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Bargain Fiction

Nov 28, 2019

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in historical mystery fiction, humor, indie author, mystery fiction

Get real Black Friday and Cyber Monday bargains in a boxed set. The Calendar Cozy Historical Mystery stories and novels by Juliet Kincaid tell the story of business girl Minty Wilcox and dashing detective Daniel Price from newly met to newlywed and beyond in Kansas City, a place that could get downright deadly a hundred…

Transitions Take Time

Apr 17, 2019

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julietkc

in fiction writing techniques, historical mystery fiction, indie author, mystery fiction, self-publishing, the writing process, writing fiction

A WiP Report The closet in my bedroom in our little house isn’t big enough to accommodate my entire wardrobe, so this time of year I move my dark blue and gray sweat pants, my flannel shirts, my black and my brown fleece hoodies from the back of the house to the closet in the…

Old Dog, New Tricks

Apr 10, 2019

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julietkc

in historical mystery fiction, indie author, self-publishing

A WiP Report Recently I read Chris Fox’s Relaunch Your Novel, filled with tips about making money from one’s backlist. So I decided that it was the perfect time to bring out a boxed set of my first three cozy historical mystery novels plus a short story that follows the last novel. Little did I…

Calendar Mysteries Book 4 only $0.99

Apr 3, 2019

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julietkc

in historical mystery fiction, humor, indie author, mystery fiction, Uncategorized

Even though Old Time Stories is Book 4 of my Calendar Mystery series, you can read it as a standalone since it fills in the gaps before, between, and after the novels in the series. Here’s an FYI from July 4, 2017, about “The Barn Door,” the first short story in this collection of fiction…

Cozy Historical Mystery on Sale

Mar 13, 2019

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julietkc

in historical mystery fiction, humor, mystery fiction

MISCHIEF IN MARCH Book 3 in the Calendar Mystery Series By Juliet Kincaid Excerpt from Minty Wilcox’s Journal 11: 55 p.m. on Friday, March 23, 1900 It’s shortly before midnight on the very last day of my life as a single miss. Or so I hope and pray. Right now, I’m sitting on…

St. Valentine’s Day 1900

Feb 14, 2019

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julietkc

in historical mystery fiction, mystery fiction

A Kansas City newspaper suggested an avian theme for Valentine’s Day parties in February 1900 like the one described below. Minty stepped back from the dining room table that she’d just finished setting with Mama’s best china in the rose pattern . . . A pair of turtledoves made of stuffed cotton and feathers hung…

Legacy

Dec 26, 2018

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julietkc

in fiction writing techniques, historical mystery fiction, indie author, memoirs, mystery fiction, the writing process, Uncategorized, writing fiction

Hello, Everyone! Gosh, it’s been a long time since I talked to some of you, so this will serve as a catch-up about my activities as an indie author in 2018. It was very busy for me, partly because I made an ambitious resolution at the start of the year to bring out something new,…

WiP Report: Two Thirds of the Way There

Nov 21, 2018

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julietkc

in fiction writing techniques, historical mystery fiction, mystery fiction, the writing process, Uncategorized, writing fiction

Somehow it doesn’t seem quite right that apparently I caught a cold when I went to the medical center a couple of weeks ago to have an MRI on my sore shoulder. (I tore some muscles in it, probably when I got too enthusiastic at an exercise class two or three months ago. The pain…

WiP Report: Hump Day

Nov 14, 2018

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julietkc

in aging, fiction writing techniques, historical mystery fiction, humor, indie author, the writing process

Yesterday my NaNoWriMo word count reached 23,147, and since I’m trying to add 2,000 words a day, I’ve almost reached midpoint or the Hump Day for Apart in April, the book I’m drafting this month. At this point it seems very chaotic, filled with brainstorms and incomplete scenes, not necessarily in the final order either.…

NaNoWriMo2018: Day 7

Nov 7, 2018

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julietkc

in fiction writing techniques, historical mystery fiction, humor, indie author, mystery fiction, self-publishing, the writing process, Uncategorized, writing fiction

I begin Day 7 of NaNoWriMo2018 with 11,211 words written so far and a big surprise for myself. (That’s something I love about drafting a novel. Really it’s a voyage of discovery into the untold reaches of my mind.) Specifically, once I got started, I found out that Apart in April, Book 5 in my…

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