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Debbie Macomber's Mrs. Miracle… Not a Mystery Book, but Definitely a Holiday Movie

OK, OK! I know that Debbie Macomber isn’t a mystery book author. But I also know that there are several people who read the Cozy Mystery Site who are avid Debbie Macomber fans. So  for those of you Debbie Macomber fans>>> I want to tell you about the Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle movie, which the Hallmark network will be showing.

Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle will premier this Saturday (December 5) at 8:00, and then air “in a row” or “back to back” for the next six hours. That is to say that the Hallmark channel will be showing it at 8:00, 10:00, and then again at midnight. It will also air on Sunday during the Hallmark channel’s 8:00 movie line-up time. (All times are in the evening.)

I know this because I am one of the few people who own a Replay DVR machine (which I absolutely love!!! AND which UNFORTUNATELY they are no longer selling.) But because I have one of the few Replays out there, I can look through different television channel line-ups quite easily. (The Replay is to the Tivo what Betamax was to the VHS machine, or the 8-track tapes were to cassettes. One of them had to fail…)

Anyway, I have not seen the movie, nor have I read the novel, so I cannot vouch it. But, I can say that the wonderful Doris Roberts is in it, and it looks like a “feel good” holiday movie… I will definitely be DVR-ing it…. on my Replay!

Short Mystery Fiction Society 2009 Derringer Awards:

Congratulations to all of those nominated AND to those who won! The Short Mystery Fiction Society announced the winners of the 2009 Derringer Awards:

2009 Derringer Award Best Flash Story (1,000 Words or Less):
No Flowers for Stacey by Ruth McCarty   (Tied Winner)
No Place Like Home by Dee Stuart   (Tied Winner)
A Killing Season by J.F. Benedetto
Black Pearls by James C. Clar
Rainy Day Fund by J.K. Cummins
Incident in Itawamba by Gary Hoffman
This Bird has Flown by BV Lawson

2009 Derringer Award Best Short Story (1,001 – 4,000 Words):
The Cost of Doing Business by Michael Penncavage (Winner)
Independence Day by Allan Leverone
Regrets, I’ve Had a Few by Allan Leverone
Taste for It by Sophie Littlefield
Stalkers by Lew Stowe
Wishing on Whores by John Weagly

2009 Derringer Award Best Long Story (4,001 – 8,000 Words):
The Quick Brown Fox by Robert S. Levinson (Winner)
Bonnie and Clyde Caper by O’Neil De Noux
The Big Score by Chris Holm
The Art of Avarice by Darrell James
Dead Even by Frank Zafiro

2009 Derringer Award Best Novelette (8,001 – 17,500 Words):
Too Wise by O’Neil De Noux (Winner)
Haven’t Seen You Since the Funeral by Ernest B & Alice A. Brown
Vegetable Matters by Terry W. Ervin II
Jack Best and the Line in the Sand by Steve Olley
Panic on Portage Path by Dick Stodghill

2009 Recipient of the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer Award for Lifetime Achievement:
Clark Howard

This will be the last post about mystery book awards for a little while. (I have gotten so far behind on the 2009 award postings.)

♦Back to the Mystery Book Awards page♦

2009 Nero Wolfe Award Finalists…

Congratulations to the Finalists for the 2009 Nero Wolfe  Awards. The (yearly) Black Orchid Banquet will be taking place in early December, so we will have to wait until then to find out which of the three finalists is chosen as the Winner… Let’s face it, though, all three of them are winners for being finalists!

2009 Nero Wolfe Award Finalists:

The Dark Tide by Andrew Gross

The Tenth Case by Joseph Teller

The Fault Tree by Louise Ure

I’ll try to be a little more timely when it comes to posting the winner!

♦Back to the Mystery Book Awards page♦

Happy Thanksgiving! Written on Tuesday…

Happy Thanksgiving Day to all of the site readers in the USA. (I’m guessing it’s just another Thursday for those of you who find yourselves living in “exotic” locations.)

As this entry’s title says, I am writing this on Tuesday, and post-dating it. To all of you out there who are the primary (as in “only”) cook in your homes >>> If you are reading this entry during the day, you know that I am probably “enjoying” the national day off by doing one of the following “fun” activities:

Peeling potatoes
Cutting up celery
Dicing onions
Preparing the green beans
Making the white sauce to go on the pearl onions
Preparing the stuffing
Mashing potatoes
Cutting the turkey
Baking the pumpkin pie
Preparing the gravy (Which I have to admit, I cheat on>>> I use the turkey flavor canned gravy with a whole lot of coarse cracked pepper in it >>> No lumps for us… and a whole lot easier for me!) 
ETC!!! 

Of course, if you’re reading this entry after, let’s say, 6:00 PM… Then my “fun” activities will be somewhat different:

Doing the dishes
De-boning and carving the turkey
Finding space in the refrigerator for all of the left-overs
Labeling cut-up turkey for the freezer
Finding space in the freezer for all of the excess turkey
ETC!!!

Not to worry though… Since we favor the Ocean Spray jellied cranberry sauce, someone will probably help me by opening the can… if only to hear the swoosh as the air suctions out of the can when the cranberry “blob” falls into the bowl >>> which I placed right by the can >>> next to the can opener!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you… cooks and non-cooks!

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