TJ Wilde Trilogy · Duxbridge Mysteries · Jennifer McCaffrey Mysteries
Author of the TJ Wilde Trilogy, Duxbridge and the Jennifer Cozy Mysteries
At the end of a crappy day, I needed a warm lift.
I set my little espresso machine to go and went to shed my work clothes for my comfy on-the-couch-clothes.
When I returned, there was no doubt who understood me, who knew what I needed to brighten my dreary day.
Not a bouquet of flowers. Not a cheery card.
No, it was a cup so pretty, I almost couldn’t drink it.
But of course, I did.
Bertie, Gertrude, and Candi were looking forward to their tropical vaca. Candi packed the tanning oil and beach hats. Gertrude managed the maps and tunes. Bertie was in charge of snacks. Loaded up and ready for takeoff, in blew a sudden storm. Alas, their flight was canceled. Instead of getting their feathers ruffled, they made the best of it with what can set any heart aflutter: a little retail therapy.
I am the keeper of the eggs.
Each morning I carefully gather them from their fluffy spot.
A gift from my lovely ducks. If I should forget to do my job, four webbed feet flip-flap over to me.
Tilted feathered heads look up and raucously remind me,
that I am the keeper of the eggs.
I work to find songs that convey where I’m trying to go with the characters. It’s not really their music, more music to get me in the space I need to be. This week I’ve been bouncing between some darker blues for the mystery aspect and the more romantic moments. Today, it was romance. I’ve been trying to solidify the romance angles.
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