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Congratulations to Martha Reed. Her short story, "The Honor Thief" was chosen for the 2021 Bouchercon Anthology, This Time For Sure. Hank Phillippi Ryan will edit the volume, which will be released in August at the time of the convention.
Margaret S. Hamilton's short story, "Killer Weeds," appears in the January 20 edition of Texas Gardener's Seeds: From Our Garden to Yours. Congratulations, Margaret, who, if you follow Facebook know, is a superb gardener herself!
Congratulations to Jennifer J. Chow for garnering a 2021 Lefty Nomination for Best Humorous Mystery Novel. We're crossing our fingers for Jennifer!
Congratulations to Paula Gail Benson whose "Reputation or Soul" has been chosen for Malice Domestic 16: Mystery Most Diabolical anthology to be released this spring.
KM Rockwood's "Stay Safe--Very Safe" appears in this year's 2020 BOULD anthology. Congratulations, KM!
Margaret S. Hamilton's "Dealing at the Dump" appears in Cozy Villages of Death Fall 2020.
Margaret S. Hamilton's "Black Market Baby" and Debra H. Goldstein's "Forensic Magic" appear in Masthead: Best New England Crime Stories Fall 2020.
Jennifer J. Chow's Mimi Lee Reads Between the Lines (interview on WWK on 11/11) released on November 10.
Annette Dashofy signed with agent Dawn Dowdle of the Blue Ridge Literary Agency. Congratulations, Annette!
KM Rockwood's "Secrets To The Grave" has been published in the SinC Chesapeake Chapter's new anthology Invitation To Murder, released by Wildside Press on 10/6.
Susan Van Kirk's Three May Keep A Secret has been republished by Harlequin's Worldwide Mystery. The WWK interview about the book can be accessed here. We're so glad another publisher picked up this series.
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7 comments:
you mean three page chapter guy reads filled with dialogue about guns, good whisky, and fast cars?
Or two page infodumps lifted from a guidebook listing the architectural details of a historic building, roof to cellar?
I'm a beta reader for a few writers, and I've learned a lot about my own writing from seeing some of their mistakes. It's always easier to spot things in other people's writing than in your own. The one thing I've noticed, and I'm guilty of, is repetitive physical reactions like shoulder shrugging, eyes widening, heart pounding, etc.
It seems like I sort maybe kind of more or less apparently take out weasel words.
Margaret -- those both sound terrible!
Grace -- We writers do fall into reaction ruts. I'm thinking of creating a wheel I can spin with 36 different emotional descriptors.
Warren -- LOL a five-word sentence bloated into sixteen with weasel words.
Grace, I enjoyed a workshop with a group of romance writers in July. They use an emotion thesaurus to identify a variety of physical emotional reactions. Try a search using that term and if I can find my notes, I'll send you the name of the one they recommended.
Thanks, Margaret -- Because of what I've noted, I purchased a book entitled, "Emotional Thesaurus." It's been widely reviewed, so that may be what everyone is referring to.
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