The Bookman’s Tale

Beating Myself Up for No Good Reason

late bloomer, mystery fiction, self-publishing, writing fiction / julietkc

AKA Some New Year’s Resolutions When I retired in May 2004, I immediately got cracking on my long-time dream of becoming a full-time writer. I started with an ambitious project: a dozen historical mystery novels set in Kansas City beginning in 1899 with January Jinx and ending with Deadly December in 1910, the year my […]

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Juliet’s Favorite Reads for 2013

fantasy, fiction writing techniques, mystery fiction, reading fiction, reading mysteries, writing fiction / julietkc

Becoming a publisher in addition to being a writer has cut into my reading time quite a bit this year, so instead of my usual rate of four books a month, I read fewer than three a month in 2013. But the five I’ve chosen would stand out in any year. (Please note that not

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