Author Amy Vansant

Hurricane Dorian Blew By After days of waiting to see what happened, for South Florida, hurricane Dorian ended up being more mild than a lot of our regular old summer storms. We tend to deal with stress with h...

Winners of the Name the Movie Contest There were a lot of creative submissions for naming the movie in my upcoming Kilty Secrets novel. Some people put some real thought into them...I think maybe they're actua...

Name a Movie in my Next Novel! It’s time for me to pick something in the upcoming Kilty Secrets for you to name! I've been planning to have the big finale of this novel take place on a jungle movie set. So ...

KILTY 5 - Kilty Secrets COVER REVEAL & A BIG SURPRISE! I've got big, crazy plans for the Kilty series, which will begin with the new cover for book #5 Kilty Secrets! Ta da! Recognize anyone? Who's th...

Lightning This week I found out Florida is NOT kidding around when it comes to lightning. We took these shots from our living room (they were videos and then we pulled the frame). Actually, this first photo lo...

The "What do you like in a mystery/cozy mystery series" poll results Maybe you like shelling. This is TODAY's haul for me! It took a while, but I finally managed to go through all the responses from my mys...

Upgrading My Wildlife for You In case my tortoises and turtles weren't doing it for you, I'd like to share with you the furry curve-ball nature threw us the other day... I was sitting at my kitchen table wo...

I Am the Turtle Whisperer My mother called me a "turtle magnet" because after bombarding her with pictures of Shelby, who lives in my backyard (though granted, Shelby is a tortoise...) I bumped into this m...

When your books stalk you... I'm currently working on the fifth Kilty book... but Pineapple Port (who I was kind enough to write two in a row for...) is acting like a jealous lover. First of all, I moved to a ...

Tortoise Turmoil! Remember my new friend Shelby? We watched Shelby plod away, exit stage left, yesterday... and then saw her reappearing stage right... That's when I realized the new creature wasn't Shelby, bu...

I'm in Jupiter, Florida! #JupUp? (<--- this is a saying my husband thinks he's going to coin/popularize while he's down here. *eyeroll*) Desperate to get away from the constant cleaning and scurrying awa...

A stealth photo through my screen as I was laying dying in my room after moving mecha-Godzilla from my basement. Ma & Pa Watch a Machine Move I should have known better. I used local Ebay once before and...

Pineapple Explosion! NEW RELEASE: Book #9 - Pineapple Puppies - 99c for a limited time! Ends May 29! BOOK #4 Pineapple Land War - FREE May 27-28! BOOK #5 Pineapple Beach House - New on AUDI...

Holy Saran Wrap those are some tight jeans. Name that Puppy Winners! There were nearly 500 entries in the name the puppy contest! A lot of people remembering their beloved pets, a few photos, and a bunch of ...

Name the Puppy Contest! It's time for me to pick something in the upcoming Pineapple Puppies (Pineapple Port Mysteries #9 - releasing May 24) for you to name! Last time was a snake... this time its an adorable...

Hubby and I are packing up to move from Maryland to Florida (YAY!) but we've made the tough decision to shut down our embroidery shop. We started DoodleSport.com fourteen years ago because we were so sick in lo...

Input About Your Favorite Books, Please! I'm thinking about starting a new series...but I don't want to start a whole new one without it being unique. I don't want to just replicate Pineapple Port or Kilty. ...

First...some #PineapplePortMysteries Challenge Favorites First, I thought I'd share with you a few of my favorite original entries from the Pineapple Port Challenge so far! If you'd like to see them all, plug ...

Meet the Pineapple Puppies! So I know Pineapple Jailbird #8 was JUST released, but I'm already half-done Pineapple Puppies, Pineapple Port Mystery #9! I figured after two serial killer-heavy books you could us...