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Welcome Amanda Panitch!

Please welcome debut YA Thriller author Amanda Panitch to Murder She Writes! For my tenth birthday, one of my friends gave me a diary. It latched shut with a flimsy metal key, which meant it wasn’t open like the notebooks…Read more ›

I’m Back!

Yes, it’s been six months since I’ve blogged. There have been a lot of reasons … and I’ve thought about shutting down the blog completely. But then I realized, I have a whole bunch of material I can post from…Read more ›

My Two Cents

Last month, Nora Roberts posted a blog entitled “Bite Me” where she took issue with two things and spoke her mind. I agree with every word she said. I posted the link on my Facebook page because I felt it…Read more ›

COMPULSION Giveaway

36 more hours to enter the COMPULSION giveaway. THIRTY advanced reading copies up for grabs ... expires at midnight Wednesday!

COMPULSION is the second book in the Max Revere thriller series. For more details about the book and to enter, go to:

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I Quit!!

Ten years ago today was my last day working for the California State Legislature. Make no mistake, I used to love my job in the Legislature. I went in as a 22 year old idealist thinking I could affect change.…Read more ›

Volume

On one of the writer’s loops I participate in, a loop with both published and aspiring writers, a conversation started about the pros and cons of writing not only fast, but releasing four or more books a year. Now, the…Read more ›

NOTORIOUS, Part Two

I know the mass market paperback world very well. I’ve had 22 mass market originals released … not including novellas in anthologies. I write the book, I revise the book, it goes through an editor, a copy editor, and a…Read more ›

Elizabeth Heiter: Researching a Suspense Novel

Researching a Suspense Novel I’ve never worked for the FBI. Never participated in a multi-agency investigation of a series of child abductions that happened over almost two decades. Never interviewed suspects, been threatened by suspects, or been tackled by a…Read more ›

Second Book Syndrome

Allison here: I’m thrilled to have romantic thriller author Elizabeth Heiter here at Murder She Writes! She has her second book coming out later this month. I love the way her publisher has branded her series. I loved the first…Read more ›

So, it’s been awhile

I have so many things to blog about … but no time to blog! Daughter finished up Winter Ball softball, now in soccer … son finished up football, now in basketball … I lost my extra drivers to college ……Read more ›