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Hometown:: Pittsburgh, PA

About Me:: During the day, I'm a civilian employee of a suburban police department. The rest of the time, I write.

My agent and I recently parted ways, so I'm in the midst of the dreaded querying process again. I have two completed manuscripts in a series featuring an ex-cop martial arts instructor. I am a former Vice-President of the Mary Roberts Rinehart chapter of SinC. Hello to any Sisters out there!

I Am A:: Writer

Website:: http://www.joycetremel.com

Books And Authors I Like:: Michael Connelly, Jan Burke, Sarah Stewart Taylor, Marcia Muller, Illona Haas, Julia Spencer-Fleming

Movies And TV Shows I Like:: Any show with murder and mayhem.

Check out my blog, The Blotter where I write about whatever strikes my fancy.

I'm the coordinator of the crime writing blog, Working Stiffs, where I post on most Thursdays. Come check it out and be sure to leave your comments!

If you're an author who has a book coming out soon, contact me to schedule a guest blog spot.

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Tickets & Stuff

This post is a reprint of an article that was published in the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police magazine a few years ago. Officer Funtal's Traffic Camp is coming up in a couple of weeks and I thought this might be a good time to tell everyone about the program. Imagine for a minute that you are seventeen years old. It is 6:45 a.m. and you are driving to the Shaler Area High School. Your favorite CD is playing and you’re tapping… Continue

Posted on May 1, 2008 at 10:12pm —

Statistics

Want to read about the types of calls handled by a surburban police department? Then come on over to Working Stiffs today and learn what cops really do on a daily basis. It doesn't always involve crime.

Posted on April 11, 2008 at 12:18am —

My Neighbor and Yours

Today is Sweater Day! What is Sweater Day? you may ask. Well, I'll tell yinz (that's Pittsburgh talk for y'all, youse guys, whatever).

Pittsburgh's very own Mister Rogers would have been 80 years old today and the powers that be have designated today, March 20th as Sweater… Continue

Posted on March 20, 2008 at 9:42pm —

It's That Time of Year Again

Crossposted on Working Stiffs.

It’s that time of year again. The leaves are falling, there’s a chill in the air, houses are decorated with pumpkins and ghosts. The kids are planning their costumes, and moms are buying candy. Evenings are spent in front of the fireplace, maybe with a mug of apple cider. Yes, it’s the time of year when I answer the phone at the Shaler Township Police Depar…

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Posted on October 18, 2007 at 9:41pm —

Anatomy of a DUI Arrest

Crossposted on Working Stiffs

The following is fiction, but details what a typical DUI arrest might be like—at least in Shaler Township. Definitely not great literature by any means, but you'll get the idea.

I flicked the switch for the overhead lights on my patrol car when the Ford Taurus that I’d been following for half a mile crossed the center line fo…

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Posted on August 17, 2007 at 6:11am —

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At 3:57am on September 1, 2008, robert walker said…: Hello Joyce --
Just posted a new blog on Crimespree -- "Yes, but is it Publishable." Thought you might have a little time on your hands over the holiday weekend, and if not have a great holday weekend all the same.

rob

At 11:14pm on July 22, 2008, Wilfred Bereswill said…: Thanks for the add, Joyce.

At 5:05am on May 17, 2008, Austin S. Camacho said…: Hi, Joyce! yep, thanks to Martha I'll be your last blog of the month. Don't know what I'll talk about yet, but open to suggestions.

At 11:46am on April 16, 2008, Annette Dashofy said…: FINALLY! A real picture!

At 1:39am on April 10, 2008, T. L. Cooper said…: Thanks, Joyce. It's great to see you here. Good luck with your agent search.

At 2:32am on April 4, 2008, L.J. Sellers said…: Hi Joyce
I know the frustration of finding and keeping agents! Good luck to you with that. And good luck with your series. It sounds like a winner.

At 9:00am on April 3, 2008, Annette Dashofy said…: Nice remodeling job!

At 11:54pm on April 2, 2008, Annette Dashofy said…: Thanks, Joyce! I'm working on it. I guess I shouldn't admit that I stayed up waaayyy too late last night tinkering with it.

At 9:29am on April 2, 2008, Annette Dashofy said…: Hi, Joyce. I'm here. Don't know what the heck I'm doing yet, but hope to figure it out.

At 9:02am on March 30, 2008, Ailene Yasmin said…: Hi Joyce,

You won't believe this. After taking your advice and that of a couple of other folks at AQ, I switched my 1st and 2nd graphs in my query and tweaked the language we discussed. Today, (on a Saturday) I got a request for a partial from an agent while she is traveling in Italy! *SMH*

This AgentQuest is something else. When you are riding high, it's HIGH and when it's low, well, I can't change the font to show exactly how low it can get.

Truly, thanks for your input to the Query query. It is greatly appreciated.