Books… A Deep Breath — Moving on to the Next Book 28 Jun 2013 I began writing the first Lexy Cooper crime novel Schooled on May 3 2012 and finished the first week of August. It came out on November 6. I started noodling…
Books… My book comes out tomorrow and I’m calm 20 Jun 2013 Tonight around 11 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time I will begin the brief process of uploading my crime novel Pwned to Kindle Direct Publishing. Within 12 hours (usually only an hour…
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… 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… 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…
Uncategorized Read the first chapter of Schooled! Free! 15 Apr 2013 Here's chapter one of Schooled, the first Lexy Cooper murder mystery. Probably NSFW. Don't say I never gave you anything for free. :)Schooled (Lexy Cooper Mystery #1) Chapter One Kenny Longworth…
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…
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