All Blog Posts Tagged 'Murder' (56)

LEFT COAST CRIME LEFTOVERS

LCC! Oh my.

Well, I took copious notes for my Murder Circle http://www.sunnyfrazier.com/MurderCircle/ Go there for the gossip.…

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Added by Sunny Frazier on April 12, 2010 at 10:27am — 1 Comment

Way way back, somewhere around 1980, I developed an idea for a mystery novel. I've always loved mysteries, and for years, I’d wanted to write a mystery of my own. Time went by however, and other things always prevented my getting started.

But this time it was different. I really liked my idea, and I was actually being paid (in a roundabout way). I wrote the first draft of what would become “The Albemarle Affair” during my paid lunch breaks at work. I drank more coffee than Balzac and… Continue

Added by C.M. Albrecht on April 2, 2010 at 10:25am — 1 Comment

Improving Murder Mystery Live Events!

Hello all you Super Sleuths,

I was wondering what people thought about live murder mysteries. I'm the owner of The Murder Mystery Company. We do Murder Mystery Dinners across the country. However,

I'm always looking to make them more satisfying to the audience. We…

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Added by Scott Cramton on February 27, 2010 at 11:40am — 1 Comment

How to Get That Deer-In-The-Headlights-Look on Lauren's Face

I just read my friend Sunny Frazier’s informative post, Welcome to Your World about a writer’s pet peeve: Meeting people who say they have a book in them, but are just too busy to write it. If you are a budding writer who simply can’t seem to get your book on paper, I suggest you read it.

This week I have been dealing with my own writer’s pet peeve:…

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Added by Lauren Carr on February 27, 2010 at 6:01am — No Comments

Book Launch & Good Disasters

Tuesday is the book launch party for HER HIGHNESS' FIRST MURDER. I have received word that the books I ordered for said launch will arrive on Wednesday.

It's the sort of problem one can't complain about. The reason for the delay in shipping is that the first printing of HHFM sold out shortly after the release date, January 20th. The publisher is working on catching up, but ... I'll be having a party without hundreds of little guests of honor.

Am I disappointed? Certainly. Will…

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Added by Peg Herring on February 8, 2010 at 9:57pm — No Comments

WAHHHHH-HOO!

If an author needed motivation to rev up work on the second book in a series, great reviews might do it. I'm thrilled with the reviews of HER HIGHNESS' FIRST MURDER in PW and LJ this week, and I'm fired up to finish the sequel, which had gotten to that "Muddle in the Middle" stage where it seems like nothing is going to work, ever. Honestly, I've done this often enough to know that I just have to keep going, but nothing boosts a person's motivation like positive feedback.

So as soon… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on November 3, 2009 at 9:23pm — 2 Comments

All Lost Things...coming soon.

All Lost Things, the third novel in the Killian Kendall Mystery Series, will be released in late September/early October. Watch the trailer on my page.

Killian Kendall's life is changing faster than he can keep up. He's graduating from high school, breaking up with his boyfriend, and starting a new job with a private investigator. He's barely settled at his new desk when his ex-boyfriend calls with a desperate plea for help. He wants… Continue

Added by Josh Aterovis on August 25, 2009 at 6:48am — No Comments

Review - Murder on a Midsummer Night, Kerry Greenwood

Book Title: MURDER ON A MIDSUMMER NIGHT

Author: Kerry Greenwood

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Copyright: 2008

ISBN: 978-1-74114-999-9

No of Pages: 292

Book Synopsis:

Melbourne, 1929. The year starts off for glamorous private investigator Phryne Fisher with a rather trying heat wave and more mysteries than you could prod a parasol at. Simultaneously investigating the apparent suicide death of a man on St Kilda beach and trying to find a lost,… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 21, 2009 at 12:44pm — No Comments

Review - Three Murder Mysteries by Mary Fortune

Book Title: THREE MURDER MYSTERIES

Author: Mary Fortune

Publisher: Mulini Press

Copyright: 2009

ISBN: 978-0-9805455-8-6

No of Pages: 74

Book Synopsis:

Three 'Murder Mysteries' are examples of Mary Fortune's great skill in writing 'detective fiction' at this early period when the genre was in

the beginning stages of a now popular form of fiction. The three stories are introduced by Lucy Sussex.

Book Review:

THREE MURDER… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 6, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Tim Myers as Chris Cavender first in a new series A Slice of Murder

A Slice of Murder ($22 Kensington) is the first in a new series from author Tim Myers as Chris Cavender, aka Elizabeth Bright of the Card-Making Mysteries and Melissa Glazer of the Clay and Crime mysteries. If you haven’t discovered these then you are in for a treat!

Not too much happens in the sleepy little town of Timber Ridge, North Carolina - which is fine with pizza-purveyor extraordinaire Eleanor Swift. The spunky owner of A Slice of Delight is trying to mend her broken heart… Continue

Added by The Poisoned Pen Bookstore on July 10, 2009 at 4:06am — 1 Comment

PRICELESS PUBLICITY

Wouldn't it be nice if the writers in this group each had their own publicity agent? Publicity can cost money—but it doesn't have to.

I'm signed up on BookTour.com. This nifty website is the brainchild of three San Francisco authors who use technology to connect authors with audiences.

In 2006, they launched the idea to the world. Authors create a page with their bio, books, and tour dates. Venues looking for speakers list their site on BookTour.

What happens… Continue

Added by Sunny Frazier on June 6, 2009 at 9:14am — No Comments

The Article about the Forum that was presented in Martin County about Gerard Schaefer and Silent Scream

This is the pin the Victims advocate handed out it was in honor of the girls.

The Panel, left to right Bob Crowder, Sheriff of Martin County, Joe Crankshaw, Journalist, Bob Stone, Former Prosecutor who prosecuted Schaefer, Yvonne Mason, Author of Silent Scream, Bruce Colton State Attorney and former co-counsel for Schaefer.

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Added by Yvonne Mason on April 29, 2009 at 2:44am — No Comments

The Re-Release of Tangled Minds A Must Read

Florida Author Yvonne Mason Has Answered the Calls of Her Readers

Florida Author Yvonne Mason has listened to her readers and re-released Tangled Minds

Tangled Minds

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRLog (Press Release) – Mar 28, 2009 – Florida Author Yvonne Mason has listened to her readers and re-released her Suspense Novel Tangled Minds. This novel follows on the heels of her… Continue

Added by Yvonne Mason on March 28, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Magna, Here I Come

I was offered a chance over the weekend that may be too good to pass up. Friends are headed to Magna Cum Murder, and they said, "Come with us." Now, I'd said no earlier since I have no book to push at a mystery con, but things seem to be falling into place. Turns out I'll be halfway to Muncie on Thursday. I can hook up with a friend who's driving down, stay with them, and maybe even get on a panel. My short story is now in a mystery anthology, DYING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND, so I have something… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on October 20, 2008 at 10:08pm — No Comments

Murder Mystery Evening

I've just returned from a meeting with Portsmouth Library to discuss the final planning for the Murder Mystery evening to be held this Friday. It sounds as though it is going to be great fun. Tickets were sold out almost immediately and there is a waiting list for the next one! So well done Portsmouth Library. I'm looking forward to it. They'll be Pimms on the balcony after the event and time for guests to buy signed copies of my books if they wish. I only have a very small part to play in the… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on July 23, 2008 at 4:23am — No Comments

Read 'The Significance of Cherries' (Murder mystery) FOR FREE

One of my longer, previously unpublished short stories 'The Significance of Cherries' has just been published in the summer issue of The Loch Raven Review. It will eventually appear in a print anthology by the Review but for now the story is available to read FREE online at http://www.lochravenreview.net/2008Summer/porter.html

Check out the rest of the journal while you're there. It's a great… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on July 15, 2008 at 1:03am — No Comments