End If has always been about answering "what if" questions. These days the questions are about what one person can make with AI as a partner. Here is what I'm working on.
Cozy mysteries as Pepper Ashby
I write cozy mysteries under the pen name Pepper Ashby: twisty plots, quirky small-town characters and just enough humor to keep things light. Claude is my writing partner for plotting, tracking characters, checking continuity and editing. The ideas, the voice and the final decisions are mine.
The series follows Maddy McGee, an amateur sleuth who inherits a pie bakery in the small Sierra Nevada town of Pine Hollow and ends up solving murders between batches.
Death at the Ravine
Maddy's first case. Before she can settle in, a scheming land developer turns up dead at the ravine, and Maddy is determined to find out who did it. Join Pepper's newsletter and get it free.
Fraud at Ridge & Root
Maddy's next case takes her to Clover Ridge, where Aunt Bea first got her start as a baker. Their bakery was once caught up in a land-grab scheme, and now the same trouble has come back. Available now on Amazon.
For new releases and updates, visit Pepper's Cozy Corner.
AI presentations
I give presentations on AI to library patrons and senior groups, with no jargon and no technical background needed. We cover what AI is, what it is good for, what to be careful about and how to try it safely. If your library, club or community group would like a session, get in touch.
Images and design with AI tools
Book covers, marketing graphics, printables and digital products. I use AI image tools for a first draft, then refine and finish the result myself.
WordPress to clean HTML
I convert small-business sites from WordPress to fast, simple, static HTML for clients whose sites don't need plugins, updates and the hosting costs that come with them. Claude helps with the conversion, and I review every page. This site is one of them.
Have a site you'd like simplified? Let's talk.