All Blog Posts Tagged 'Mysteries' (16)

Oh, Those Blog Tours!

They'll tell you an author can't succeed without them, but at a certain point, this one sure wishes she could!

My blog tour for DEAD FOR THE MONEY starts this week, and the schedule is printed below. There are of course prizes if you're willing to visit blogs and make comments between now and June 7th (even comments on this blog will work). LL Publications provided invaluable help with the tour in the form of a publicist who contacted all the bloggers and made dates for me to visit.…

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Added by Peg Herring on April 30, 2012 at 11:25pm — No Comments

What's It Like to Be Dead?

The second Dead Detective Mystery, DEAD FOR THE MONEY, comes out on Friday, and the publicist for LL-Publishing has arranged a blog tour for me beginning in May. (This in itself is cool, because I've always had to arrange my own before.) In most of the posts, I'll be letting Seamus, Dead Detective, explain his view of things. I'll keep you apprised of the schedule as it develops.

So what is it like to be dead? There are so many possible answers that the mind boggles. Some say death is…

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Added by Peg Herring on April 3, 2012 at 12:31am — No Comments

Recognition...or None

When my first book came out, some years ago, it was like someone dropped a pebble in Lake Michigan. My friends and acquaintances were thrilled, so locally, there were ripples. The larger world barely noticed.

My second book, the first Simon & Elizabeth mystery, got more attention: good reviews from PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, LIBRARY JOURNAL, BOOKLIST, etc.

The third book also got good reviews, and people (very few, but still) started saying, "I've heard of you" when I went to book…

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Added by Peg Herring on September 26, 2011 at 11:15pm — 3 Comments

#90 of 100 Best Mysteries of All Time: Billy Dead

Billy Dead by Lisa Reardon. Viking Publishers 1998; in print

 

Not an ordinary crime novel.  The story is shocking, hard, and to some, I’m sure, distasteful. It’s also heartrending, compassionate and creates a reality so strong, the characters and events linger long long after the pages have been read and the book closed and perhaps traveling on to the next reader. Read more at…

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Added by Love Is Murder Conference on August 14, 2011 at 1:10am — No Comments

WRITERS TRICKS OF THE TRADE - USING YOUR OWN EMOTIONS AND EXPERIENCES

Today’s Writers tricks of the trade deals with tapping into your own emotions and experiences to write what your characters are feeling. This allows you to make a wide detour around clichés and create dimensional…

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Added by Morgan St. James on May 14, 2011 at 6:29am — No Comments

Pauline Rowson's DI Horton crime novels featured on The Book Depository under their own tab-Marine Mysteries

I'm delighted that major on line retailer The Book Depository has chosen to feature my crime and thriller novels in their Featured Crime and Thriller section under their own special tab called Marine Mysteries because they are…
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Added by Pauline Rowson on May 6, 2011 at 6:07pm — No Comments

Writers tricks of the trade: R is for Rewrite

Today's Writer tricks of the trade in the Los Angeles edition of examiner.com is about rewrites.

LINK:…

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Added by Morgan St. James on April 2, 2011 at 4:23am — No Comments

Today's Writers: Tricks of the trade - A beautifully turned phrase vs. page turner



Today’s Writers: Tricks of the trade column discusses the merits of spending hours, days and even months to craft that perfect phrase or sentence, while the novel languishes on the back burner. Lots of good advice in this one.…

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Added by Morgan St. James on March 25, 2011 at 5:02am — No Comments

Murdoch Mysteries (series 4) PREVIEW

Rating ★★★



Alibi, Tuesdays, 9pm, from 15 February



The modern-day obsession with gory forensics and series such as CSI and the UK's Silent Witness is filtered into a late-Victorian makeover for Murdoch Mysteries. The setting is Toronto and William Murdoch, played by Yannick Bisson, is a pioneer in the then new detective sciences, but apart from these features this routine police procedural breaks little new… Continue

Added by Robin Jarossi on February 13, 2011 at 10:55pm — No Comments

The 29 Year Old Novel

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

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

Publication and reviews

My latest crime novel Dead Man’s Wharf was published in America on 1 July 2009 in hardcover. I'm delighted that it has immediately received an excellent review from Kirkus Book Reviews.

Kirkus Reviews is published 24 times annually, with nearly 5,000 book reviews each year. It is one of the most prestigious names in the publishing industry and is read by publishers,… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on July 4, 2009 at 2:24am — 4 Comments

A Magical London Book Fair 2009

Back from the London Book Fair after two very hectic and productive days. Can’t say it’s the best way to spend two gorgeous hot sunny days in England stuck in a giant air-conditioned hanger in the middle of London but needs must, and it was great to see so many friends in the publishing and bookselling world, and meet people who I’ve connected with on LinkedIn and on Facebook.



The London Book Fair seemed to be buzzing with activity with… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on April 22, 2009 at 9:40pm — No Comments

Mysteries in the Making

Check out my new blog Mysteries in the Making. Read a review of Get Known Before the Book Deal by Christina Katz, check out the fun links and become a follower for a chance to win an autographed copy of The Tomb by F. Paul Wilson or The Writer's Digest Handbook of Magazine Article Writing.

Added by Jean Lauzier on March 28, 2009 at 5:02am — No Comments

Graphic Novel Mysteries - From Patrick King

Graphic Novel Mysteries



It’s been great to see that graphic novels (i.e. comic books) have become much more respected over the past few years. Gone are the days when comic writers treated the reader like an eight year old with classic lines such as, “Thank gosh for utility belts!” or “My spider-senses are tingling, that must mean Dr. Octopus is near!”; instead, the writers have realized that their audience has grown up and so has the dialogue and the art work. I have recently… Continue

Added by The Poisoned Pen Bookstore on February 4, 2009 at 2:00am — No Comments

BBC Radio Solent Called

BBC Radio Solent called today to ask me if I would be happy to be featured as one of ‘Julian’s People’ to follow throughout 2009. Of course I jumped at the chance. Julian Clegg presents a very lively radio programme from 6.30am to 9.30am every weekday.



“It may be Julian and the team of reporters, travel, weather and sport presenters behind the mic, but it's 'Julian's People' who really make BBC Radio Solent's breakfast show the South's favourite.



Julian’s show has… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on January 21, 2009 at 4:17am — No Comments

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