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Meet the Dust Bunnies & Dead Bodies Cast

10/27/2014

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When the casting call for my first cozy mystery novel, Dust Bunnies and Dead Bodies, was sounded, I was fortunate that so many wonderful, capable characters answered.

I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce four of them … the stars.



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Mission accomplished!

10/21/2014

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A couple weeks ago, as I was sorting through papers that have been piling up for years, I stumbled across the souvenir booklet given out at my high school class’s 30-year reunion. In it, each member of the class answered a set of questions, one of which was, “What is your goal for the next 30 years?”

Imagine my surprise when I read my own answer: “I want to be a published novelist and perhaps the next Mary Higgins Clark.”

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No Character Writes Itself, or Does It?

10/14/2014

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When I was casting the role of Crystal’s fantasy, movie star lover, Burt Reynolds was hands-down Crystal’s first and only choice. Although I also suggested Tom Selleck and Harrison Ford, she was adamant. It had to be Burt!

Burt has only a teeny-tiny part in Dust Bunnies and Dead Bodies, but you know the adage: There are no small parts; only small actors. Thus … selecting a mega superstar for what is essentially a cameo walk-on opens up an interesting conversation: What do writers consider as they fashion the perfect cast to populate their novel?


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On Tour and Out to Launch

10/7/2014

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Today I’m feeling all blogged out. You know the feeling: bloggy-eyed, overblogged, and blog-tired. 

This sudden case of blogginess is due to having spent days cranking out six blog pieces as well as responding to three lengthy email Q&A’s, all of it for my very first “blog tour.”

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