Jane Elzey's Blog, page 2

We did it! What a Killer launch

4-20 finally arrived for a Killer launch day -- and "Killer Croquet on the Emerald Isle" released to the world at large. This was the day when a book project that started in January of 2023 finally materializes as someth...

The Saturday Hero

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True Story. I was about an hour away from home on my way to an author event when my car started misbehaving. It wouldn't accelerate above 20 mph and it bucked and whinnied when I tried.

Killer Selfie Time!

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First, these eyeglass toppers are too cool. Toppers are all the rage on social media, and we find Jennifer Rose Creations to be the most creative. So when they approached me to judge a Killer Contest, I jumped right in. ...

Making the Best Seller List

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A friend asked me why I wasn't on the best seller list yet and I laughed out loud. I wasn't trying to be rude, I was just taken aback by their faith in me. I love that kind of faith.

-4 in the Ozarks

Yep, you read that right. It's un-zero here in the Ozarks. Maybe where you are, too. There's a good blanket of snow on the ground but the sun is shining and the sky is blue. That means the top layer of snow will melt jus...

There's no place like home

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I���m working on Book 5 in the Cardboard Cottage Mystery series. It���s not due out until 2025, thank goodness, because this one is going to take me down some rabbit holes. It���s a cold case��� a (made up) murder that took plac...

Calling for ARC Readers and Launch Team Crew

Book 4 in the Cardboard Cottage Mystery series is headed to press soon. Now is the time for ARC Readers and Launch Team Crew to step forward!

Eight Months and Eighty Thousand Words

74,147 to be exact. "Killer Croquet on the Emerald Isle" is now complete and on the desk of the developmental editor and my beloved Beta readers. I started writing and plotting in late January 2023 and typed THE END on t...

American Library Association Blitz

I was so looking forward to the ALA 2023 in Chicago this year. I didn't make it. I had car trouble a couple of days before leaving town and that just dumped the wind from my traveling sails. Although I had reservations a...

We learn when we listen

For me, the merry month of May started with a week-long stay on Coronado Island in San Diego, California. Publishing University, or Pub U as it is affectionately called, is the annual conference presented by the IBPA -- ...