Pond’s Postcard #7
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Week of February 21, 2021
I hope everyone reading this has finally thawed out and has full access to heat, electricity, and safe drinking water. BRRR! That was a cold week!
Now that my favorite pen, which is metal, no longer needs an hour to warm up before I touch it, I’m back to work on my first mystery novel. Would you like to read my elevator pitch? Here it is:
San Antonio Psychic Detective Mysteries
Elizabeth Susan Pond loves her beautiful, historic city of San Antonio, Texas where she works as a private investigator with a secret. Liz was born with Extra Sensory Perception and uses it as a tool to solve her cases, but she refuses to tell her clients or advertise herself as a psychic detective because she doesn’t believe in psychics. Her favorite hobby: busting charlatans.
I’ve always enjoyed anything to do with the paranormal or mysteries whether it be a book, movie or television show, which makes this book extra enjoyable to write.
And the research. Love it! We’ve been to San Antonio many times and always leave looking forward to our next visit even as we drive out of the city. As I look through photos from our trips it is easy to see many places to base an intriguing mystery.
NOTE from the Author: I used Canva to create this newsletter. It was a first for me. I hope you like it.
The Texas Book Festival, the largest book event in the state and one of the premier book Festivals in the country, returns November 8–9 in downtown Austin for its landmark 30th anniversary! Free and open to all, the Festival will feature a star-studded lineup of more than 300 of the …
Pond’s Postcard #5 Hello! “Sage’s Bluff” Update I finished the first draft of “Sage’s Bluff” last Sunday afternoon. Right now, I’m playing catch up on my typing. Currently, I’m at 23,102 words in my typed manuscript. I have so much work ahead of me, but don’t worry, I have contracted …
Do you like mysteries? Be sure to pick up a copy of your summer travel companion to read on the plane, train, or automobile. The Pond Investigations Mystery series is about a psychic PI who doesn’t believe in psychics.
It looks like 2025 is going to be a busy year for all of us. Please make sure to check out my Events page, https://jennistand.com/events/. Another way to keep up with my current news is to sign up for my newsletter, Pond’s Postcard. Send an email to pondspostcard (at) jennistand.com …
It’s official. “Death is in the Cards” is out and available for purchase! After an eventful winter, Pond Investigations’ daily routine is interrupted once again. Coaxed by a friend, Liz Pond sets up a fortune teller booth for a charity fundraiser. Of course, the people coordinating the event don’t know …
Attention Mystery Lovers! If you are looking for a fun January mystery, check out “Mad Money & Murder” by Jenni Stand. It’s available in Paperback, Kindle, and Audiobook formats! My narrator, Carol Beth Anderson, did a wonderful job narrating my book. It released just before Christmas and is already being …
“Death is in the Cards” Cover Reveal The cover for the second book in my Pond Investigations Mystery series was unveiled at the Lubbock Book Festival yesterday. I’m very excited to share it with the rest of the world today. Some notes on the cover design: my daughter, Katy, drew …
Jenni Stand
Jenni Stand lives in Texas and is achieving her lifelong dream of becoming an independently published author. She was born and raised on Prince Edward Island in Canada, and she now lives in Texas with her husband, daughter, and slightly spastic dog. She has always wanted to be a writer, partially due to being surrounded by everything connected with Anne of Green Gables and Lucy Maud Montgomery and partially due to her love of reading. Growing up, she always had her nose in a mystery book, whether it was Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys or Trixie Belden. Plus, the eighties was the best decade for some of the best mystery series on television. Lately she’s been enjoying Agatha Christie. It’s fun getting to read her books for the very first time.
After years of trying to write a book without success, Jenni was one of the earliest students of Ellie Alexander’s Mystery Writing Masterclass. Since joining, Jenni wrote her first book, Mad Money & Murder: A Pond Investigations Mystery. The second book in the Pond Investigations Mystery series titled Death is in the Cards released in February 2025. Jenni is hard at work on the third book of the series, Sage’s Bluff.
In the past year, Jenni has released the audiobook version of Mad Money & Murder. It was professionally narrated by Carol Beth Anderson, https://andersonnarration.com/. The audiobook is available on Amazon, Audible, and the Apple Store. She looks forward to releasing Death is in the Cards in audiobook at a future date.
Jenni and her family cowrote a role-playing adventure called Legend of the Veil that currently sells on DriveThruRPG.com. She also wrote a handful of articles for a short-lived local magazine in Midland, Texas, called Tall City Tales.
If she doesn’t have a pen in her hand, it’s usually holding either a crochet hook or a knitting needle instead.
Link to my Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/jennistand
Direct Link to Mad Money & Murder on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Money-Murder-Pond-Investigations-Mystery-ebook/dp/B0CSKBT4VK
Direct Link to Death is in the Cards on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Cards-Pond-Investigations-Mystery-ebook/dp/B0DVBRCF5W
Jenni Stand is an Affiliate Member of the Mystery Writers of America.
Author photo taken by Robert Standridge.
