Books… Get Schooled for 99 cents! 17 Jun 2013 Broke? Cheap? You've got enough money jingling in your pocket or collecting lint in your sofa cushions for what readers have called "a straight-up page turner" "a captivating thriller" and…
Books… The feedback a writer needs most 10 Jun 2013 There are some people who can never, in good conscience, review an author's books: the author herself of course, and anyone who worked on the actual text. In my case…
Books… Bad as I Wanna Be – Character or Heroine? 15 May 201315 May 2013 Lexy Cooper is the protagonist of my mystery series set in the videogame business. You'll notice I didn't use the word "heroine." There's a reason for that. She's not heroic.…
Books… ‘Friend’ of the author aka “I’m with the band” 6 May 2013 'Friend' of the author aka "I'm with the band". This post poses a great question for reviewers and authors: Are you obligated to mention that you know the author in…
Books… Review Schooled and become a character in my next book! 2 May 20132 May 2013 I declare that May is Review Month! Or you could call it "tit for tat" month, which is appropriate considering we're talking about Lexy Cooper. The Set Up Writing is…
Writing The side-effects of being a mystery writer 22 Apr 2013 I write mystery novels. This is a fairly new occupation. I published the first book in the Lexy Cooper mystery series in November, the second is now in the process…
Books… Revising the novel – FLUFFING 19 Feb 2013 I finished the first draft of my next Lexy Cooper mystery and was surprised by two things. One: I didn't cry or freak out like when I finished…
Books… Fear and the Novel — End Game Slowdown 31 Jan 2013 The last time I got to the end of my first draft of a novel, I cried. And moped for days. I'm hoping to avoid that this time around, but…
Writing Obsession, change, and superstition — tales from the sequel 19 Jan 2013 File this under More Bitching About Writing a Sequel. Over the summer I wrote a post about my writing rituals and the magic number of words I needed to…
Writing The Suckage of Sequels 13 Jan 2013 I'm about a third of the way into writing the second book of my Lexy Cooper Videogame Mystery series. And it's hard. Harder than I would have anticipated. Here's why:…
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