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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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6 comments:
My main character gets pretty snarky, but I want to keep her alive and sane, so I save the snappy comebacks for dialogue with her teenage daughter.
When I reached the last chapter of the very first mystery I wrote (which shall deservedly remain in my file drawer forever) I realized I had been wrong all along about who the murderer was. A serious lesson in who's in charge here.
One of my books did that to me. It wasn't until the end of the second draft with the deadline looming that I heard snarky laughter as one of my characters celebrated the fact that he had gotten away with murder. I went back and read the book with new eyes - yep, it was all there - my original ending framed an innocent man - just as my murderer intended.
I'll never forget the time I was finishing up the book, everything neatly wrapped, and a character kissed another one, out of nowhere--completely blew me out of the water! I didn't know they had feelings for each other! They were keeping that secret from me. They are SO sneaky, those characters.
That's very spooky, very Twilight Zone. What if . . . ?
I am so sorry for the delay - I was offline for a lot of the weekend!
Margaret - dialogue is always good for getting the snark out.
KM - that happens to me ALL THE TIME!
Kait, it's like our imagination knows and takes care of it for us - even when we aren't paying attention!
Kaye, a secret romance. I love it!
Mary - cue the music. ;-)
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