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Marilyn Meredith (www.fictionforyou.com) writes the Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery series.
For this interview, she talked about her series and how she came up with the idea for her latest book, “Spirit Shapes.”
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I met Kim at the Tucson Festival of Books and again at the California Crime Writers Conference. This interview talks a bit about her extraordinary accomplishment—an Edgar nomination for her first novel. Kim is one of the very few authors nominated for an Edgar Award for her first novel. Her novel, “The Map of Lost Memories,” was […]
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It can be hard to find good books, so when I heard this morning that two of my fellow San Diego authors, Helen Kay Dimon and Crystal Green, had released their latest romance novels, I wanted to pass along the info. They’re both members of the San Diego chapter of Romance Writers of America. Helen, […]
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As if the conference couldn’t get any better than it had been the previous day, our keynote speaker for Sunday was Elizabeth George (www.elizabethgeorgeonline.com). Besides being an an international bestselling author, it also turns out that she’s the founder of the Elizabeth George Foundation, which helps unpublished writers. Talk about giving back. Her keynote address was […]
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The California Crime Writers Conference (www.ccwconference.org) began on Jun. 23 in Pasadena, CA and was a new experience for me. The event, which is co-sponsored by the So-Cal Chapter of Mystery Writers of America (www.socalmwa.com) and the Los Angeles Chapter of Sisters in Crime (sistersincrimela.com) was held at the Pasadena Hilton. It’s a bi-annual event, […]
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Millions of seniors turn to monitoring companies to help keep them safe in the event of a fall or other medical emergency. When Kathy told me about an email from Bay Alarm Medical, I had to check it out. On May 15, the website at www.bayalarmmedical.com reported a scam that targets seniors. Their post said, […]
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Earlier this week, I spoke to the Kiwanis Club of Lake San Marcos about how to stay safe from scams and cons. In that talk, we went over some of the different types of scams and, at one point, I talked briefly about what’s now called the Nigerian 419 scam (the name is derived from […]
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On October 23, the FBI issued an alert about a dating extortion scam via the Internet Crime Complain Center (IC3). According to the alert, the scam “baits individuals into intimate online conversations” and extorts money through blackmail. Online dating scams are certainly nothing new, however the October 23rd FBI alert indicates that there has been […]
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I wrote this article for my Crime and Courts column on Examiner.com earlier today. Included here is an image of the email received. In one sense, this is a testament to the interconnectedness of the Internet. There are three different countries involved in this scam, but the bottom line is that it’s still just plain […]
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This story ran in my Crime and Courts column on Examiner.com on October 13. The reality is that even apps in Google Play store have included a virus. US News & World Reportincluded a story on this months ago. On October 12, the FBI issued an alert through the Internet Crime Complain Center (IC3) to […]
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