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June 8, 2012
How I Hit #1 in Suspense and #3 Overall During KDP Select Free Days With $0 in Advertising
Over the course of a two-day free promotion, my mystery All the Blue-Eyed Angels reached #1 in Mystery/Suspense, #1 in Women Sleuths, and #3 overall in the Free in Kindle Store. There were 33,077...
June 6, 2012
Bradbury Tribute and 21 Misconceptions My 21-Year-Old Self Had About Writing
My mystery, ALL THE BLUE-EYED ANGELS, is free for the remainder of today (June 7th) only. It’s currently at #1 in Suspense, #1 in Women Sleuths, and ranked #3 overall in the Free for Kindle...
Author Interview: Joanna Penn
First, a quick bit of author business before getting down to this week’s Author Interview: Today and tomorrow (June 6 and 7), my Awesome Indies-selected mystery ALL THE BLUE-EYED ANGELS is FREE...
June 5, 2012
Excerpt-ional Tuesday: Prophecy, by Joanna Penn
I’m thrilled beyond measure to welcome Joanna Penn to the BloodWrites 2-Day Author Feature this week, beginning with an excerpt from her thriller, PROPHECY. Joanna’s website, The Creative...
June 4, 2012
Book Review: Matinicus, by Darcy Scott
Title: Matinicus: An Island Mystery Author: Darcy Scott Genre: Mystery Publisher:Turtle Pond Press, May 2012 Jen’s Rating: Botanist Gil Hodge arrives on the Maine island of Matinicus intent on...
May 29, 2012
Author Interview: Suzie Ivy
This week, I’m doing something a little different in that my author interview isn’t actually with a mystery writer… Suzie Ivy is the author of Bad Luck Cadet and Bad Luck Officer, a...
May 28, 2012
Excerpt-ional Tuesday: Bad Luck Officer
In this week’s Excerpt-ional Tuesday, I’m featuring Suzie Ivy, whose phenomenal novels — Bad Luck Cadet and Bad Luck Officer — caught my eye a few weeks ago. Suzie’s...
Mystery Pick Monday for the Week of May 28th
Jen’s Standard Mystery Pick Monday 411: I choose Mystery Pick Monday books based on reviews from others and an initial read from yours truly of the prologue (if there is one) and first chapter or so....
May 25, 2012
Great Weekend Deals on Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers!
This is the first week of my Friday Finds — Great deals over the coming weekend on mystery, suspense, and thrillers. If you’re a writer in those genres running either a free or a...
May 24, 2012
50 Resources Every Mystery Writer Should Have
I was looking through my piles upon piles upon piles of books, magazines, articles, and links on mystery writing the other day, and thought it would be interesting to go through and pick the fifty...
