Uncategorized, Juliet Kincaid

New Novel! October 2023 Newsletter

Oct 15, 2023

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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…

It’s Academic: September 2023 Newsletter

Sep 24, 2023

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julietkc

in indie author, memoirs, mystery fiction, Uncategorized

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…

My Father’s Gardens: June 2023 Newsletter

Jun 18, 2023

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julietkc

in creative nonfiction, memoirs, Uncategorized

My father, Homer Dale Willman, Sr., used to say, “When the Corps hired me, they took a great farmer and made him into a half-assed engineer.” Still, though he worked for over twenty years for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, my father always had a garden if only three strips around the patio. Until…

Spring in Progress: April 2023 Newsletter

Apr 16, 2023

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julietkc

in indie author, memoirs, Uncategorized, writing fiction

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…

Time Change Sunday: March 2023 Newsletter

Mar 12, 2023

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julietkc

in aging, humor, Uncategorized

Time Change Sunday: March 2023 Newsletter Today, I did a little research in Wikipedia about the origins of DST and discovered that clever founding father Ben Franklin first suggested it way back in 1784 as a way to save money on candle use. He also suggested people tax window shutters, ration candles, and wake…

Works-in-Progress: January 2023 Newsletter

Jan 8, 2023

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julietkc

in aging, indie author, memoirs, self-publishing, Uncategorized

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…

A New Beginning: Fall 2022 Newsletter

Sep 27, 2022

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julietkc

in fiction writing techniques, self-publishing, the writing process, Uncategorized, writing fiction

A New Beginning: Fall 2022 Newsletter A New Beginning to Die by the Sword aka To Die by the Sword aka Death in Shining Armor Night . . . Saturday, September 10, 1988 The Medieval Fair Site . . . I didn’t want much that night, just to go out to the shop on…

May 2022 Newsletter: for love or money?

May 29, 2022

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julietkc

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

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…

April 2022 Newsletter: The Perils of Self-Publishing

Apr 24, 2022

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julietkc

in indie author, self-publishing, the writing process, Uncategorized

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…

FREE BOOK

Apr 1, 2022

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julietkc

in family friendly fiction, historical mystery fiction, reading mysteries, Uncategorized

Free book! No foolin’! Old Time Stories, a short fiction and nonfiction collection, is FREE April 1 through April 5 at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F4JL8D5. And better yet , the book includes the short story “The Shackleton Ghost” that takes place on April 1, 1900, and only is available in this free book. Here’s a snippet from the…

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