All Blog Posts Tagged 'walker' (13)

WV Book Festival @Charleston Civic Center October 10-11th

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the WV Book Festival. Come on down Saturday-Sunday October 10-11th at the Charleston Civic Center. Panel discussions, book signings, Agents/Publishing, and chat with local authors. Join me and Robert Walker at 2:30 on Sunday as we discuss how to get your book ready for an agent/publishing house, methods on finding agents and publishers, a look into the publishing world, book promotion, and much more. We will have a book signing after the discussion.… Continue

Added by Miranda Phillips Walker on October 9, 2009 at 8:18am — No Comments

I See Dead People, Life of an ER Nurse

They say truth is stranger than fiction, I can tell you coming from a nursing point of view this is very true. I am reminding of this at least three times a week while I'm working in the Emergency Room, If I used any of these examples I would have to water them down because most people would think I was really off my rocker if I told the truth. With the release of my new book "The Well Meaning Killer" I'm starting to roll in some reviews, and some reviewers are questioning Megan McKenna's injury… Continue

Added by Miranda Phillips Walker on September 8, 2009 at 2:32am — No Comments

Review - Bruno Chief of Police, Martin Walker

Book Title: BRUNO CHIEF OF POLICE Author: Martin Walker Publisher: Quercus Copyright: 2009 ISBN: 978-1-84724-977-7 No of Pages: 262 Book Synopsis: It's market day in St Denis, a small town in the Perigord region of south-west France. The locals are on the alert because inspectors are about to make a 'surprise visit', hoping to enforce the unpopular and bureaucratic EU hygiene rules. But for Captain Bruno Courteges, St Denis' Chief of Police, this particular market day turns into something far… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 19, 2009 at 8:11pm — 1 Comment

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

SUBMISSION GUIDELINE SUCCESS

Do your homework to cut down on rejections on your part. You should have gone through Writer's Market 2009, Jeff Herman's guide to book publishers, editors and agents, Preditors & Editors, Agent Query. Very important, always match the correct genre. It would would be a hugh mistake to send a romance to an agent/pubshier that only handles mysteries, but you won't believe how often this happens. Now the fun part let's all play are favorite childhood game, Simon Says, remember if you don't do w… Continue

Added by Miranda Phillips Walker on July 13, 2009 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

Marketing Your Novel with Success!

Alrighty then, your book has been published--Great! Now the hard work really starts, you need to know it's up to you to promote it. I know some of you are working with a large publishing house and think your covered. Well take off your rose colored glasses. Yes, the big houses will do some promo work, but it's not like it use to be, with budget and staff cuts all around, you can't sit back and hope magic happens. If you don't know this, take note, publishers and agents you will deal with from no… Continue

Added by Miranda Phillips Walker on July 11, 2009 at 1:16pm — 2 Comments

ENDings….the most important element of your story…..

Guest blogging today is the lovely and talented Rob Walker. I hear it all the time. Beginnings…the most important element of your story. Opening pages, first paragraphs, and so it goes, and every first word and first paragraph is absolutely important, sure. I also hear tell the… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on April 10, 2009 at 9:42pm — 3 Comments

Noir interview and reunion with JA 'Joquin Phoenix' Konrath aka Jack Kilborn

JA Konrath & Jack Kilborn Cornered By Rob Walker (an interview and a reunion) Today my Friday the 13th blog at Acme Authors Link dared welcome the indomitable JA Konrath to our humble niche of the internet. Konrath is the author of six thrillers in the Jack Daniels series, all named after drinks. He’s also got a new book coming out, a horror novel, under the pen name Jack Kilborn, called Afraid. You can visit him at http://www.jakonrath.com/. I stalked suspense-thriller writer JA Konrath… Continue

Added by robert walker on March 13, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

NETDRAG, EPISODE 11 W/GUEST MYSTERY AUTHOR PAT BROWNING

NETDRAG, EPISODE #11 Continue

Added by K.R. Lewis on December 10, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Making My eBook FREE

I've decided to make the digital version of Darkness and the Devil Behind Me available for free. It's only available through my website. It will stay free through the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's holidays. After that, I'm not sure. But for now, it's available for anyone who wants it. Continue

Added by Persia Walker on November 27, 2008 at 5:41am — No Comments