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Guest Post: Jenny Milchman
Note: Jenny Milchman’s debut thriller, Cover of Snow, was published in 2013, chosen as an Indie Next and Target Emerging Authors Pick, and nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark award. Jenny’s next novel, Ruin Falls, will be out in April. … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Salzberg, Cover of Snow, Henry Swann, Jenny Milchman, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Longfellow Books
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Tinfoil Hats
Jayne here. Some of you know that I run a volunteer organization that helps victims of cyberstalking – Working to Halt Online Abuse. I get a copy of every case that comes in and I also get emails from people … Continue reading
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Helping Your Favorite Author(s)
Lea Wait, here, broaching a subject that a lot of authors don’t feel comfortable talking about, except to each other. Simply: if you’re a reader, we need your help. If our books don’t sell enough copies, no publisher will buy … Continue reading
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Tagged author fans, author reviews, Best Seller list, Goodreads, helping authors
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Time … and Writing
Lea Wait, here, fresh from putting away the Christmas tree and listing my New Year’s Resolutions. One of those resolutions has to do with writing … simply, I’m resolving to do more of it. Sounds like a pretty basic resolution for … Continue reading
What’s a Cyber Crime Dog?
Me, of course! Hi, I’m Phoebe The Cyber Crime Dog! That’s me with my human Mom, Jayne Hitchcock! She usually posts here on the 15th of the month, but Miss Kate Flora asked if I’d do a guest post, so … Continue reading
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Cold Days
Lea Wait, here. If you’re reading this blog, you My Home,Showing House, Ell & Barn (1938 Photo) probably know I live on the coast of Maine. You may not know I live in a house built in 1774. It … Continue reading
Editing? One Dozen Points To Check
I’m Lea Wait, I’m an author, and I have a confession. I really don’t like writing. Now, that doesn’t mean never, and it doesn’t mean I’m going to stop. I just mean that for me the most difficult and frustrating part … Continue reading
Another Lesson From Mom
John Here: Kate and I refer to our late mother, A. Carman Clark, quite frequently in our blog entries. Mom was not only one heck of an interesting woman, she was extremely talented and it was a given that sometime … Continue reading
Adoption: One of my Daughters’ Story
Lea Wait, here. In honor of National Adoption Month, I thought I’d share the story of one of my daughters, and how 1985 changed both our lives. In 1985 I was single, living in New Jersey and working at AT&T. I had three daughters. … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, Calcutta, India, older child adoption, single parent adoption, WACAP
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On Being A True Crime Writer
Jayne here – at book signings I get asked how I chose the stories I did for my book, True Crime Online: Shocking Stories of Scamming, Stalking, Murder and Mayhem. I tell them that some (almost half) of the stories … Continue reading
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