Category: indie author
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New Novel! October 2023 Newsletter
I am very pleased to announce that I’ve now completed the novel Death in Shining Armor, an academic murder mystery. It’s a new version of a novel that I’ve been writing in assorted versions off and on for thirty years. And I’m really pleased with the way it has turned out this. Synopsis of this…
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It’s Academic: September 2023 Newsletter
Recently, I decided to apply the subtitle an academic murder mystery to my current work-in-progress, Death in Shining Armor that features foul play and funny business at a Renaissance fair and beyond. I’ve also decided to make it Book 1 in a series of an academic murder mysteries Almost immediately I ran into the sort…
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Spring in Progress: April 2023 Newsletter
Before I get into giving a report on my current Work-in-Progress, I want to say that I love spring. It’s my favorite season. A neighbor’s blooming magnolia butterflies tree is just one reason why. (A Facebook friend called this image “sunshine on a stick.”) WiP Report: “I feel like you have been working on Death…
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New for Juliet: February 2023 Newsletter
What’s new at our house includes the air fryer my daughter Jess bought me for a surprise Valentine’s Day present. It turns out that it’s requiring lots more thought than I expected it to including where to put it. In fact, even that was a problem given the lay-out of our kitchen in our house…
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Works-in-Progress: January 2023 Newsletter
Gee whiz, it’s only January 8. And already I have an enormous to-do list for 2023 that includes aspects of my life as an indie author, as a person, and as a home owner. (There’s always something going on with a house, so I won’t talk about that here.) I’ll limit the topics of my…
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Wounded Knee: November 2022 Newsletter
Sometime in August, I wounded my right knee, perhaps by twisting it inwards too fast during an exercise routine. Regardless, this simple little injury has pretty much dominated my life ever since. How did it do that? Let me count the ways. Appointments have taken away considerable time from the thing I love to do—write.…
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My Friend, the Author Anne Bauman
My Friend, the author Anne Bauman I was saddened to hear of Anne’s death a few weeks ago for I always counted her as my friend. Anne and her husband Mark were among the first to welcome me into their home after I first went to work at Johnson County Community College in 1980. We…
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January Jinx now published wide.
January Jinx, Book 1 of the historical Calendar Mystery novels and short stories that tell the story of business girl Minty Wilcox and the dashing detective Daniel Price from newly met to newlywed and beyond in Kansas City, a place that could get downright deadly a hundred years or so ago. Kansas City, 1899…
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May 2022 Newsletter: for love or money?
May 2022 Newsletter: For Love or Money? Do I write for love or money or something else entirely? A couple of months ago, I had an encounter with a person who made me think about my motives for writing fiction. Here’s what happened. A few days before the incident, we’d had our house sprayed for…
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April 2022 Newsletter: The Perils of Self-Publishing
Hi, Everyone! Some of you may have noticed that I withdrew the pre-order of Die by the Sword, a standalone novel of suspense. Here’s why. As I worked on that book, I discovered that I was doing lots more revising than copy editing. And I realized that I wouldn’t make my publishing date of May…