I’ll be back in the blogging game now, and we’ll kick of the fall season tomorrow with my guest author, Liana Brooks. Liana’s newest release is Convergence: A Time and Shadows Mystery, published by HarperCollins and available to pre-order as an ebook right now. Fall is the time of year I love the most. After …Read More
I’m Taking a Short Break
I’m finally heading for the hospital this afternoon to get this creaky, uncooperative left knee replaced with a joint that actually works. You can guess how miserable I’ve been when you hear the surgery was originally scheduled for January 19th. My surgeon ruptured a tendon in her wrist, so I rescheduled the surgery for April. …Read More
Exploring the Writings of M.K. Theodoratus
I love dipping into the works of local writers. There are so many authors in Colorado, both traditional published and self-published, who produce novels, novellas, and short stories in lots of genres. Recently I had the chance to read a couple of stories by M.K. Theodoratus, and I wanted to tell you a little about …Read More
Finding a Voice … by Kathleen Ernst
In the book world, “voice” is a difficult-to-define but prized element. “I can’t describe voice,” editors say, “but I know it when I see it.” When conceptualizing my latest Chloe Ellefson mystery, Death on the Prairie, I’ve thought a lot about finding a voice—and not just my own as a writer. Chloe is curator of …Read More
Character Growth: Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
By Jason P. Henry (Conference Director, 2016 Pikes Peak Writers Conference) I’d like to believe my writing abilities have come a long way since I first started. I could attribute my improvement to many things, but there’s one factor that I hold in highest regard. That is the multitude of amazing people I have met …Read More
One Writer’s Tools … by Bailey Cates
Thanks for inviting me to guest, Patricia! It is a rare book event where some version of the question, “What is your process?” doesn’t come up. Heck, I want to know how other writers create stories out of nothing, too. Alas, I still haven’t discovered the magic formula. So instead I thought I’d share a …Read More
The Winner of a Signed ARC of “Smart, But Dead”….
Congratulations to Maryann Miller who won a signed ARC of Smart, But Dead by Nancy G. West Maryann is also an author and blogger and can be found at Maryann Writes.
Literary Mystery Fiction: Finding the Sweet Spot … by Nancy G. West
Many people divide literary fiction from mystery fiction based on considering these elements: memorable characters and/or prose, sensory details, pacing (timing of events); high stakes; and tone (serious to humorous.) Which elements do these literary fiction authors, and one mystery writer, incorporate into their work? Most of these authors use all the elements. Since they’re …Read More
My Book Addiction is Getting Out of Hand
At the moment, I don’t have a lot of time to read for fun. That hasn’t stopped me from adding more books and e-books to my collection. Here are the latest. From the library, I have a physical copy of Fangs Out by David Freed. Via Library Overdrive, I have a copy of the e-book, …Read More
For the love of “old stuff”: the Chaw’se Miwok and Me … by Catriona McPherson
Don’t get me wrong, I’m very happy in Northern California but sometimes I miss the . . . old stuff that surrounded me in Scotland. The mediaeval streets, the fortified castles, the Roman walls, and of course the really old stuff: the standing stones. I’ve got an ambivalent attitude to standing stones, actually. I sort …Read More
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