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A Naturalist with Character—guest post for Bear Witness

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Guest Blog Post, by Linda O. Johnston, who wrote Bear Witness, the first Alaska Untamed Mystery, under the pseudonym Lark O. Jensen:A Naturalist With CharacterHave you ever been to Alaska? I have. I’ve taken several cruises there over time, and went on a small tour boat on the waters near Juneau during my most recent cruise. Inspiration! That’s why I began plotting and … [Read more...] about A Naturalist with Character—guest post for Bear Witness

Guest post by Judith Gonda for Murder in the Community Garden

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Landscape architect Tory Benning certainly knows the lay of the land, but she still must dig through layers of clues to solve the perplexing murders that keep popping up in her hometown, Santa Sofia, the fictional setting of the Tory Benning mystery series. One of the most vivid and enchanting recurring “characters” in the Tory Benning mystery series, the city of Santa Sofia is … [Read more...] about Guest post by Judith Gonda for Murder in the Community Garden

The Corpse’s Secret Life

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Writing The Corpse’s Secret Life required taming a wildcat.In her marvelous book, A Tale for the Time Being, Ruth Ozeki says “an unfinished book, left unattended, turns feral…” I can relate to that assertion. Normally it takes me four months or so to tell my stories; that wasn’t how it went with this book. I started working on The Corpse’s Secret Life just as the CZU … [Read more...] about The Corpse’s Secret Life

Ink, Red, Dead by Joanna Campbell Slan

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Currently, I’m writing five different mystery series with an equal number of protagonists. Four are my creations; one is a classic, Jane Eyre. Keeping these characters straight in my head is important. If I don’t, all the works will blur. Of course, the settings are different, and the characters’ descriptions are, too, but the heart of any character is…character. “The … [Read more...] about Ink, Red, Dead by Joanna Campbell Slan

Casino Queen and the casino industry by Cara Bertoia

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How the Casino Industry Sucked Me In and Never Let Go!When I was younger and working at Caesar’s Tahoe, players would sit down at my game and invariably the following question would come up. “What’s a nice girl like you doing working in a joint like this?” I would always look around me where there were rows of dealers like me, fresh-faced recent college grads trying to … [Read more...] about Casino Queen and the casino industry by Cara Bertoia