Featuring Guest Blogger Marilyn Meredith

My Writing Process
by Marilyn Meredith The author at a writer's conference
First I should say that I am not an outliner. However, that doesn't mean that I don't plan ahead.
Because I'm writing a series, I know my main characters. I begin by thinking what kind of crime Deputy Tempe Crabtree will have to solve--usually a murder. If a murder, who will be the victim, the motive, and who had a motive--usually more than one person.
At the same time, I want something to be happening in Tempe's private li...