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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

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

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