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Nancy G. West

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ALTHOUGH AGGIE MUNDEEN IS UPSET, NANCY HAS A NEW FAVORITE CHARACTER:
HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR BASEBALL PLAYER
DECKER SAVAGE.

MEET DECKER IN THE THRILLER, RISKY PURSUIT! .


Nancy LOVED writing RISKY PURSUIT about courageous Decker Savage. Thanks, Readers for all the wonderful reviews!!

Nancy G. West was a business major who switched to English lit for grad school and found that writing stories was a lot more fun than accounting. She loves writing about ordinary adults and teens faced with danger who must find the courage to save themselves and their loved ones. She paused writing her Aggie Mundeen Rom-Com Mysteries to write the book she absolutely had to write: RISKY PURSUIT.

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Nancy G. West If I'm stuck for specifics about a character or scene I want to write, I start making lists. For a scene: What's its purpose? Who should be in it? Whi…moreIf I'm stuck for specifics about a character or scene I want to write, I start making lists. For a scene: What's its purpose? Who should be in it? Which character will best illustrate what I want to show?

For a character: I list background, psychological motivation, looks, traits...
you get the idea...until they appear full-grown in my imagination.

Actually, for me writer's block comes about at often as eater's block.(less)
Nancy G. West Getting to use your imagination...making stuff up..having fun...seeing what readers say.

Sally and Cecilia, I'm glad you liked my answer.
By the way, A…more
Getting to use your imagination...making stuff up..having fun...seeing what readers say.

Sally and Cecilia, I'm glad you liked my answer.
By the way, Aggie Mundeen Mystery #3, SMART, BUT DEAD, is now available for pre-order! http://tinyurl.com/p5tt53h: Release date is November 17.

"SMART. Aggie Mundeen is smart.
BUT she’s also a little clumsy, irrepressible, and irresistible.
DEAD. She might well end up dead if she continues nosing around the university where her questions are not wanted. Smart, But Dead is the perfect combination of brains and heart. A tight mystery, an irrepressible heroine, and superb writing.” – James W. Ziskin, author of the Ellie Stone mysteries and Anthony Award-Finalist of No Stone Unturned(less)
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RISKY PURSUIT IS ON SALE!

Hi, Readers,

My publisher reduced the ebook price of
RISKY PURSUIT from $5.99 to $2.99 for the holidays!
Best Price ever.

Thank you for your wonderful reviews, and for voting RISKY PURSUIT #1 Books That Anyone Would Enjoy
#1 Best Teen/Young Adult Books - and #1 and a top favorite in several other categories.

This was the book I absolutely HAD to write.

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Nancy West Beth wrote: "Hi Nancy,
Thanks for befriending this fellow mystery author here as well as elsewhere!"


Hi Beth,
I'm glad we're keeping in touch. I look forward to seeing you in Colorado Springs!
Nancy


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