My guest--Julie James. Note: Each year I conduct interviews with famous authors who will be guests at various conferences. Julie will be appearing at Love Is Murder, Feb. 3-5, 2011, in Chicago.) 1. Julie, you were an attorney before you went into writing novels full-time. What is it about training as an attorney that seems to make for such fantastic authors? What did you learn in your work as a lawyer that you still use when you write … [Read more...] about An Interview with Julie James: 'My Writing Process Is My Own'
Why Electricians Should Not HONK OFF Their Mystery Writer Clients
Excerpt from my note to my contractor, Rob: It was a dark and stormy day when they found a body washed up on shore. "Oh, my god, it's that dreadful electrician," she thought as she stared down into his white and bloated face with the black electrical tape wrapped around his neck. The fish had eaten his eyeballs out. He lay there half in and half out of the water but he was wearing his gray shirt with his name embroidered happily in red. That … [Read more...] about Why Electricians Should Not HONK OFF Their Mystery Writer Clients
Happy Halloween! You're Invited to an Online Party!
If there's one holiday that gets my vote for TOTAL CUTENESS, it's got to be Halloween. HALLOWEEN PARTY ONLINE On Monday, October 31, we'll be inaugurating my new "fan page" on Facebook. Helping with the festivities will be 12 of my best author buds. Here's the lineup: 9 to 9:30 p.m. EST Mollie Cox Bryan (Scrapbook of Secrets) Angie Fox (A Tale of Two Demon Slayers) 9:30 to 10 p.m. EST Betty Hechtman (Behind the Seams) Laura DiSilveria (Die … [Read more...] about Happy Halloween! You're Invited to an Online Party!
I Started (Writing My) Novel to be Polite: An Interview with Julie Hyzy
I don't remember when I met Julie. She's one of those people who is so nice and so easy to be with that she's like a long-lost pal the moment you are introduced. I interviewed her for the Love Is Murder newsletter. Her answers are pure Julie! ** JCS: Julie, you started as a short story writer convinced she couldn't finish a book. Tell us about your friendship with Michael Black and the good advice he gave you. Didn't the two of you also … [Read more...] about I Started (Writing My) Novel to be Polite: An Interview with Julie Hyzy
Dangerous Dames Tour
Prepare for a perilously good time when the "Dangerous Dames'' visit the Raleigh-Durham area for a book tour, Oct. 13-17. Deborah Sharp, Julie Compton, and Joanna Campbell Slan live up to their billing: They kill people for a living -- at least fictionally. In reality, the three nationally known mystery authors are perfectly nice women with families and pets and houses with mortgages. There's not a homicidal maniac among them, except when it … [Read more...] about Dangerous Dames Tour
