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Steady Madness

“I’ve worked with Elizabeth on both self-published and traditionally published books. Each time I found her to be extremely professional, timely and she provided a great knowledge of the genre of crime fiction, as well as fixed my grammatical travesties. I could go with any number of people to correct my spelling, but Elizabeth gave my writing a bit more that I feel really helped push it to its final stage.” — Mike McCrary

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Reading Blue Devils

“Elizabeth came highly recommended, and I learned why. She truly amazed me with her personalized approach to editing. When it came time to give her feedback, she presented it as a conversation in which I could enter rather than a mere summative opinion piece. She opened herself to answer questions and give suggestions. I really valued that. My novel is to be published in large part because of her work, and my writing is greatly improved because of working with her.” — Jon Bennett

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Third Time’s A Charm by Eric Beetner

It’s always a great day when Eric Beetner stops by the site. You can check out Eric’s previous guest posts, as well as my reviews of his work, in the Eric Beetner archive. Eric’s most recent book, The Devil At Your Door, was released last week by Down & Out Books. It’s the final entry in the Lars and Shaine trilogy, and both Eric and his characters traveled from pillar to post to finally make it to this point. Read on to see just how convoluted a journey it’s been for the devil to finally be at your door.
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On Stitching a Fictional World into the Real One by Nick Kolakowski

It’s a pleasure to welcome Nick Kolakowski back to the site. Nick’s work has appeared in publications including The Washington Post, McSweeney’s, North American Review, Thuglit, and Crime Syndicate Magazine. His debut novel, A Brutal Bunch of Heartbroken Saps, was released in 2017 and introduced Bill and Fiona, “chattery and gun-happy anti-heroes,” to the world. The sequel, Slaughterhouse Blues, is out today, and Nick has stopped by to talk about what it was like to change the setting from one entirely of his own imagination to one that required a careful interweaving of real locations and details.
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The Straggler by Scott Adlerberg

It is an honor to welcome Scott Adlerberg to the site today. Not one to anchor himself to any one genre, Adlerberg has previously written crime fiction (Spiders and Flies), psychological thrillers (Graveyard Love), and even noir-fantasy (Jungle Horses). With his newest release, Jack Waters, Adlerberg has shifted gears yet again, this time giving readers a story set in the early 1900s South and Caribbean that tackles issues of race, class, and revenge, and how titular character Jack Waters deals with each. Today, Adlerberg explains his aim in bringing Jack to life as both “racial straggler and social class chameleon.”
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Waiting for inspiration to write? Never going to happen by Khaled Talib

Khaled Talib is a Singapore-based former journalist whose articles were syndicated worldwide and whose short stories have appeared in literary journals and magazines. I’ve had the pleasure of working with Khaled on two novels, Incognito (World Castle Publishing) and his latest, Gun Kiss (Imajin Books). Today Khaled stops by to warn that if you’re waiting for inspiration to write, you may be waiting for a long time.
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An Addiction Worth Cultivating by Ivan Obolensky

It’s a pleasure to welcome Ivan Obolensky to the site today. An accomplished author of both nonfiction articles as well as short fiction, Eye of the Moon is his debut novel. Set for release on February 6th, Eye of the Moon brings the twenty-year-old mystery surrounding the death of a legendary socialite home to roost as family members, guests and servants are summoned for a reunion they will never forget. Drenched in Egyptian occultism, elegance, and intrigue, Eye of the Moon has been described as Eyes Wide Shut meets Agatha Christie.
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It Should Have Been You by Lynn Slaughter

Today I’m taking part in the blog excerpt tour for Lynn Slaughter’s new YA mystery novel, It Should Have Been You, in which teen Clara Seibert struggles to deal with the death of her twin sister. But as if that isn’t difficult enough, she soon begins receiving threatening emails warning her, “It should have been you…but soon.” Read on below for an excerpt from chapter three, and check out the links at the end for other blog tour stops.
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Death in the Devil’s Range

It was a pleasure to work with Michael Patton on his debut novel, Death in the Devil’s Range, which finds California rancher Dan Williams drawn into the investigation of the murder of his reclusive neighbor, a retired nuclear physicist whose killing may have ties to Nazi-era technology and a missing World War II submarine filled with gold. The second book in the series is forthcoming later this year.