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Optimistic and excited

I’ve been wrestling with the plot of my next Inspector Horton Marine Mystery crime novel over the last few days – hence the silence on my blog, and the silence around the house. I get so absorbed in it, that I find it hard to think of anything else. I’m just over two thirds of the way through writing the first draft and I’ve got to that stage where I need to know exactly where I’m going and with whom. You’d think I would have it all worked out by now, having written nearly seventy thousand words… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on August 10, 2009 at 9:37pm — 8 Comments

Peerscribe.com

Hi everyone, I need your help with something… As a struggling novelist, I thought it would be cool to have an online space to kick around ideas, communicate with other writers, and workshop and practice my writing. What me and my old college roommate came up with is Peerscribe.com, a social network where you can use Web publishing tools to share your writing, find or create workshops that help you develop your skills, and gain legal ownership of your works in the process. It's still in the ver… Continue

Added by Bryan on July 31, 2009 at 11:57pm — No Comments

Ready, Set, Action: Useful Websites for Mystery Writers!

Here is a list of a few of my favorite websites I use when writing a mystery: http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/csi-response.html Includes Crime Scene Investigation resources, training, articles and links to forensic web pages. http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/forensics.shtml Comprehensive resource covering forensic identification. http://www.terryburns.net/COPS_CRIME.htm Articles related to crime scene investigations, physical evidence, death investigation, and D… Continue

Added by Miranda Phillips Walker on July 23, 2009 at 2:24pm — No Comments

Radio Phone-In and Ferry Crossing

My radio phone in interview with Alex Dyke on Wight FM on 16 April was lots of fun. It was great to talk to people via a phone-in and to answer questions they’d e mailed in regarding my novels and how I write. I'd love to do more radio phone-ins so hope I can link… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on April 18, 2009 at 12:42am — No Comments

Mystery Author Doug Hewitt interviewed at American Chronicle

Mystery Author Doug Hewitt interviewed at American Chronicle My February virtual blog tour started today. I get interviewed by bloggers and book reviewers all across the Internet. Today’s interview has some interesting questions about how I became a mystery author and how I came to write The Dead Guy, a Motown Mystery Novel Check out my personal story at: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/88775 Continue

Added by Doug Hewitt on February 2, 2009 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

The New Inspector Horton Marine Mystery Crime Novel

Here it is, the jacket cover for the NEW Inspector Horton Marine Mystery - Dead Man's Wharf- the fourth in the series. It will be published on 30 April 2009. It looks pretty sinister to me and I hope you like it. Let me know what you think. Below is a preview of what'… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on January 17, 2009 at 4:16am — No Comments

Staging the Scene: The Story Behind the New York Times Story

Each Sunday, The New York Times’ Real Estate section showcases a city residence. The feature is called “Habitat” and the articles don’t merely profile a residence; rather, the stories discuss how the space suits the people who live there. When my husband, Joe Stanko, and I learned that the New York Times was interested in featuring our apartment, one question came to our minds: Where in God’s name would we stash our stuff? If you’ve never lived in New York City, you don’t know what I’m talking… Continue

Added by Jane Cleland on December 11, 2008 at 12:12pm — No Comments

Marketing Blog for Authors

For years, I've been doling out free advice to authors on marketing, PR and promotions. Now, I've taken my knowledge to the blogosphere. AskAngelaWilson.com is a place where authors can ask questions - and get answers. There are columns on creating marketing plans, virtual tours and more. Check out the site. Visit www.askangelawilson.com. Support the site via the PayPal Tip Jar, or by shopping the Ask Angela… Continue

Added by Angela Wilson on December 1, 2008 at 2:12am — No Comments

Latest book news and forthcoming marine mysteries

I’ve just received from my publisher my copies of the Large Print version of Deadly Waters, which is now on sale. It looks really good and I hope it enables people who are visually impaired (sadly a growing number) to enjoy this marine mystery crime novel. Deadly Waters… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on November 11, 2008 at 3:23am — No Comments

NETDRAG, EPISODE 9 W/GUEST MYSTERY, THRILLER, HORROR AUTHOR ROBERT W. WALKER

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Added by K.R. Lewis on October 28, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments

The Short Story vs Those Long Ones

People who don't write assume that short stories are easier than novels, and I suppose in a way they are. They're short, so there isn't the investment of time that a novel requires. Writing a short story takes days rather than months, and editing takes minutes rather than hours. Still, a short story isn't easy, and it has its own rules. First is a single plotline; the writer hasn't got time to dally with secondary characters or subplots. Focus has to be on a single story, and everything written… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on October 8, 2008 at 10:56pm — No Comments

Someone's stolen my book title!

I opened the Sunday Times Culture Section this morning and scanned the television programmes for the week, looking for anything remotely interesting that I might be bothered to watch. Then I saw it. Someone had televised my thriller IN FOR THE KILL to be aired on Sunday… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on September 29, 2008 at 1:48am — No Comments

Dying in a Winter Wonderland

Remember last week, when I posted about songs getting stuck in my head? Well, here's another one. I'm part of a new anthology called DYING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND. It's very cool, and the profits go to Toys for Tots, which is also cool. The stories are all holiday-related; mine is called "Happy Holidays Times Three" and concerns three not-so-wise men who plan to profit from the holidays in a non-legal way. They run into a snag, however, in the form of a dead body that won't go away. I had a goo… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on September 26, 2008 at 10:19pm — 2 Comments

Perfect for Framing by Maggie Bishop, Nov 2008

Are you tired of crowded highways, expensive gas and no adventure in life? Perfect for Framing is an easy read for pure escapism to the mountain vacation town of Boone, North Carolina. Returning for a second suspense-filled mystery, Jemma Chase and Detective Tucker find themselves embroiled in a Property Owners Association power struggle. When a simple break-in escalates to murder, Detective Tucker finds suspects aplenty from POA president Petula Windsor's files, leading him to suspect the vict… Continue

Added by Maggie Bishop on September 21, 2008 at 11:29pm — No Comments

In For The Kill Now In Polish!

I have just received copies of the Polish translation of my thriller In For The Kill. (The Polish version is on the left, and the English one on the right in case you have any do… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on September 16, 2008 at 3:07am — No Comments

Serendipitous Charity

How do you get involved with a charity? There are so many of them out there that there is no way a person can care about/contribute to/work for all of them, so most of us zero in on a few that are dear to us. But what's the appeal? I've just done a short story for a mystery short story anthology which will benefit Toys for Tots. When the call went out for submissions, I liked the theme (*Dying in a Winter Wonderland*), but I also responded to that charity. Why? We know they do good work; the Ma… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on September 11, 2008 at 10:41pm — No Comments

Amerithrax Solved?

In case you’re not familiar with the term Amerithrax, it’s the FBI’s code name for the investigation of the anthrax letters that killed five people and injured seventeen in the months following 9/11. Just recently, A person of interest, Dr. Bruce Edwards Ivins died of a drug overdose—an apparent suicide. Dr. Ivins was a resident of Frederick, Maryland, and a long-time… Continue

Added by Wilfred Bereswill on August 23, 2008 at 1:10am — No Comments

A Night To Remember

Main Street Books, St. Charles, Missouri Look in the window

It's a full day and a half later and I'm still trying to wipe the grin off my face. On Friday night, we had the launch party for A REA

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Added by Wilfred Bereswill on July 23, 2008 at 12:18am — 3 Comments

A View To Die For

Returned from London this morning after a reception held in Penguin Publishers office yesterday evening. Their offices are in the Strand and in what used to be the Shell building. The function room has a balcony overlooking the Thames and it was a scorching hot sunny evening with a view to die for. It looked out onto the London Eye, with the River curving its way past the Houses of Parliament on one side and up to St Paul's on the other. I only wish I'd had my camera. I could have stayed on the… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on July 3, 2008 at 4:11am — No Comments

putting away the scissors and paste

I am trying to streamline my life a bit, so instead of trying to occasionally post to my blog here, I'm using the RSS feed gadget on my member page to feed items from my main blog. That means this is the last of me you'll see in the blog feed section of Crimespace's front page. (Hurrah! they all cried.) Thanks to Daniel for pointing out how to do this in the Crimespace FAQ. Continue

Added by Barbara Fister on February 24, 2008 at 3:24am — 4 Comments