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October 1, 2012
September 23, 2012
A New Adventure for Peggy Lee!
I am pleased to announced that October 2012 will see the release of a new Peggy Lee Garden Mystery!
Peggy is a garden shop owner and a forensic botanist living and working in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Her advantures began in Pretty Poison (Berkley 2005) and went on to Fruit of the Poisoned Tree, Perfect Poison, Poisoned Petals and A Corpse for Yew.
Her new advanture is Buried By Buttercups.
Peggy Lee, owner of The Potting Shed garden shop, is involved in another murder investigation.
After two years of being on the ‘outs’ with the Charlotte Police, new homicide Lieutenant Al McDonald, asks for her help.
The choice of weapon for the killer is flower poison, starting with angel’s trumpet. No one knows botanical poisons as well as Peggy.
The investigation turns personal for her when she realizes the killer has used poison to draw her out. Two men with her dead husband’s name have already died.
Is the killer working toward getting rid of Peggy too?
www.peggyleegardenmysteries.com Joyce Lavene
Peggy is a garden shop owner and a forensic botanist living and working in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Her advantures began in Pretty Poison (Berkley 2005) and went on to Fruit of the Poisoned Tree, Perfect Poison, Poisoned Petals and A Corpse for Yew.
Her new advanture is Buried By Buttercups.
Peggy Lee, owner of The Potting Shed garden shop, is involved in another murder investigation.
After two years of being on the ‘outs’ with the Charlotte Police, new homicide Lieutenant Al McDonald, asks for her help.
The choice of weapon for the killer is flower poison, starting with angel’s trumpet. No one knows botanical poisons as well as Peggy.
The investigation turns personal for her when she realizes the killer has used poison to draw her out. Two men with her dead husband’s name have already died.
Is the killer working toward getting rid of Peggy too?
www.peggyleegardenmysteries.com Joyce Lavene
August 24, 2012
Getting Ready for Treacherous Toys
Before a book comes out there are countless things to do.
Besides writing the book and doing edits with agent and editors, there is promotion.
This can consist of blogs you write on other people's sites and your own, arranging bookstore and book club visits, getting advance reviews and talking to people about the book.
In my case, it also usually includes doing edits on a second book (in this case, A Haunting Dream, the next Missing Pieces Mystery), and finishing a new book.
The new book is the first Pie in the Sky mystery for Simon and Schuster. The working title is Dangerously Damson.
It is set in Durham, NC near the Duke University campus. It follows the exploits of Maggie Grady and her aunt who owns a pie shop.
The new book was done yesterday. YAY! The deadline is September first so it's all good.
This is a writer's life and I LOVE it!
Thanks for all your support!
Joyce
http://www.joyceandjimlavene.com
Besides writing the book and doing edits with agent and editors, there is promotion.
This can consist of blogs you write on other people's sites and your own, arranging bookstore and book club visits, getting advance reviews and talking to people about the book.
In my case, it also usually includes doing edits on a second book (in this case, A Haunting Dream, the next Missing Pieces Mystery), and finishing a new book.
The new book is the first Pie in the Sky mystery for Simon and Schuster. The working title is Dangerously Damson.
It is set in Durham, NC near the Duke University campus. It follows the exploits of Maggie Grady and her aunt who owns a pie shop.
The new book was done yesterday. YAY! The deadline is September first so it's all good.
This is a writer's life and I LOVE it!
Thanks for all your support!
Joyce
http://www.joyceandjimlavene.com
August 14, 2012
August 6, 2012
August 1, 2012
Writing In Tandem
Like riding a bicycle for two, writing together is an exercise in patience and synchronicity.
Jim and I have been writing together for many years and still things can go wrong.
There are those mornings when one of us is up and ready to get started while the other is wondering where their head is.
Usually, that's me ready to go in the morning and Jim ready to go in the evening. We both have to be flexible enough to work out compromises on the way we work and what we write.
Without those compromises, nothing would get done.
Some writers might find this too much to live with - not being able to write whatever pops into your head - but for us, it's nice.
And it's certainly nice when we have each other to bounce ideas off of, go to book events, and deal with rejection and other bad news.
We are each other's greatest strength and sometimes, worst annoyance!
Look for Treacherous Toys
September 4!
www.joyceandjimlavene.com
Jim and I have been writing together for many years and still things can go wrong.
There are those mornings when one of us is up and ready to get started while the other is wondering where their head is.
Usually, that's me ready to go in the morning and Jim ready to go in the evening. We both have to be flexible enough to work out compromises on the way we work and what we write.
Without those compromises, nothing would get done.
Some writers might find this too much to live with - not being able to write whatever pops into your head - but for us, it's nice.
And it's certainly nice when we have each other to bounce ideas off of, go to book events, and deal with rejection and other bad news.
We are each other's greatest strength and sometimes, worst annoyance!
Look for Treacherous Toys
September 4!
www.joyceandjimlavene.com
July 11, 2012
Light Summer Reading
Like eating during the hot summer months, I find myself craving lighter fare.
Novels are hard to keep up with while I have time to take my grandchildren to the lake, so I like to read shorter, easier things like poetry and essays.
This summer I am enjoying Changing Light, edited by Ruth Gendler. It is a collection of poetry and short stories that is easy to put down and pick back up again.
I am also re-reading Gift from the Sea. I have always enjoyed this book and take out my wonderful hardcover version every few years to read through it again.
Author Anne Morrow Lindbergh had wonderful insight into women's lives. It amazes me how this book can still be so relevant after so many years, but her words still resonate with me.
Of course, writing still takes up most of my time since I am always on deadline (and like it that way!). That never changes, even for the hot days of summer.
Working right now on our new pie shop mystery for Charter Books. No publication date yet. Maybe next year. We'll see.
Excited about our new mystery coming out September 4, Treacherous Toys!
Treacherous Toys
Novels are hard to keep up with while I have time to take my grandchildren to the lake, so I like to read shorter, easier things like poetry and essays.
This summer I am enjoying Changing Light, edited by Ruth Gendler. It is a collection of poetry and short stories that is easy to put down and pick back up again.
I am also re-reading Gift from the Sea. I have always enjoyed this book and take out my wonderful hardcover version every few years to read through it again.
Author Anne Morrow Lindbergh had wonderful insight into women's lives. It amazes me how this book can still be so relevant after so many years, but her words still resonate with me.
Of course, writing still takes up most of my time since I am always on deadline (and like it that way!). That never changes, even for the hot days of summer.
Working right now on our new pie shop mystery for Charter Books. No publication date yet. Maybe next year. We'll see.
Excited about our new mystery coming out September 4, Treacherous Toys!
Treacherous Toys
June 21, 2012
Cover for A Haunting Dream
We just got the new cover for the fourth Missing Pieces Mystery from our wonderful editor at Berkley Prime.
The cover for A Haunting Dream shows a dark haired doll (a little creepy) and the beach at night instead of the usual sunny blue covers for the first three books ( A Timely Vision, A Touch of Gold, and A Spirited Gift).
All three books take place in Duck, North Carolina (a real town, population 586)and the protagonist is Dae O'Donnell, mayor of Duck.
You can see by the campaign sign on the cover (Vote Dae) that she is running for reelection.
The campaign doesn't run smoothly (of course) as Dae is haunted by visions of a missing child.
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