The Christmas Season is Upon Us

Are you rushing around trying to get your house decorated and buy and wrap Christmas gifts?

As an author, I would encourage you to buy books for some of the people on your Christmas list. you might try some of the books by the authors who write for this blog.

When I was a kid, my favorite gifts were books. My mom always gave me the latest Nancy Drew mysteries--and I'd usually read them through by the end of the day. Of course I read them again--and again. And believe me, as an adult, I've always loved receiving a book or a gift card where I could choose books for myself.

May I suggest any of my Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery series, and especially for those who enjoy books with Native American elements. And of course, there's my Rocky Bluff P.D. series, about a police department on the Pacific coast, the men and women and their families. I write that one as F. M. Meredith.

Though both are series, the mysteries in each book are finished, so they don't have to be read in order.
But for those who really like to start in the beginning, Deadly Omen is the first in the Tempe series, and Final Respects the first in the Rocky Bluff series.

Buy link for Deadly Omen:

https://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Omen-Tempe-Crabtree-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B07RGCVSYK/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Deadly+Omen+by+Marilyn+Meredith&qid=1575472827&s=books&sr=1-1

Buy link for Final Respects:

https://www.amazon.com/Final-Respects-Rocky-Police-Department/dp/1938436385/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=final+respect+by+f.+m.+meredith&qid=1575473041&s=books&sr=1-1

The Christmas Season

Most of my family already have their Christmas tree and all the other decorations up at their homes.

Not me. I've been sick since Thanksgiving Eve. (Thanksgiving was wonderful up until then.)

One of my nephews goes all out. He even has a manikin dressed in Christmas attire who looks like she's putting decorations on the tree. (He does all sorts of wild things for Halloween too.)

My sister, right after hosting Thanksgiving to nearly 30 family members, put her tree up and had it decorated completely by Friday.

Though I love Christmas time and used to do all sorts of preparations from making gifts and decorations and baking special cookies and breads, I'm going to be a bit on the bah humbug side this year. My family has gotten huge, so I've decided to just give money to each family. I wouldn't buy what they wanted anyway. I also send each family a selection of English muffins to arrive a few days before Christmas. I know they like this.

Hopefully, my granddaughter who lives next door, will take pity on me and put some of my decorations up for me.

As for writing, I can't even think about it. I have a galley to proof, but no energy for it right now.

My holiday wish for all of you is that you don't get bitten by this nasty flu bug.

Marilyn