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Exciting Times in my Journey to Publication
Itās funny to think that the last time I had a book published was in 2014. Thatās over a decade ago. But I remember it like it was yesterday. The anticipation of waiting for the box of paperbacks to arrive. The excitement of seeing e-book sales the day it came out. The fulfillment of having wonderful attendance at my launch party/book signing and selling out my copies. And to this day, theā¦
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How I Chose an Excerpt to Read at my Book Signing
Finding just the right piece of prose to read at my book signing was more of a challenge than I thought it would be.Ā I needed to pick something full of tension and suspense, but without giving away a key part of the plot. It had to be something that would pique my readersā interest, and make them want to know more, thus resulting in potential book sales. Once I settled on the section I wantedā¦
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How I Did My First Book Signing
In 2014, my first novel, a domestic suspense titled WHEN LOVE WONāT DIE, was published in paperback and e-book formats. As a debut author traditionally published by a very small press. and not well known, I needed to create my own events and do my own promotion. Being on a very limited budget, I knew I had my work cut out for me. The first thing I did was contact a branch of my local libraryā¦
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Author Spotlight: Rose Green
Name/pen name: Rose Green Location: Currently onan ice floe in North Dakota (kidding, thatās the other 14 months of the yearāitās summer now!) Genres: Middle grade fiction, with some yet-to-be-published YA and picture books. Do you have a particular writing ritual when you sit down to work? If so, describe it. I can write with a lot of noise around me, but I canāt write to music, not even ifā¦
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10 Things I Look For In A Thriller
As an avid reader of suspense, thrillers, mysteries/cozy mysteries, and horror, Iāve come to know the things that grab me when I open a new book. SUSPENSE I especially enjoy domestic suspense and the inner workings of people and their relationships. THRILLERS Fast-paced, page turners that give me an adrenaline rush are my favorite quick reads. MYSTERIES Clues and red herrings that are funā¦
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What is in ARC?
ARC stands for Advanced Reader Copy. Itās the stage when the book is in its nearly final, polished form. Right now, Iām working on my book galleys. Once all the edits have been addressed, an ARC will become available to early readers who agree to read the book for free and post a review before or upon the bookās release. Currently, Iām an ARC reader for an author who writes delightfullyā¦
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So What Are Book Galleys?
This week I received the galleys for my psychological thriller, THEYāRE WATCHING, from my publisher. With approximately six months until my book comes out in January of 2027, we are now in the process of getting the manuscript out of a Word document and into a book format. So what exactly are galleys? Galleys are the preliminary version of the book in its pre-publication phase. They are alsoā¦
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Author Spotlight: S L Clarke
Name/pen name: Sherrie Lynn Clarke/S. L. Clarke Location: Cache Valley, Utah Genres: Iām what I call genre-fluid. Out of all of my books/ideas for books, none of them are the same genre. I currently have a domestic suspense novel out and am working on a memoir and a cozy mystery (when the memoir gets too heavy). Do you have a particular writing ritual when you sit down to work? If so, describeā¦
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Backstory scene from my 2014 debut domestic suspense novel, When Love Won't Die
In this weekās blog post Iām trying something a little different. My domestic suspense/thriller, When Love Wonāt Die debuted in 2014 with Splice Publishing. Itās the story of a woman desperate to keep her past a secret and how obsession fuels the nightmare she is about to endure. My protagonist is Eleanor Bennett, a suspense author living an idyllic life writing novels and living in the countryā¦
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Critique Partners versus Beta Readers
No matter what Iām writing, feedback in invaluable. I request feedback at different stages of working on my novel manuscripts. Critique partners I have been so lucky to have belonged to an online critique group for well over fifteen years. We started after finding one another on a writing website where folks could sign up and be placed in a group. We named ourselves The Blue Quills. Over theā¦
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What I Learned Writing My Debut Domestic Suspense Novel
When I first embarked on writing my debut domestic suspense novel, I toyed with ideas for books in other genres, but nothing grabbed me enough to actually start creating a draft. I have always read a wide variety of genres including suspense, thriller, horror, cozy mystery, romance, generational drama, light fantasy and some sci-fi so my *idea* journal had snippets of material for many ofā¦
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Author Spotlight: Debra Hunt
Name/pen name: Debra Hunt (goes by Debbie with friends/family) Location: Colorado Springs, CO Genres: Womenās Fiction with suspense elements, book club fiction Do you have a particular writing ritual when you sit down to work? If so, describe it. I have a strong procrastination ritual, and I need to exercise extreme discipline or Iāll sabotage myself with the most inane āmust-doā task on myā¦
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Why I Love Suspense/Thrillers
I have been a fan of mysteries, suspense, thrillers, and even some horror for longer than I can remember. Thereās nothing like a book where the author takes me on a thrill ride, and I canāt help but keep turning the pages. I became a fan of the suspense genre after reading my first Mary Higgins Clark book, Where Are The Children? The way she interwove the characters through the plot, hurlingā¦
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My Week In The Life As A Writer
I was figuring out my schedule for this past week, as I do at the beginning of every new week, and I was actually surprised at home much of my day is spent focused on some aspect of writing. Even though Iām a creative at heart, I am also someone who cannot thrive without pre-planning and being organized. When tasks are scheduled into my week, they are almost certain to get done. So hereās whatā¦
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Sometimes You Just Don't Want To Write
Have you ever been rolling along churning out words and then, out of nowhere, when you sit down to your next writing session, you find yourself procrastinating and using almost anything else to avoid putting words down on the page? Whether youāve had a book (or several) published, or youāre writing your first, when I find myself avoiding the writing, itās usually because of one of theseā¦
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Author Spotlight: J C Spark Part 2
Hereās the second part of my interview with J C Spark. What does author success look like for you? For me, success as an author means not only writing good books, but also publishing them and having them find readers ā more than just a handful. It also means being able to make a living from it. An essential part of that is that I personally like my own books. I want readers to talk about themā¦
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Author Spotlight: J C Spark (Part One)
Name/pen name: JC Spark Location: Ranum, Northern Denmark (born in Germany) Genres: (Near Future) Sci-Fi, Speculative Fiction, Sci-Fi Thriller (Mystery, RomCom, Historical Adventure, LitRPG planned and partially drafted) and had already decided to self-publish even before the first book. Do you have a particular writing ritual when you sit down to work? If so, describe it. I donāt have aā¦
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