Joyce E.S. Pyka's Blog
April 25, 2019
Library Book Review
GREAT NEWS! Both my books have made it through the Downers Grove Library review. Once cataloged, they'll be on the shelves!
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD (young adult/middle grade, humorous historical fiction)
FALLEN ANGEL (historical/1900 cozy murder mystery)
(also available on Amazon http://amazon.com/author/joycepyka)
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD (young adult/middle grade, humorous historical fiction)
FALLEN ANGEL (historical/1900 cozy murder mystery)
(also available on Amazon http://amazon.com/author/joycepyka)
March 24, 2019
It takes a village of folks...
Fallen Angel: A Kat Livingston, Willow Woods Mystery
It takes a village of folks to make up the characters of a cozy mystery. In my first book, Fallen Angel
http://amazon.com/author/joycepyka
readers are given a lot of character delineation to help familiarize them with the intelligent and ambitious heroine, Kat Livingston. Family, friends and co-workers are also introduced. And let’s not forget the town of Willow Woods itself. A character in it’s own right, “inspired” by the historical landmark village of Riverside just outside of Chicago.
It’s an amazing process this mind-journey that happens to writers. Deep into my third draft of Book Two, Birds of A Feather, the regular players are taking on a life of their own as they evolve. They seemingly take over, and my fingers virtually fly across the keyboard on their own!
It takes a village of folks to make up the characters of a cozy mystery. In my first book, Fallen Angel
http://amazon.com/author/joycepyka
readers are given a lot of character delineation to help familiarize them with the intelligent and ambitious heroine, Kat Livingston. Family, friends and co-workers are also introduced. And let’s not forget the town of Willow Woods itself. A character in it’s own right, “inspired” by the historical landmark village of Riverside just outside of Chicago.
It’s an amazing process this mind-journey that happens to writers. Deep into my third draft of Book Two, Birds of A Feather, the regular players are taking on a life of their own as they evolve. They seemingly take over, and my fingers virtually fly across the keyboard on their own!
