The Delta King. I’ve always wanted to participate in one of these events—what mystery writer doesn’t want to test their skills. I’ve even been tempted to buy one of the games and host one at my house.
Continue reading →The river Styx is said to wind around Hell nine times before merging with the other four rivers. In Greek mythology the Styx separates the world of the living from the underworld. Its name comes from the Greek word for hate and therefore, the Styx is called the river of hate.
From the racial killings in France last week to the shooting of Trayvon in Florida last month, from the endless suicides of bullied children in our schools to the sexist remarks by Rush Limbaugh and others, it feels like the whole world is bathing in the murky waters of the river Styx.
Continue reading →Ghosts. Are you a believer? Either you are or you aren’t. Everyone has an opinion.
Ghost stories are said to have been around since 2000 B.C.. The word Spirit from Latin. Phantom from Greek. Spook from Dutch. Wraith from Scotland.
Continue reading →This year I’m trying to go a little healthier on the Party snacks. I’m thinking Meryl would thank me. How does she keep her figure?
Continue reading →This week I want to write about something a little more somber. Many friends have lost parents this year and many more have parents in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, or some type of care facility.
Continue reading →It all started with a kinky BBC show about people who fall in love with inanimate objects. Supposedly, there is a woman married to the Berlin Wall and another woman in love with the Eiffel Tower. Okay, the Eiffel Tower I understand. It’s very shapely.
Other than a good laugh I wouldn’t have thought more about the show, but then I read about a line of priests that are said to guard a tree in the woodlands of Diana, the roman goddess of fertility.
Continue reading →One of my first memories as a child was meeting Teddy, my Fairy Godmother. In actuality she is my Godmother. Somehow my childish brain confused my bedtime stories with this sweet, loving woman who in many ways was bigger than life.
As a child I saw her on rare occasions, which helped to keep the Fairy Godmother fantasy alive. When I was an annoying thirteen, we moved nearer to Teddy’s house and I learned how magical Teddy really is.
Continue reading →I’ve just read about prisoners making wine out of fruit cocktail and stale bread. As gross as that sounds, it got me thinking about the origin of wine. Was wine an accident of old grapes and bread. Did a house servant of yesteryear noticed the chickens staggering around and singing off-key after devouring last night’s table scraps? Did that servant then think, hey, I’d like to do that?
Continue reading →The champagne and streamers are a fading memory. Time for the new and improved NicolaTrwst.com.
WELCOME to my new website. An update was long overdue and so I finally got to it (well, my elf did).
I will be using this site to introduce you to my books, offer you short stories, and introduce you to some fine artists and writers.
As my bio suggests, I’m eclectic in almost everything I do that’s why my new blog is titled: Myths, Munchies, and Madness. Three of my favorite things.
I hope you will enjoy it, come back often, and feel free to share.
I hope all your dreams come true in 2012!
Nicola
[weaver_youtube //youtu.be/Vem_BfEgeUw sd=0 percent=100 ratio=.5625 center=1 rel=0 https=0 privacy=0 showinfo=0] (Play back Full Screen at 720p for maximum pleasure) This past Christmas, I was invited to the San Rafael Christmas boat parade. I had watched it from the shore once in the past as I love the lights and the mood it sets, but this time I had a chance to be part of it on one of the boats.
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