Tag: ideas

• Next steps for DEADLINES ARE MURDER

  So, I’ve decided to self-publish my first novel, DEADLINES ARE MURDER: A Sam Monroe Mystery. After querying and reading about small presses, reading up on the state of agents and the publishing industry today it seems to me that publishing industry is changing and has materially changed in the past two or more years. So,…

  A. E. Macdonald

  September 21, 2011

  writing

  e-publishing, ideas, murder mystery, new author, novel, publishing, work in progress, writing, writing life

• Childhood Memories: My Lobster Story

  As we jumped up and down and encouraged the lobsters to move as quickly as possible, I realized that the lobsters had no way of opening the back door let along making it the 50 miles from our house to the ocean.

  A. E. Macdonald

  August 18, 2010

  childhood memories

  boiling, freedom, ideas, lobster, writing

• Writing Life: My First Novel

  Whew, I have always wanted to write a novel and I finally decided to just do it.  I have now finished my 3rd draft and am ready to have some people read it over for me.  Signing up for the CrimeBake conference (www.crimebake.org) held last November did push me to get my time devoted to writing…

  A. E. Macdonald

  July 14, 2010

  writing

  ideas, murder, murder mystery, mystery, publishing, work in progress, writing