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How to Dispose of a Body…

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but most of you are doing it wrong!
I personally hate to read historical fiction… Why? Because I’m afraid I’ll learn something and it’s not right! not real!

So, when I write my books, I do my very best to make sure I’m getting it right! And that means I know I a lot of ways to dispose of a dead body.

Planting endangered plants on top won’t generally save you. The plants themselves are a dead giveaway.

Burying a dead dog over the body will only help if your lead investigator is dumb and doesn’t understand that cadaver dogs don’t sniff for any dead flesh, only human.

Yes, you can still get tried for murder if there’s no body.

And I’m pretty sure that carpet in her yard WAS part of a murder.

Feel free to ask me about any of these!

😉   :O   AJ

 

CONFERENCES!

BEING AN AUTHOR means you have to MAN your booth at the conferences.We’ve gone to Fan Days in Plano, ComicCon San Diego, Dragon Con, MysticCon and several ComicCons around the country – and oh so many more. One year we did 17 conferences!It’s so cool meeting all the readers, but as you can see: I have backup! It takes at least two people in the booth at any given time. If I have panels to be on, then 2 extra people to cover while I’m gone.DragonCon requires a team of _FOUR_ to run that booth well! 😲 I have so many fun and funny conference stories! But in recent years, I haven’t done as many. I know it’s fantastic to get out and meet readers, but we did the math. DragonCon eats two weeks of time! We calculated that books weren’t getting written because of conference time. Ouch.Comment here and tell me what you think! Cons or more books? I don’t think there’s really a clear answer. I can do more if that’s what you want.

Where does an AJ book come from?

Well, a lot of practice. But one big thing is writers conferences. This was at Killer Nashville (luckily local to me!) Dr. Tabor taught about identifying bodies through dental records. And then he talked me into becoming an actual forensic scientist! Ha. Jon Jefferson is the writing half of the Body Farm series author “Jefferson Bass.” The other half is Dr. Bill Bass (not pictured) who was one of my professors in forensics school and considered a founder of modern forensic science! And I’ve known Jon Jefferson since I was kid! Crazy. Before he was a big time author, before he knew Bill Bass. Sometimes it is a small world!

𝗔𝗠𝗔!!! (𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴)

AJ

 

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The Edge – hands-on writer research & police training for accurate thrillers!

If you’re here, it’s probably not a surprise that I do extensive research (some of it is still tucked away for future books!) Including ridealongs whenever I can get them. Also, firearms training! (I have good hit rates against the bad guys, but ‘good’ is a relative term. It’s really hard to take out a surprise shooter, even when you know you’re in shooter training and someone is going to fire at you.) I died. A lot.

We also did dog training, which I’ve used a lot of in learning how dogs/wolves bite, tackle, pull and win! (These two canines did a lot of demos for me and also were put through their usual training while I watched.) I’ve used some of this in the NightShade series and some in Black Carbon. And there’s definitely more to come!

Where to find AJ in 2025!

Happy 2025

I don’t know about you, but social media is always something I find to be churning and changing. If you haven’t already found me there, I’m on Bluesky! More books and info and updates with a faster turn around than I can put here. Follow me at: @ajscudiere.bsky.social

Lastly, if you want to see something really cool that’s getting started, head over to my YouTube channel. (Yes, I have one of those!) I haven’t done anything with it before, but there are new things coming within the  month and you’ll want to be there for it. I’m adding alllll my audiobooks and you can listen for freeeee! Subscribe now so you’ll get all the updates! (It doesn’t cost anything and you’ll just get a ping when I post something new.)  >>> https://www.youtube.com/@ReadAJS

Happy Reading! AJ  O.o

NightShade #9 is here!

Well, it's release week and SABOTAGE is here.

I'm loving the reviews (thank you everyone!!!) and I'm now winding down a little from the rush of a book release.

Today I have a mocha iced blended and some free time! So I'm getting started on The Tempest--the next book in the Black Carbon series. If you've been reading the NightShade books then you already met Cage and Joule Mazur in The Camelot Gambit.

I'll post more as I get going! Happy reading,

A.J. O.o

Sabotage...

and now for a taste of the next NightShade Forensic Files book...SABOTAGE

“You said Bodie was here.” Eleri got straight to business. She wasn’t yet telling him what she'd been up to during her “alone time” but for now he didn't push.

Donovan answered her question. “He didn't get past the front porch. But he came here for something and I guess he left.”

“The question,” Eleri said, “Isn’t Did he leave? It’s What did he leave behind?”

Get the preorder here:
books2read.com/Sabotage-NightShade9

Be sure to enter the giveaway for a signed copy!

A.J. O.o