NaNoWriMo Again!

Where did November go?

Oh wait.  I was writing, participating in National Novel Writing Month.

And I finished, yay!  (Although, the book's not done.)  Here's my certificate:

Today as Sue Star

How do you bring characters out of the shadows?   


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Inspiration

This is one of my favorite settings for getting tons of writing done!  The beautiful Oregon coast:

Mystery Roundup

I am thrilled to participate in Mystery Roundup in Albuquerque this weekend!  Here's what's happening:  

Interviews with ANNE HILLERMAN, DAVID MORRELL, STEVE BREWER, and JOE BADAL

Panels and round tables about:

• Thrillers
• Amateur Sleuths and Gentle Mysteries
• Contemporary to Historical (including me)
• Suspense

Crime in the Southwest

Book Sales

Ghost Tour

Should be lots of fun!

Catching up!

What I've been up to this year (since it's half over):

January--wrote like crazy

February--sold a short story about my Turkish cop character (coming out in November)

March--sold a ghost story that scares my socks off (coming out next year in time for Halloween)

April--turned in Prelude to Proxima, the next book in my Centauri series (coming out later this summer)

May--visited Romania 

and England 

June--visited New Orleans

and turned in Murder for a Cash Crop, the next book in my Nell Letterly mystery series (coming out in November)

July--fun times over at Mysteristas, where I blog as Sue Star:

It’s a Summer Reading Bonanza at #Mysteristas! Join in the fun and win. Weekly prizes! http://tinyurl.com/of3jb7f

Top 10 Lessons (!Surprises!) along the Writer’s Journey

I am blogging today as Sue Star over at Mysteristas:

https://mysteristas.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/top-10-lessons…riters-journey/