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The Silent Witness - A Short Story
Do you like mystery short stories? Then check out mine about a mute witness and a murder that happened on the twelfth day of Christmas.
Sarah Ickes
Jan 5, 202412 min read
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Murder As You Like It Mystery Conference 2023
My first time being an author on a panel was at this year's Murder As You Like It mystery conference.
Sarah Ickes
Aug 16, 20233 min read
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Celebrating Gardening, in Miniature Fashion
We have come here together this month, in order to celebrate the honorable art of gardening, miniature sized. In this blog post, I have a few things to note on the impact of miniature gardens, and their fairy counterparts. In the words of author Sarah Rose, cited from her novel entitled For All the Tea in China, "a gardener is an artist: His canvas is land; his medium, plants." This statement is part of a larger paragraph in describing the man deemed the best plant hunter in
Sarah Ickes
Apr 28, 20234 min read
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Looking Back at Malice Domestic 2022
Looking back at last year's Malice Domestic 34 and how much I am excited for this year's! It was a great weekend of meeting authors and chatting with readers near Bethesda MD and I can't wait to see what this one has in store, Malice Domestic 35 . To start off, it was the first time I had ever been in a conference hotel, let alone a five star one. The place was MASSIVE! I clocked that it took me four minutes to get from our hotel room to the designated vendor's room while pow
Sarah Ickes
Apr 5, 20233 min read
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Rain, Rain and Chocolate Town
October 1st was not just the official beginning to the "Spooky" month, but is was also the day for The Chocolate Town Book Festival held in the sweetest place on Earth, Hershey PA. This event had fifty authors representing romance, children, horror, mystery, and more. Originally, it was supposed to be an outdoor event. However, the weather had other plans with the remnants of Hurricane Ian bringing rain to our area. Don't get me wrong, I love the rain, but we were glad that t
Sarah Ickes
Nov 2, 20222 min read
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