tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post4868065923182433509..comments2024-03-28T12:00:47.858-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: A random hand stamp forged a path to mysterey for Wendy Sand EckelJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-86487158811858148932022-10-23T08:32:07.926-04:002022-10-23T08:32:07.926-04:00Wendy, sounds like a grueling job! I imagine getti...Wendy, sounds like a grueling job! I imagine getting the families on board wasn't always easy.Gillian Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475596719205511600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-68988146568741878122022-10-22T22:40:42.232-04:002022-10-22T22:40:42.232-04:00Also a fan of Big Magic! And that is an amazingly ...Also a fan of Big Magic! And that is an amazingly wonderful story.Hank Phillippi Ryannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-68671482555948491902022-10-22T22:39:19.747-04:002022-10-22T22:39:19.747-04:00Socks! Very very wise. And I am still impressed by...Socks! Very very wise. And I am still impressed by the tap dancing.<br /> XxHank Phillippi Ryannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-72715669677067881562022-10-22T18:38:24.246-04:002022-10-22T18:38:24.246-04:00No, I don’t know who lived here before. We’ll try ...No, I don’t know who lived here before. We’ll try to find out if anything is in the safe. And the leak was located elsewhere. I have a couple of holes to repair now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-72752275737814434692022-10-22T16:39:59.747-04:002022-10-22T16:39:59.747-04:00Oh, Pat, that's way cool! Rosalie finds a secr...Oh, Pat, that's way cool! Rosalie finds a secret room in Mystery at Windswept farm. Do you know who lived in your house before you? This is a mystery writer's dream. Oh and did he fix the leak?Wendy Sand Eckelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-80639990511919667352022-10-22T15:14:03.564-04:002022-10-22T15:14:03.564-04:00Random things! Thursday evening I went down to the...Random things! Thursday evening I went down to the basement to get some clothes out of the dryer and noticed a puddle. Looked up and drips were coming from the ceiling. I made an online appointment for a plumber to come out the next day. He came, a really nice young guy. We had to hunt on each floor for where the leak was coming from. At one point we were checking a closet on the second floor to see if it had access to the bathroom and he saw a panel in the back. He pried it off; it had been nailed shut. Lo and behold there was a safe in there. He pulled it out and was surprised when I told him it was news to me. It's fairly modern with pushbuttons and a place for a key as opposed to the old spin the dial safes. I had him set it aside and I'll let my husband find someone to open it. It is probably as empty as Al Capone's secret room but who knows? Pat Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732230586783432052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-40892627166389696742022-10-22T14:56:21.572-04:002022-10-22T14:56:21.572-04:00Thanks, Jenn! That means a lot. Yes, many roads an...Thanks, Jenn! That means a lot. Yes, many roads and many detours. Life is a mystery and a journey.Wendy Sand Eckelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-89119123816964299702022-10-22T14:32:43.642-04:002022-10-22T14:32:43.642-04:00So many forks, so many roads. LOL. Congratulations...So many forks, so many roads. LOL. Congratulations on your release, Wendy! I am really looking forward to reading your latest!Jenn McKinlaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-43349390062068820152022-10-22T13:42:15.453-04:002022-10-22T13:42:15.453-04:00Death at the Day Lily Cafe was the title! I’m bad...Death at the Day Lily Cafe was the title! I’m bad at remembering titles. DianaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-86894018513896165892022-10-22T13:40:50.443-04:002022-10-22T13:40:50.443-04:00This is Diana again. The title was Death at the L...This is Diana again. The title was Death at the Lily Cafe. Perhaps a different series?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-17990660781661697162022-10-22T13:38:19.865-04:002022-10-22T13:38:19.865-04:00This is Diana. I think I met you in 2016 at Malic...This is Diana. I think I met you in 2016 at Malice Domestic? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-10123965857454350042022-10-22T13:06:54.757-04:002022-10-22T13:06:54.757-04:00What a lovely story!What a lovely story!Wendy Sand Eckelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-89978264811466689732022-10-22T13:04:48.828-04:002022-10-22T13:04:48.828-04:00Hi Hallie! What conference was it? The first in th...Hi Hallie! What conference was it? The first in the series is Murder at Barclay Meadow. And thanks for what you said. When I got a new publisher they reissued the first two. It was great because I got to change a few things that I had always wanted to fix!<br /><br />Love your tee shirt! And I love that you are still working at that law firm. So random that you kept running into that guy.<br /><br />Yes, Sonja Volkov is my Russian actress who has just been cut from her HBO series that is very similar to Game of Thrones. Her death is the season ending shocker. I had so much fun writing her. She has no filter and everyone is trying to figure out why this exotic actress who drives a red Carrera is in little old Cardigan, Maryland.<br /><br />Thanks for reaching out!<br />WendyWendy Sand Eckelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-20364279558867322322022-10-22T12:55:37.619-04:002022-10-22T12:55:37.619-04:00And at our age it makes us more interesting! I don...And at our age it makes us more interesting! I don't blame you, especially during the pandemic. I know so many people who haven't renewed their drivers licenses because they don't want to stand in line at the DMV. Plus the whole 3.2 things was so silly. We just drank more! And at Miami it wasn't far to the Ohio/Indiana border where we could get whatever we wanted. Thanks, Julia!Wendy Sand Eckelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-17324602438174905472022-10-22T12:49:48.809-04:002022-10-22T12:49:48.809-04:00Yes! No one missed that class on movie day. Some o...Yes! No one missed that class on movie day. Some of the films were for desensitization of stereotypes. Certainly saw some things I'd never seen before, that's for sure!Wendy Sand Eckelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-36446848909419493352022-10-22T12:49:40.853-04:002022-10-22T12:49:40.853-04:00I'm a huge fan of Big Magic, and The Secret, s...I'm a huge fan of Big Magic, and The Secret, so yes, I suspect the Universe was giving me a nudge! Nice to meet a kindred spirit. Your mother seriously had a great sense of humor! Sounds like a lady I'd like to meet.<br /><br />Hallie - yep the story gets weirder. His sister-in-law signed him up and didn't tell him. She is the one who fixed us up and she set up the first date - even though neither of us knew it. She told him I was a friend visiting from her hometown, but she had a prior commitment. I, of course, thought he set everything up since I was out of the country until the day before the date and it was all set up online through the Match.com site. Midway through the date (a casual restaurant on the beach in Delray Beach) Barbara showed up and outed herself. Gary and I set up another date - one between us - for the next weekend and the rest, as they say, is history.Kaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758348842858993203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-75279117412996208292022-10-22T12:25:43.683-04:002022-10-22T12:25:43.683-04:00I could tell by looking at the style of your grade...I could tell by looking at the style of your grades report that we must be about the same age, Wendy! I remember how annoyed my then-boyfriend was when he went out to Colorado for a summer job in '81. He had been able to drink, well, anything in New York state, and he thought very little of the infamous 3.2 beer.<br /><br />I have a criminal record as of last year! I got ticketed for my car being four months past due for its registration. (What can I say, the lockdown messed up my sense of time passing.) I decided I was NOT going to hang around a crowded county courthouse with God-knows how many unvaccinated people, so I sent the ticket in with a guilty plea and a check. I was warned I would have a criminal record if I pled guilty (!!!!!) but decided at my age, it probably wasn't going to mess up my opportunities too much.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-7195759906111635892022-10-22T12:13:20.833-04:002022-10-22T12:13:20.833-04:00LOL on the movies. I can't stop giggling about...LOL on the movies. I can't stop giggling about how attractive a human sexuality class with movies would be to college age students. (Or to romance authors!)Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128026892155650398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-73690122203774152452022-10-22T11:47:13.658-04:002022-10-22T11:47:13.658-04:00What a great story, Diana! What a great story, Diana! Halliehttp://hallieephron.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-51770990100592042892022-10-22T11:43:58.264-04:002022-10-22T11:43:58.264-04:00Kait... Wait! What? Seriously??? And Wendy, your ...Kait... Wait! What? Seriously??? And Wendy, your mother sounds like a force to be reckoned with.Halliehttp://hallieephron.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-90360713372983397382022-10-22T11:42:28.592-04:002022-10-22T11:42:28.592-04:00Bummed that I got here late. Love that story by K...Bummed that I got here late. Love that story by Kait the commenter about how she met her husband. And loved looking at your transcript. What a strange experience you had about that arrest. Yes, random events can change your life in an instant.<br /><br />Congratulations on your new book!<br /><br />Question: Is there a Russian actress character in your novel?<br /><br />Wendy, I remember meeting you at my first mystery conference, I loved your first mystery novel though I cannot recall the title. I am so bad at remembering titles of books.<br /><br />Yes, I had an interesting conversation with a new friend. He asked me if I had ever been married or have children, I said "there is a t-shirt in one of my favorite mystery series - "I forgot to have children." I also said "No, I have never been married nor do I have children." He said he was surprised because I have a kind face. He said "Life is a mystery." Yes, I have learned in my lifetime that life can be a mystery.<br /><br />Back to your question, I am trying to think of a random event that changed my life path. I have met many interesting people from a member of the Royal family to authors. <br /><br />Only example I can think of right now was that I ran into an old friend at the library. I met him when I was 3 years old then again when we were at Berkeley. We lost touch again then reconnected when he was married with three children. Lost touch again. By the rime I ran into him at the library, he was already divorced from the mother of his children and remarried! <br /><br />He asked me if I was working and I mentioned that I just finished law school and was looking for a job. He is an attorney and he mentioned another attorney in his building (small three story building) was looking for help in his office.<br /><br />He arranged the interview and I showed up. The interview went well and I got hired. I have been working for that small law firm since then.<br /><br />Sorry this is so long!<br /><br />DianaBibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-16606105893698030412022-10-22T11:02:26.285-04:002022-10-22T11:02:26.285-04:00Thanks. Linguistics!Thanks. Linguistics!Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-71710739936658757462022-10-22T10:58:40.912-04:002022-10-22T10:58:40.912-04:00The story: in Mystery at Windswept Farm, Rosalie H...The story: in Mystery at Windswept Farm, Rosalie Hart's farm is about to undergo a soli test to retain their organic certification. When a strong-willed employee, Bini Katz, goes to Windswept Farm to confront the farmer, she finds him dead in his doorway. Bini is accused of murder and the investigation ensues. I had a lot of fun with this one. My mysteries have a cooking theme and in Windswept, Rosalie is surprised with an opportunity to study with Marco Giovanelli, an authentic Italian chef and a cousin of one of her best friends. Juxtaposed with the mystery is five days of cooking classes with a raucous group of six characters, some who love food, others who are escaping their lives, some with a motive to kill the farmer, and of course Rosalie, who is getting the chance of a lifetime to hone her skills and warm her heart. This story line allowed me to have my own immersion in Italian food — researching recipes and setting up my own test kitchen. My husband sure wasn’t complaining. Wendy Sand Eckelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-14003157808438960142022-10-22T10:53:29.166-04:002022-10-22T10:53:29.166-04:00Thanks, Priscilla! Everyone took human sexuality b...Thanks, Priscilla! Everyone took human sexuality because the professor showed movies. My criminology prof was pretty nutty and let's just say I'm lucky I passed tap dancing. It's a lot harder than it looks!Wendy Sand Eckelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-41181912010116699222022-10-22T10:42:27.118-04:002022-10-22T10:42:27.118-04:00Thanks for the insights, Wendy. And your transcrip...Thanks for the insights, Wendy. And your transcript is impressive with sex, tap dancing, and criminology.Priscilla Patonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09682269071922132687noreply@blogger.com