murder mysteries
August 16, 2009
- I am thrilled that my next mystery, "The Fall of Augustus," will be published in October. Technically, this will be book four in my series, but the publication schedule is ahead of book 3, "The House of the Sphinx."In this novel, my character, Lisa Donahue, tangles with two different museum directors:When someone kills Lisa Donahue’s boss by dropping a Roman statue on him, ...
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July 8, 2009
- Dismembering the story for a look inside.I sat down with a few vague ideas that included story location and the ending.A rainy dismal day evokes a similar dreary emotion. Old unused railroad tracks tell of a forgotten past. A railroad station once the center of a community, when abandoned often houses the homeless, the castoffs.Enter famed vampire hunter Annie Blaine. Her name sounded mundanely ...
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July 3, 2009
- Who did I want him to be and what were his plans and goals? For me, that was the starting point of characterization and the heart of the story's plot.I knew he was a vampire, and an ex-Templar Knight. In many ways they are opposites and yet synonymous. Both killed without remorse. Both considered their enemies infidels, unworthy of life. Templars were reputedly fearless in battle, loyal to a ...
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June 27, 2009
- When I began writing the story Templar‘s Fire, a Gothic Vampire novel (http://www.scribd.com/doc/16391295/Templars-Fire-A-Gothic-Vampire-Novel), I started with an image that stuck in my head. I kept seeing this eerie looking guy hiding behind a stone altar peering around the corner as if he was waiting to attack someone. Didn’t know why, but the picture stayed with me.Since my interests at ...
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June 12, 2009
- Quiet footfalls traced a path up the steps from the downstairs sitting room, along the abbreviated hallway, and into the Vicar's bedroom. The nearer to the bed they got, the more softly they fell.Slowly becoming aware of the intruder, he struggled to gather the remnants of his composure. He felt movement on his bed. The vicar sat up violently, tears still wetting his face. He fumbled for the ...
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June 10, 2009
- We never know when to expect them, if they'll haunt, hinder or aid us, but memories from combat never disappear. * * *The fire still blazed, but standing directly before the hearth was insufficient to warm me. Again, I rubbed my hands on the seams of my blue jeans, but that wasn’t enough to get the feel of her off my flesh. After washing up, I changed into clean clothes.Stella waited by the ...
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April 26, 2009
- Quite often the darkness of life is difficult to accept, difficult to express and occasionally impossible to survive. Each generation lives through times when many of the events, possessions--today’s ipod will one day be yesterday’s cassette--and even people one feels are vital are reduced to less than a historical footnote, a fading memory, or erased completely.Of course, this happens for ...
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December 3, 2008
- The new Official Pauline Rowson Web Site is now live and looking good. If you haven't already discovered it there is a lot on it, including information on all the DI Horton Marine Mystery crime novels, the thrillers, my play, Murder at the Pelican Club, and my marketing and motivational books with widgets where you can listen to previews.There are also videos of me being interviewed by Raychel ...
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October 20, 2008
- Bye-bye BoucherconThroughout the Bouchercon conference, which brought hundreds of mystery writers and fans to Baltimore, visiting authors wrote guest posts on Read Street about their experiences and about the craft of writing. My sincere thanks to Sean Chercover, Tasha Alexander and the more than 20 other authors who contributed. Here are some highlights and insights: "A good mystery ...
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September 1, 2008
- I read an interesting article the other day published in The University Daily Kansan, the student voice of the University of Kansas, which was brought to me courtesy of the Book2Book web site. It asked the question why so many people are fascinated with the crime/mystery genre.The mystery genre is intensely popular. In the “Library Journal” Random House declared mysteries their most popular ...
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