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By Jill Amadio As a Brit I put up with a lot of ribbing in America. Some friends take me to task for pronunciation. Well, I can’t help it if I have a very slight West Country accent as I am from Cornwall. To my amusement my accent…
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The last few items in this multi-paged blog for your consideration. by Gayle Bartos-Pool Point #9 Your Inner Ham. This one might be scary, but if you really want to cut the mustard as a writer, you have to be able to stand up in front of strangers…
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by M. Louisa Locke In the spring of 2010, just six months after I published Maids of Misfortune, the first novel in my Victorian San Francisco Mystery series, I published a short story in that series called Dandy Detects. Besides the fact that I wanted to give a…
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by Miko Johnston In my last post I asked, How will we write about this? There has to be a moment when the reality of the new normal hits you in a unique way. This is my moment: May 20, before the tragedies we’ve witnessed in the past…
by Betty Webb Reblogged from Marilyn’s Musing, March 4,2020 When Killer Fiction Becomes Confessional by Betty Webb “No, I’m not admitting to murder. Maybe I’ve sometimes been tempted (one former boss comes readily to mind), but I can truthfully say that I never shot, stabbed, clubbed, or poisoned anyone. However, in…
via The 2020 Reading Challenge: 52 Books in 52 Weeks Will YOU try this? Time to start gathering books, making lists (Be sure to check your TBR pile first, you might have some in the different categories.) If you are not so enthusiastic….. I have other lists that feature a book a month (30 days),…
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by Rosemary Lord ? Paddy’s House was finally open for visitors. It’d been long enough. For 3 or 4 years, during our summer and winter visits, my siblings and I had peered through endless tall shrubs and overgrowth at the seemingly abandoned house, wondering what was going to…
My Self-Publishing Experience. Part I: Placing An Order by SCOTT MCCORMICK Published author and regular BookBaby Blog contributor Scott McCormick is embarking on a new publishing effort — a self-published book. In this 10-part series, he’ll chronicle the process, from initial call to the execution of the marketing plan, to give our readers insight into the…
Welcome, June Whatley! Pens, Paws, and Claws would like to welcome June Whatley to the blog. Tell our readers a little about yourself and your writing. I write under the names of June Breland Whatley or June B. Whatley. I’ve been married for 48 years to my husband Jim. We have one son who is…
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Launch Date is Here…. ? The old adage says to keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but what if you don’t know who your friends are? When the wife of an LAPD captain turns up dead on the pier in Santa Isabel, a relatively peaceful town…
