Terry Ambrose

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Puzzles and mysteries – A Shot in the 80% Dark

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The Puzzle of a Mystery NovelI’ve always thought of writing a novel as designing and solving a puzzle at the same time.  I’m one of those writers who has to have the ending to a mystery (knowing who killed the victim and why) figured out before I get too far into the draft, if I am going to be able to layer in the correct foreshadowing and have the suspected characters … [Read more...] about Puzzles and mysteries – A Shot in the 80% Dark

Guest post by Marc Jedel for Hook, Line, and Sinker

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Q. When did you first consider yourself to be an author?I believe my entire professional life in marketing has been about writing fiction. We just called it emails, websites, and marketing collateral. After wanting to write a book for many years, I finally buckled down to actually trying it. Lots of work, walks with my wife and dog, and drafts led to my first novel getting … [Read more...] about Guest post by Marc Jedel for Hook, Line, and Sinker

Something Deadly on Desert Drive

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When you were growing up, what did you think your profession would be? Why?I really had no idea. My mom thought I would have to be a librarian, since my main interest was reading. In high school, I got interested in photography, so I went to college for that. If I hadn’t gotten into the one art school I applied to, I might have trained to be an EMT. I got interested in … [Read more...] about Something Deadly on Desert Drive

Guest post by T.C. LoTempio

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Behind the Scenes of KILLERS OF A FEATHERThe setting for Killers of a Feather, the Grand Opening Celebration, was actually taken from a real life event – A New York Street Fair!I grew up in New York back in the 60’s, when street fairs were a way of life.  I remembered there was a pet shop on fourteenth street where I grew up that had changed ownership and it’s … [Read more...] about Guest post by T.C. LoTempio

Mysteries, Midsummer Sun and Murders guest post

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Why I Fell in Love with Murder Mysteries…By Benedict BrownI’ve been writing whodunits for two and a half years now, but I fell in love with them a long time ago. I come from a family of readers and my childhood home in London is full of books. In our lounge still to this day is a floor-to-ceiling bookcase which is covered from wall to wall with books of every genre, but … [Read more...] about Mysteries, Midsummer Sun and Murders guest post