Category: writing

• The Green Box

  Our grandmother would pull out the green box where she kept the letters and photos she treasured.

  A. E. Macdonald

  March 2, 2022

  childhood memories, writing, WWII

  letters, memories, work in progress, writing life, WWII

• An unexpected discovery

  On a day trip to Santa Fe, we discovered a Manhattan Project site.

  A. E. Macdonald

  March 19, 2019

  Manhattan Project, travel, writing

  109 East Palace, Albuquerque, atomic bomb, book, Knoxville, Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, New Mexico, New Mexico History Museum, Oak Ridge, Santa Fe, travel, writing

• The Interview

  The summer I was 10, my father received some mysterious phone calls. Calls that have stuck with me.

  A. E. Macdonald

  March 11, 2019

  childhood memories, Manhattan Project, writing

  Manhattan Project

• My next writing project

  I always knew that I would research my families involvement in the Manhattan Project and the 10th Mountain Division. Little did I know that it would become a large project.

  A. E. Macdonald

  February 4, 2019

  Manhattan Project, writing

  10th Mountain Division, atomic bomb, calutron cubicles, Manhattan Project, Stone and Webster, uranium

• Cast of Characters: Weddings Are Murder

  

  Weddings Are Murder, and Deadlines Are Murder, have a lot of characters. Hopefully this list will help to keep them straight.

  A. E. Macdonald

  February 20, 2017

  writing

  books, cast of characters, Deadlines Are Murder, novel, Sam Monroe mysteries, weddings are murder

• Writing Life: Progress on my 2nd novel

  Now that my first novel, Deadlines Are Murder, has been out on amazon.com and smashwords.com for a year and has sold about 650 copies, it’s time to get cranking on my second novel, Weddings Are Murder.  While my intentions have been good, my progress has been slow. I can attribute some of this slowness to…

  A. E. Macdonald

  February 14, 2013

  writing

  books, e-publishing, murder mystery, nanowrimo, weddings are murder, work in progress, writing, writing life

• The Next Big Thing – Blog Hopping

  Ready to be introduced to some new authors through a Blog Hop? Never heard of a Blog Hop? It’s new to me too. I’m going to answer ten questions and at the bottom are links to blogs for several other authors I’d like you to meet. They’ll be guest-blogging next Wednesday, so please check back…

  A. E. Macdonald

  November 28, 2012

  writing

  amateur sleuth, authors, blog, Blog Hop, book, books, Boston, mysteries, Next Big Thing, novel, vermont, weddings, writing

• Marketing Deadlines Are Murder, part 2

  I self-published Deadlines Are Murder on December 15, 2011, and so far I have sold 325 copies. My main sales venues are Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo and Nook.  The most popular sales venue and the one that I have spent the most attention on is Kindle. the fact that I’ve sold more than…

  A. E. Macdonald

  August 23, 2012

  writing

  books, epublishing, facebook author page, Kindle, mysteries, Smashwords, writing

• On Self Publishing

  Check out my interview on Sisters In Crime New England blog Pen, Ink and Crimes titled On Self Publishing at http://sincne.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/on-self-publishing/

  A. E. Macdonald

  May 30, 2012

  writing

  book, interview, murder mystery, mystery, publishing, self-publishing, Sisters in Crime, writing

• Marketing my novel Deadlines Are Murder

  Deadlines Are Murder is now available on Kindle in e-book format and in Print on Demand  (http://www.amazon.com/kindle/dp/B006M7J65A) and on smashwords.com (http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/128363) for Sony, iPad, iPhone and many other tools.Now that its published, I need to get to work on Marketing and Marketing is a challenge.  I’ve emailed the announcement that my book is available to all my…

  A. E. Macdonald

  April 30, 2012

  writing

  Al Blanchard Award, e-book, fiction, Level Best Books, marketing, mystery, publishing, self-publishing