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Carol Balawyder - Guest Author

I have to say that as I read Carol's five word answers, I was sympathetic. She describes herself as introverted, optimistic, procrastinator, patient, and insecure. She cheated on the five words to describe her writing by including seven words. Since I am flexible, I added hyphens and brought her back to five words: contemporary,  psychological-crime, women’s fiction, character-driven. So shoot me.
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Author Guest Post - Donald Levin

Donald Levin describes himself as smart, ironic, perceptive, stubborn, and skeptical. His writing is realistic, engaging, moving, complex, and fast-paced. Here’s how he answered his questions:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Describe your most productive writing venue. What makes it best for you?
Over two decades as a professional writer, I’ve written in almost every circumstance you can imagine . . . in cubicles in large writers’ bullpens, i...

Sneaks and Subversives and Society Belles: An Interview with Karen Abbott

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Lois Winston - Guest Author

We had scheduled this post for yesterday -- except Lois's internet was toast. So being flexible, we postponed until today. ~ Jim

Lois Winston describes herself as a vertically challenged, right-brained coffee addict. Despite that she writes humorous mysteries and romances that are award-winning bestsellers. Without further ado, here's.......Lois.

You have a table for four at your favorite restaurant and can invite any three people, living, dead or fictional. Who are your guests (and why) and wh...

Kindle Scout and Me

Have you heard about the relatively new Kindle Scout program? If not, I’ll tell you about it in a minute. If so, I’ll tell you why I chose to try it.
But first, here’s how I came to my decision to try to qualify for this Amazon publishing venture and here is the linkwhere you can nominate my book, Ant Farm.
The situation before Kindle Scout
The Seamus McCree series is published by Barking Rain Press (BRP), a small publisher. The books have generated positive reader reviews. The few professional...

Author Guest Post - Lynn Chandler Willis

Lynn Chandler Willis describes herself as a simple country girl at heart. She says her writing is fast paced, quirky, character driven. Here's how she answered her questions:------------------------------------------------------------------------------You have a table for four at your favorite restaurant and can invite any three people, living, dead or fictional. Who are your guests (and why) and where are you eating (and why)?
My guests would be Gypsy Moran, his sister Rhonda and their g...

Author Guest Post - Warren Bull

Warren Bull describes himself in five words as Persistent, Kind, Curious, Reliable and Funny. He describes his writing as Varied, Personal, Character-Driven, Surprising and Therapeutic. We'll learn more about that therapeutic in his answers, which follow below.
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You have a table for four at your favorite restaurant and can invite any three people, living, dead or fictional. Who are your guests (and why) and where are you eating (and why...

Dumbing Down

I first published this blog on Writers Who Kill (1/18/15). That blog attracts mostly writers who were generally appalled that I sold out as I had. The My Two Cents Worth blog has a wider audience, and I'll be interested what the reaction is.
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I recently sent my current WIP Ant Farm to beta readers. I wanted to know if they had any problems with the manuscript. I received a number of insightful...

Author Guest Post - KB Inglee

KB Inglee describes herself in five words as someone who "loves history, animals, writing, knitting." For her writing she chose "Historical, American, mystery, short fiction."
Without further ado, here are her answers to her choice questions.--------------------------------------------------------------------
You have a table for four at your favorite restaurant and can invite any three people, living, dead or fictional. Who are your guests (and why) and where are you eating (and why)?
Mary Fran...

Introducing Author Guest Blogs

Those who have followed me for a bit know I am willing to try experiments, adopt them long-term if they work, and abandon them if they don’t.
What is it?
Coming soon (maybe as soon as next Tuesday?) I will start sharing guest blogs of other authors. I thought of calling the day “Tell-all Tuesday.” While a titillating title, that wasn’t exactly accurate since my guest authors will be responding to a menu of questions. I thought about “Tenpenny Tuesday.” Surely if what I had to say was worth two...