"Without sounding critical, why post this question if you have connections with copy editors? I'd think if your wife is a copy-editor, you could've answered your own question, or am I wrong?"
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Winner of the Spinetingler Magazine Special Services To The Industry Award, CrimeSpace is a place for readers and writers of crime fiction to meet. Find new authors to delve into and discuss the latest in crime fiction. Share photos, videos and make some friends. Pull up a chair at the bar and share your poison.
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For those of you looking to join CrimeSpace, the requirements are simple: You need to have a genuine interest in crime fiction. While there are a number of authors on the site, the main focus of CrimeSpace is not promotion. It's community.
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Jed Power replied to J W Nelson's discussion Finding an editor"If you have a wife that is a copy-editor you are one lucky writer.
As far as Beta-Readers go, I know some people have good experiences with them, but I've been unable to find one that is good and interested in my genre. I would like to.…"
L. A. Starks posted a videoSTRIKE PRICE is a story about a business deal turned deadly, concluding with a plot to destroy a massive energy depot, disrupt the world’s economy, and bring the US into confrontation with another global power. To stop it, up-by-the-bootstraps Lynn Dayton must trust a Cherokee elder who carries a corrosive secret.
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STRIKE PRICE is a story about a business deal turned deadly, concluding with a plot to destroy a massive energy depot, disrupt the world's economy, and bring...
J W Nelson replied to J W Nelson's discussion Finding an editor"Thanks, all! My wife is an excellent copy-editor because of her real job. And I hope to enlist a few beta readers who can both look for holes and give me feedback on authenticity. "
Martyn V. Halm replied to J W Nelson's discussion Finding an editor"What kind of edit are you talking about? Line-edit, proofreading, copy-edit? Are looking for someone who will tear your grammar and spelling apart, or do you want someone who'll point out plot holes?
Before you look for 'an editor',…"
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New series you must check out... 1 Reply
I've posted about this book before but with the second in the series coming out in the next few weeks, I recommend anyone gets into this series...I spotted this article in the mail online, if you've…Continue
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Started by Connor Moore in Reading Room. Last reply by I. J. Parker yesterday.
No E-book for Stephen King's New "JOYLAND" 7 Replies
In a move to bump up…Continue
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ITW Roundtable: Thrillers that challenge the status quo 1 Reply
Please join me this week at ITW's Roundtable, where we are discussing the question, "What are your favorite thrillers that question conventional wisdom or the status quo?" I had the opportunity to…Continue
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Started by L. A. Starks in Reading Room. Last reply by Eric Christopherson on Monday.
Finding an editor 11 Replies
Does anyone know of a resource list of honest and competent editors who I could contact regarding an edit of my crime novel? CrimeSpace seemed to be a good place to ask this question. thanks in…Continue
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Started by J W Nelson in Writer's Den. Last reply by Martyn V. Halm 54 minutes ago.
True crime ... a springboard to fiction? 1 Reply
One of the articles in my recently published true crime ebook inspired my first novel. So kick back, have a pina colada (as it says in the Main Bar description) and check out the others.DARK DEEDS:…Continue
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Interesting Forbes article on Self-publishing 2 Replies
Interesting article about self-publishing in Forbes recently…Continue
Started by David DeLee in The Main Bar. Last reply by Patrick Balester on Sunday.
Looking for Published Novellas for podcast
At Crime City Central we are looking for published crime novellas (dead tree published) to air on our podcast in serial form. Up to 24,000 words, more or less. Old or recent, even OOP, but you must…Continue
Started by Cher in Schmooze Lounge May 8.
Bid on a manuscript critique for a good cause! 2 Replies
Manuscript critiques, cocktails for 4 at Folio Literary Management's NYC offices, a scholarship to the Salt Cay Writers Retreat, and more including my offering: signed books and rocks from my…Continue
Started by Karen Dionne in The Main Bar. Last reply by Karen Dionne May 6.
Shakespeare Wrote Murder Stories 9 Replies
Perhaps it’s worse in Oxford, like the weather. Oxford, England, that is: a city stiff with history, bristling with dreaming spires, and teeming with writers. You can hear the scratching of their…Continue
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Started by Tim Griggs in The Main Bar. Last reply by Tim Griggs Apr 26.
Cover Copy Help 8 Replies
Looking for feedback on this. Thoughts?COLTIn four days, Everett Harbaugh will celebrate his twentieth birthday.Maybe.Home from college for the weekend, Everett is shocked to discover that he was…Continue
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Blog Posts
Book Review: "Dying Voices: The Carl Burns Mystery Series" by Bill Crider
Professor Carl Burns starts the fall semester at Hartley Norman College preparing again to teach the sophomore level course on American Lit. While he has a few jitters regarding the start of the new semester he is very much dreading the upcoming Edward Street Seminar as their most famous alumni, Edward Street, returns to the small campus. The idea of a seminar celebrating the work of Edward Street had been hatched by the new university president Franklin Miller as a way of raising…
ContinuePosted by Kevin R. Tipple on May 22, 2013 at 12:07am
Review: Sacred Games by Gary Corby
First Line: The procession wound past the Sanctuary of Zeus.
The procession consists of athletes, trainers, priests, officials, and spectators who are gathering for the Olympic Games of 460 BC. The most important contest is the pankration, the deadly martial art of ancient Greece.…
ContinuePosted by Kittling: Books on May 21, 2013 at 6:25pm
Murder at the Pencil Factory: The Killing of Mary Phagan Now in eBook
From award winning criminologist R. Barri Flowers and the bestselling author of THE PICKAXE KILLERS and THE SEX SLAVE MURDERS, comes a powerful new historical true crime short, MURDER IN THE PENCIL FACTORY: The Killing of Mary Phagan 100 Years Later.
On the…
ContinuePosted by R. Barri Flowers on May 21, 2013 at 4:28am
SHOW ME - Suspense Thriller
Show Me by William Wilde - A woman is stalked by an obsessed, dangerous voyeur watching everything she does.…
Posted by William Wilde on May 21, 2013 at 4:01am
Meet Me this week in MD
I’ll spend Wednesday morning at the Book Expo at the Bowie Senior Center. I was one of the forty local authors featured at last year's event, which was very well received. So I’ll be reading from my books at this year’s Expo too, and our books will be available for purchase. The Book Expo is open to the general public so stop by at 14900 Health Center Dr, Bowie MD between 9am and 11:30am…
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