Lynette Rees's Posts - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T14:21:56ZLynette Reeshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/LynetteReeshttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/60988930?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://crimespace.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=qgwmx42xej51&xn_auth=noWhat's Left Behindtag:crimespace.ning.com,2017-03-21:537324:BlogPost:4225642017-03-21T20:01:24.000ZLynette Reeshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/LynetteRees
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<p>I got the idea for this story after watching a real-life crime documentary about a murdered teenage girl. She set out for school one day walking through a wooded area and was never to return home again. Her body was discovered several days later, she’d been strangled. Her killer was never found, until years later, when the police discovered they still had her…</p>
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<p>I got the idea for this story after watching a real-life crime documentary about a murdered teenage girl. She set out for school one day walking through a wooded area and was never to return home again. Her body was discovered several days later, she’d been strangled. Her killer was never found, until years later, when the police discovered they still had her red duffle coat stored in a locker at the police station. There was now one major difference to how crimes were solved — DNA! And so the murder was solved.</p>
<p>It got me thinking, what if a young detective ended up being visited by a ghost from her past when she’s involved in a series of killings in her home town?</p>
<p><strong>This is a story which dips into the past as policewoman, Ruth Carter, is forced to relive her youth once again and remember the horrific murder of her best friend, Jenny Johnson, whilst the police search for a serial killer in the community who calls himself, ‘Prince Charming’…</strong></p>
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<p><em>When an elderly man turns up at her police station, D.S. Ruth Carter, does not immediately recognise him. However, when she does, she is immediately transported back in time to the 1980s when her best friend Jenny was murdered.</em></p>
<p>“There’s a man at the desk asking for you.” P.C. Aled Evans held the door open for her.</p>
<p>Sergeant Ruth Carter frowned. “What’s he want?”</p>
<p>The policeman scratched his head. “Dunno. Didn’t ask him.”</p>
<p>The bloody probationer didn’t have a clue. For goodness sake, the first rule was to prioritise, didn’t he realise that?<br/>…<br/>“Hello, Mr Johnson. I’m Detective Ruth Carter. What can I do for you?”</p>
<p>She detected a twinkle in his eye. “You don’t remember me, do you?”</p>
<p>Looking directly at her, his eyes softening, he said just one word. “Jenny.”</p>
<p>She fought to stop the image from entering her brain. For more than thirty years she had pushed it aside. Jenny was the reason she had gone into the police force in the first place.</p>
<p>Her hand flew to her mouth, her heart started to pound reminding her of all the frightening and scary events of her life.<br/>—<br/>There’s a killer on the loose who calls himself, ‘Prince Charming’, his modus operandi is to leave just one shoe on his victims. The murderer’s style is similar to the person who killed Jenny back in the eighties, but is this the same man?</p>
<p>Whilst the killer plays a ‘Cat and Mouse’ game with the detectives, Ruth’s personal life begins to unravel. What has her partner Pete been up to while she’s been at work? He’s been staying out over night and making excuses for his absences. Can she trust him? Particularly as he went missing the night of one of the murders.</p>
<p>Who is the killer is he a stranger or is he someone that she thought she knew so well?</p>
<p>Available here: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Whats-Behind-Detective-Carter-Thriller-ebook/dp/B06W5FHLM3" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Whats-Behind-Detective-Carter-Thriller-ebook/dp/B06W5FHLM3</a></p>Watching You is now out!tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-07-20:537324:BlogPost:1525712008-07-20T17:18:57.000ZLynette Reeshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/LynetteRees
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My romantic suspense novel, Watching You, is now available in e-book format from The Wild Rose Press.<br />
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<i>Upon the reading of her father’s will, Angeline Hamilton is devastated to discover that not only has she lost her inheritance, but she has lost Tarrington Manor -- her beloved family home. When a reckless decision results in her working for the new owner, Sebastian Tremaine, she finds herself hopelessly attracted to the very man she should…</i>
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My romantic suspense novel, Watching You, is now available in e-book format from The Wild Rose Press.<br />
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<i>Upon the reading of her father’s will, Angeline Hamilton is devastated to discover that not only has she lost her inheritance, but she has lost Tarrington Manor -- her beloved family home. When a reckless decision results in her working for the new owner, Sebastian Tremaine, she finds herself hopelessly attracted to the very man she should resent.<br />
But her confusion over the unexpected romance soon gives way to fear. Someone wants her dead. Soon she’s embroiled in secrets, seduction and a simmering love affair.<br />
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Stalked by evil, Angeline and Sebastian try desperately to hold onto their new found love…and their lives.<br />
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I've run several competitions over the past year or so offering free copies of my books both in e-format and as paperbacks, but I'm beginning to wonder if it's worth the time and effort.<br />
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In all that time, I think I've only had one 'thank you' from a winner. Now, don't get me wrong -- I don't expect anyone to be eternally grateful, but it would be nice to know at least if the…
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I've run several competitions over the past year or so offering free copies of my books both in e-format and as paperbacks, but I'm beginning to wonder if it's worth the time and effort.<br />
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In all that time, I think I've only had one 'thank you' from a winner. Now, don't get me wrong -- I don't expect anyone to be eternally grateful, but it would be nice to know at least if the winner has received the e-book or paperback. Whether they enjoy it or not is another matter of course.<br />
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A few weeks ago I went out of my way to post a book to someone living a long way from my home. I had to make a detour especially to go to the main post office as our small village post office has closed down. This meant it had a knock-on effect of larger queues at the main post office as many of the smaller post offices have also gone in our town. I queued for around twenty minutes and the postage was quite high. So all in all, that plus the cost of the book, postage and packaging, plus the time taken out of my day, cost me dear.<br />
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Did the person who received the book let me know if it had arrived? No.<br />
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I've also yet to receive any feed back from any readers who have won any of my books.<br />
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Yet, none of this goes with other people who are avid readers of my books. Most say they can't put them down, but then again most of the people who tell me that are from my home town, so maybe they 'get my writing'. That's nice to know.<br />
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At the end of the day, I'm wondering if any of this is worth it? Writing to me is as essential as breathing but even that has to end one day.<br />
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Some of my happiest times as a writer was during the early days before publication when I just wrote for the pleasure of it and my only audience were the other members of my local writing group.Inspector Lynley Mysteriestag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-03-30:537324:BlogPost:1344202008-03-30T16:07:40.000ZLynette Reeshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/LynetteRees
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The BBC have recently started to repeat the excellent Inspector Lynley Mysteries, penned by the fabulous Elizabeth George. You can read last year's interview published in The Writer Magazine, <a href="http://www.elizabethgeorgeonline.com/articles_interviews/WRT-A0607.pdf">here:</a><br />
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I was very surprised when I first discovered that Ms. George is an American. I would have sworn that the author was very much…
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The BBC have recently started to repeat the excellent Inspector Lynley Mysteries, penned by the fabulous Elizabeth George. You can read last year's interview published in The Writer Magazine, <a href="http://www.elizabethgeorgeonline.com/articles_interviews/WRT-A0607.pdf">here:</a><br />
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I was very surprised when I first discovered that Ms. George is an American. I would have sworn that the author was very much a true Brit. What she does as it explains in the interview is to never write about a place she has not been to first. That's what sets this drama apart, the realism. She gets under the skin of each character and the settings are places she knows.<br />
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It's very helpful of course that the lead, Inspector Lynley, happens to be played by handsome actor, Nathaniel Parker.<br />
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Parker is very easy on the eye and I'm sure, like the romantic lead in a romance novel, women fall in love with him.<br />
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So, it's very strange that the BBC should stop making a successful series like this. Over the Easter holidays, I noticed that a lot of TV programmes shown on both terrestrial and Sky TV, were of a crime related nature. For example, Murder She Wrote, Midsomer Murders, NCIS, Criminal Minds, Damages and Bones, etc.<br />
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People will always enjoy a good murder mystery to scare the living daylights out of them!Top Ten Pet Hates of a Grumpy Womantag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-03-27:537324:BlogPost:1336522008-03-27T19:27:24.000ZLynette Reeshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/LynetteRees
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Here are some of the things that really get up my nose!<br />
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10. People who once knew me but now stick their noses in the air and walk by as if they never did!<br />
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9. Shop assistants who prefer to talk to one another whilst ignoring the customer.<br />
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8. Repeated lateness. Why is someone else's time more important than my own?<br />
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7. Mobile phones. Okay, I have one but I'm not on it all day long! And why is it when I accidentally overhear someone in a shop or on a…
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Here are some of the things that really get up my nose!<br />
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10. People who once knew me but now stick their noses in the air and walk by as if they never did!<br />
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9. Shop assistants who prefer to talk to one another whilst ignoring the customer.<br />
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8. Repeated lateness. Why is someone else's time more important than my own?<br />
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7. Mobile phones. Okay, I have one but I'm not on it all day long! And why is it when I accidentally overhear someone in a shop or on a bus on a mobile, they have the most innane conversations: "Tomato soup or mushroom?" "I'm on the bus/train/in the cafe/pub, etc [delete as appropriate]. How on earth did people manage before mobile phones were invented?<br />
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6. Unexpected visitors. Sorry I sound like such a grump. I just hate it when someone I haven't seen for ages, and who I have to make an appointment to see, comes crashing into my living room when I'm watching my favourite TV show. And you wonder why all my friends are online?<br />
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5. People who want me to write a book for them.<br />
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4. People who send me a Christmas card but pass me by in the street.<br />
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3. People who speak without thinking they might be hurting someone.<br />
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2. Gossips. Okay, we're all a little guilty of tittle tattle from time to time, I'm talking about those who are malicious.<br />
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1. Selfishness. Those who are out for number one and who steamroller everything in their path to get their own way.<br />
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So what are your pet hates?When should you call yourself a writer?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-03-25:537324:BlogPost:1329342008-03-25T11:41:29.000ZLynette Reeshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/LynetteRees
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It wasn't until I received my first pay cheque that I actually said: "Now I'm a real writer!" The cheque was for an article I had published on an American website a few years ago.<br />
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How wrong I was.<br />
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I have been paid for my writing quite a few times since then, not just for my novels but for articles in magazines too. Yet, I always was a writer -- even if I didn't call myself one.<br />
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The first person who put any value on my writing was one of my school…
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It wasn't until I received my first pay cheque that I actually said: "Now I'm a real writer!" The cheque was for an article I had published on an American website a few years ago.<br />
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How wrong I was.<br />
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I have been paid for my writing quite a few times since then, not just for my novels but for articles in magazines too. Yet, I always was a writer -- even if I didn't call myself one.<br />
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The first person who put any value on my writing was one of my school teachers, Mrs Robinson. Mrs Robinson was young and trendy and she spoke about controversial issues: "Do you know we could all be blown up by an atomic bomb at any time!" I was fourteen and she worried me to death.<br />
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Yet, I loved her lessons. At night I read magazines like 'Loving' and 'Love Affair' under the bedcovers by torchlight. The stories were written in the first person and obviously meant for grown ups, although they were pretty tame.<br />
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So, in English lessons I wrote my own stories. It's no wonder I love TV programmes like The Sopranos today and films like The Godfather, because back then I remember writing a story about a man who killed his wife, chopped her up into little pieces and disposed of her body in a hay baling machine! I don't know if any other teacher would have read out my story to the class but Mrs Robinson did!<br />
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When she read my stories and the bell went before the end, some of the girls would gather around outside the classroom door while one of them read the story through to the end. So I was a natural story teller way back then, although I didn't realise it. Didn't think I had any particular talent.<br />
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It wasn't until around 1999 that I joined a creative writing class at a local library, by then I was nearing forty, and feared the rest of the group would be very high brow: men wearing dicky bows who smoked pipes and women in tweed suits! How wrong I was. Despite being the 'baby of the group', some were as old as 80+, I learned a lot from them and realised they were just ordinary people like myself.<br />
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Attending that writing group gave me a good grounding as we critiqued one another's stories and poems, but I still didn't feel able to call myself a writer.<br />
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Receiving that cheque and contract in the post a few years back didn't make me a writer either. You see, I always was a writer practically from the moment I was able to write -- I just didn't know it.Happy Easter!tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-03-18:537324:BlogPost:1317852008-03-18T16:25:51.000ZLynette Reeshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/LynetteRees
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Spring is on the way, supposedly, although I’ve just heard the weather forecast here in the UK and the weathermen are talking about icy showers and maybe even snow! I haven’t seen any new born lambs as yet, but I think our local farmer has them on high ground at the moment – so maybe we’ll get to see them gambolling about in the fields pretty soon.<br />
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I had a great weekend with family. We went out for a huge family meal and celebrated three birthdays:…
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Spring is on the way, supposedly, although I’ve just heard the weather forecast here in the UK and the weathermen are talking about icy showers and maybe even snow! I haven’t seen any new born lambs as yet, but I think our local farmer has them on high ground at the moment – so maybe we’ll get to see them gambolling about in the fields pretty soon.<br />
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I had a great weekend with family. We went out for a huge family meal and celebrated three birthdays: my daughter Leyna’s 21st, her cousin Ellie’s 5th and their grandmother’s 69th. We ended up singing ‘Happy Birthday!’ three times in succession and the birthday cakes had to be relight as the overhead fans kept blowing them out!<br />
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The end of February saw the release of my romantic comedy, A TASTE OF HONEY. I was absolutely gob smacked to find three people were bidding for it at e-bay just a few days after its release. That was also the week when only one copy was left in stock at Amazon [so hopefully that was a good sign! They’ve restocked since.]<br />
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I ran a competition on my blog offering the chance for entrants to win a copy. The winner was Sarah Elizabeth Rose. So congratulations go to her and a copy is on its way to her as I write this. For those of you who haven’t read it yet, it’s available at your favourite Borders.<br />
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The final galley has been submitted to The Wild Rose Press of WATCHING YOU, my romantic suspense. I have to say out of all my books this has been my absolute favourite to write. It was fun but at the same time chilling getting into the mind of a serial killer. You can read an excerpt here:<br />
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That's it for now! Hope you have a Happy Easter or whatever you happen to celebrate at this time of the year!<br />
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Lynette Rees<br />
A TASTE OF HONEY<br />
Available from Amazon and Borders right now!<br />
www.Lynetterees.comA Taste of Honey available from today!tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-02-26:537324:BlogPost:1265992008-02-26T15:20:20.000ZLynette Reeshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/LynetteRees
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My romantic comedy, A Taste of Honey, is out today! It's available from Borders bookstores. Here is the blurb:<br />
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Honey is not far from the sting.<br />
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Fran Santini has a secret she keeps from her family. During the day, she works as a waitress, but at night, she is a honey trapper for the Peace of Mind Agency, working for women who suspect their partners are cheating.<br />
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Travis O’Connell is minding his own business, enjoying a pint of Guinness at his local…
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My romantic comedy, A Taste of Honey, is out today! It's available from Borders bookstores. Here is the blurb:<br />
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Honey is not far from the sting.<br />
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Fran Santini has a secret she keeps from her family. During the day, she works as a waitress, but at night, she is a honey trapper for the Peace of Mind Agency, working for women who suspect their partners are cheating.<br />
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Travis O’Connell is minding his own business, enjoying a pint of Guinness at his local pub, when he is accosted by Fran who believes he is her intended target. After all, he has a goatee just as his “wife” described.<br />
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Fran, a hopeless honey trapper, fails to realize she has set up the wrong guy. What’s more, when the penny finally drops, she is forced into a compromising situation, begging the question: can Fran’s job stay a secret for much longer?<br />
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At the risk of incurring the wrath of Fran’s brother, Antonio, Travis finds himself attracted to sultry Fran Santini. Will the secret draw the couple together or drive them apart?The galley for WATCHING YOUtag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-02-14:537324:BlogPost:1240532008-02-14T13:36:18.000ZLynette Reeshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/LynetteRees
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<font size="3"><br></br>I received the galley this morning to check over for my latest book,</font> <font size="3" style="font-style: italic;">Watching You</font><font size="3">. I'm really excited about it as it's my darkest novel yet. I go into the
mind of a serial killer who is out there watching the heroine -- hence<br />
the title.<br></br><br></br>In my three published novels so far, I have only used
the hero and heroine's point of view but in this book I…</font>
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<font size="3"><br/>I received the galley this morning to check over for my latest book,</font> <font style="font-style: italic;" size="3">Watching You</font><font size="3">. I'm really excited about it as it's my darkest novel yet. I go into the
mind of a serial killer who is out there watching the heroine -- hence<br />
the title.<br/><br/>In my three published novels so far, I have only used
the hero and heroine's point of view but in this book I also use the<br />
villain's pov which was interesting. This allowed me to be as nasty and<br />
evil as I could possibly be! I think authors put a little of themselves<br />
into their novels often without realising it, but I promise you I am<br />
not about to go around stalking or killing anyone.<br/><br/></font><font style="font-style: italic;" size="3">A Taste of Honey</font> <font size="3">goes into 801 Borders stores at the end of the month. I'm really over the moon about that!</font>A Cautionary Tale for Authorstag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-02-12:537324:BlogPost:1236802008-02-12T10:41:02.000ZLynette Reeshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/LynetteRees
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<font size="3"><br></br>I was surfing the web last night when I ended up at the New York Times website and an article written about the recent so-called plagiarism by
a well-known romance author, Cassie Edwards. Apparently, someone had<br />
posted a blog about this in January when they had discovered upon<br />
feeding some of Ms. Edwards text from her novels into Google, she had<br />
blatantly lifted text from the works…</font>
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<font size="3"><br/>I was surfing the web last night when I ended up at the New York Times website and an article written about the recent so-called plagiarism by
a well-known romance author, Cassie Edwards. Apparently, someone had<br />
posted a blog about this in January when they had discovered upon<br />
feeding some of Ms. Edwards text from her novels into Google, she had<br />
blatantly lifted text from the works of three different novels. If you<br />
want to read on further about this, here are the links:<br/><br/>
A Romance Novelist is Accused of Copying:<br/><a href="http://bebo.com/Link.jsp?Url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2008%2F01%2F12%2Fbooks%2F12roma.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/12/bo...</a><br/><br/>
First Article about issue at Smart Bitches Blog:<br/><a href="http://bebo.com/Link.jsp?Url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smartbitchestrashybooks.com%2Findex.php%2Fweblog%2Fcassie_edwards_extravaganza%2F" target="_blank">http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.c...</a><br/><br/>
The PDF Document at Smart Bitches Blog that indicates the plagiarism:<br/><a href="http://bebo.com/Link.jsp?Url=http%3A%2F%2Fsmartbitchestrashybooks.files.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fcassieedwardsrevd.pdf" target="_blank">http://smartbitchestrashybooks.files...</a><br/><br/>
When I read the above my eyes widened with surprise that a well-known<br />
author of Ms. Edwards standing in the romance community and of course,<br />
the writing world, would do such a thing.<br/><br/>
She was questioned about this issue but apparently made out it was<br />
'historical research' and she had no idea what she was doing was wrong.<br />
Now come on, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to realise that if<br />
you lift someone's work almost word for word that you need to attribute<br />
it to the source. At least that's what I was taught in college. We used<br />
quotes and references. And if someone researches they don't normally<br />
write word for word.<br/><br/>
I had to carry out research for a recent historical romance I've<br />
written. I just read widely on the subject and wrote things in my own<br />
words. In any case, most of the topics I researched were written by<br />
professors and the like and their writing voices would have sounded<br />
totally out of place with my own. And I definitely didn't go taking my<br />
research from other similar works of fiction. The books I used were<br />
local history books.<br/><br/>
So far, Ms. Edwards publishers and the Romance Writers of America [she<br />
used to be a member] aren't committing themselves to saying she<br />
actually plagiarised stuff. Yet a magazine journalist has even found<br />
his own words in one of her books when he wrote about Meer cats.<br/><br/>
This is a cautionary tale for authors. Big Brother is out there, watching and waiting, and this time he has a name -- Google!</font>What are you reading at the moment?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-02-04:537324:BlogPost:1224642008-02-04T18:43:36.000ZLynette Reeshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/LynetteRees
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<font size="3"><br></br>I have this habit of reading three books at the same time. No, I'm not an octopus, but I like variety. Downstairs on my coffee table is a copy
of Shirley Jump's book, THE MARRIAGE MIRACLE, which I read when I get<br />
the time [I've almost finished it by the way!] On my bedside cabinet,<br />
the bedroom is where I read mostly, is a copy of Michael Winner's<br />
autobiography, WINNER TAKES ALL: A life of sorts, and INDESTRUCTIBLE<br />
SELF-BELIEF…</font>
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<font size="3"><br/>I have this habit of reading three books at the same time. No, I'm not an octopus, but I like variety. Downstairs on my coffee table is a copy
of Shirley Jump's book, THE MARRIAGE MIRACLE, which I read when I get<br />
the time [I've almost finished it by the way!] On my bedside cabinet,<br />
the bedroom is where I read mostly, is a copy of Michael Winner's<br />
autobiography, WINNER TAKES ALL: A life of sorts, and INDESTRUCTIBLE<br />
SELF-BELIEF by Fiona Harrold [that came free with a magazine a couple<br />
of years ago!]<br/><br/>The most absorbing of these three books has to be
Michael Winner's. I love it. He hooked me from the first paragraph. His<br />
life has been so varied and interesting. As well as there being some<br />
extremely amusing parts, there are also some poignant ones. Like the<br />
way he describes how Burt Lancaster spent his last days following a<br />
stroke and how Oliver Reed had a smallish funeral in Ireland attended<br />
by ordinary folk [the type of friends he had in life] and how he,<br />
Michael Winner, was the only celebrity in attendance.<br/><br/>I can well
believe this. I met Oliver Reed unexpectantly once at a friend's<br />
wedding. We arrived for the evening do and someone said that Mr Reed<br />
had turned up in the middle of the wedding with just a sheet wrapped<br />
around him. Then he picked up a drink, emptying it over his head,<br />
saying, "Here's a toast to the bride and groom!"<br/><br/>So, I wondered
if he would show up for that evening as I heard he was staying for the<br />
week at the hotel. We hadn't been in the bar for more than a half hour<br />
when he showed up with his girlfriend, Josephine, who was later to<br />
become his wife and who stayed with him to the end. He was a marvellous<br />
character, he spoke to us in a normal way, as if he had always known<br />
us. I felt very comfortable in his presence. I asked him what he was<br />
doing at the hotel and he said that Josephine had always wanted to see<br />
Wales. Then he asked me if I wanted to see his tattoo--which I firmly<br />
declined--I knew it was on a certain part of his anatomy!<br/><br/>Anyhow, I digress, back to the books...which type of books do you like to read and what are you reading at the moment?</font>