Tag: murder
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Writing Life: My novel title, contest entries and next steps
So, after receving several comments, I have decided to rename my novel Deadlines Are Murder. The deadlines refer to the main character, Samantha’s, deadline to finish re-writing her novel and start on a second one; her soon to be ex-husband Rick’s deadline to be published or perish in the world of academia and the deadline…
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Writing Life: Help me name my novel
I’m in the process of sending my work in progress off to some writing contests and more agents and I’m still stumped regarding a title. I’m looking for title ideas so please let me know if you have one. My novel is a soft-boiled, amateur sleuth novel about family, friendship, divorce, plagiarism and revenge set…
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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's Writing Life 