Hi !
I'm back from a few days in the Outer Banks. If only my hubby could retire now and we could live on the beach. Ah...well...
While there, I did research for a new cozy I'd like to write once I finish with Truly,
Madly, Deadly, and the next Sophie Parker book.
Because I was on vacation, I don't have much to report in my writing. I do hope to send Truly, Madly, Deadly to my editor next week.
Thank you to all of you who let me know you're thoughts on switching up the POV from third to first person in Worth The Risk. At this
point, it would be faster and easier to expand the book in 3rd person, but I am intrigued by trying to write it in first person.
I have already removed the Delecoeur stories from online book retailers, but you can grab them here (free just for you!).
What Makes a Great Mystery?
I've been surprised by the quality of some of the books I've read lately. I know I'm no Hemmingway, but I think I'm a pretty good writer
and can't understand why some of the authors I've read recently have meh-characters or poor stories, and yet some of their publishers have turned down my work. I've read books recently with flat characters, and one with a lead character that was so cold and prickly that she was unlikable.
The most recent mystery I read, there was no way I could have figured out the killers because they
weren't introduced until the end of the book, just before they tried to kill the sleuth. In my mind, being able to sleuth right along side the protagonist is the fun in a reading a mystery.
Do you read mysteries, and what do you enjoy about them? Are there some types(i.e. cozy, PI, police procedural, etc) you like more than
others?
