Author Blog Hop ~ Have a Little Fun With It

My friend and sister in crime Marcy Dyer asked me to join this very fun author blog hop. So, I’m hopping.

Marcy is a registered nurse and suspense author. She doesn’t hold back in her stories, and you’ll find yourself flipping through the pages. She currently has two novels from the Desert Winds Series available: Down & Out and Out for Blood Her newest novel, Blood and Lies will release in November.

 

 

Marcy asked me to answer these four questions.

 

 

What am I working on?

I’m working on book two in the Veronica “Ronnie” Ingels/Dawson Hughes novels. DEADLY DESIGNS is part of my couples series. The first novel in this series is HARMFUL INTENT, which just released. That’s where I introduce Ronnie and Hughes and where they become attracted to each other. DEADLY DESIGNS is a story about murder and child abduction. Of course you have to have conflict between the two main characters or there’s no fun to it. So, as the story opens Ronnie is angry with Hughes because the search for the child was delayed by almost two days. Of course, her anger is misplaced, as Hughes had nothing to do with the delay.

How does my work differ from others?

My writing is quite different from others. First of all, I’ve got a unique voice. My writing brings to mind the sassy pulp fiction style. I also write both main characters in first person. So, I have to develop their character-persoalities with depth so the reader can navigate from one to the other and not get confused as to whose scene it is.

Why do I write what I write?

I love reading detective stories and police procedurals that are realistic and authentic. I like a little grit in my mystery novels. That keeps it real and keeps me reading. So, that’s also what I write. I have an off the wall sense of humor, so my whodunits have a zany humor thread.

How does my writing process work?

I come up with an idea. Any idea…of course related to murder. In HARMFUL INTENT the first idea I came up with was infidelity. The heroine’s father was serially unfaithful to her mother and her mother put on a brave front for public consumption. This helped propel Ronnie into the private investigator business where she is on a mission to catch cheaters red-handed and or bare bottomed, as she snaps the incriminating photos. But it doesn’t stop there. Ronnie wants to be different then her mother who put up with her cheating husband until he left for another woman. However, Ronnie finds her husband is much like her dad. Married only one year and he’s cheating on her.

 

As I hop along, I’ll pass the baton to three wonderful writers. So, be sure to visit their blogs to continue the fun and to find out more about them and their writing.

 

 

Born in the Pacific Northwest, Betty grew up in such exotic places as West Tennessee and San Diego, California. She lives in Kentucky with her husband. They have three sons and six grandchildren.

She has two fantasy-adventure novels in a second edition published by Sign of the Whale Books, an imprint of Olivia Kimbrell Press. She is one of twelve authors featured in the romantic novella, A Dozen Apologies, released Valentine’s Day, 2014 by Write Integrity Press. She recently contracted with Write Integrity Press for her three-book Legacy Series. Watch for her first novel, Amelia’s Legacy, late 2014.

She is an active member of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), where she leads a critique group, and Bluegrass Christian Writers, a lively group of Kentucky writers, who meet quarterly in a Lexington, Kentucky bookstore. www.bettythomasonowens.com

 

Barbara Ellen Brink is a multi-published author of mystery, suspense, and young adult novels. Apart from writing, she is a wife, mother, and dog walker. She grew up on a small farm in Washington State, but now lives in the mean “burbs” of Minnesota with her husband and their dogs, Rugby & Willow. In her spare time – when she’s not reading – she likes to ride motorcycles, visit local wineries, and catch up on the latest movies.

She is the author of The Fredrickson Winery Novels, ENTANGLED, CRUSHED, and SAVOR; a humorous young adult series, The Amish Bloodsuckers Trilogy; and Inspirational suspense novels, RUNNING HOME and ALIAS RAVEN BLACK. Her speculative/thriller, SPLIT SENSE,  won the 2012 Grace Award.  http://www.barbaraellenbrink.com

 

April McGowan loves to write healing fiction. She and her husband, two children, and her mews, Spookers, live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. April is a member of Oregon Christian Writers and American Christian Fiction Writers. When she’s not writing, reading down her book list, homeschooling her two children, or playing board games, you might find her at her drum kit, imagining she’s on a world tour. Hey, it could happen. http://aprilmcgowan.com/

 

So hop-hop-hop on over to these authors’ websites/blogs to see what they’re all about.