BookLocker Mystery Authors
April 30th, 2007Three top-selling mystery authors from Delaware, Florida and Maine have traveled through cyberspace to join me here at the Senior Center Murders blog! Welcome to M.D. Abrams, Susan Waller Miccio, and Peter McGinn.
M. D. Abrams
Murder on the Prairie: A North Florida Mystery
M. D. Abrams retired as a college and university educator, and began the enjoyable pursuit of researching and writing this mystery with its environmental and theatrical themes. A long-time environmental activist and theater lover, Dr. Abrams returned to Gainesville from Miami, and lives near the University of Florida. Go Gators!
Peter McGinn
Caught Holding the Bag
Peter McGinn has always lived in Maine but has never seen a moose. He was stood up on his first date, but he shook it off and married her. Then he went back to college and started writing novels. He wants you to know there are more books coming.
Susan Waller Miccio
Dog Star
Susan Waller Miccio is the internationally recognized author of entertaining and scholarly books about Tibetan Spaniels. Susan belongs to the Dog Writers Association of America and Tibetan Spaniel clubs in the US and Australia. She lives in Delaware with her “attitude” of five Tibbies.
Cheryl Hagedorn
PARK RIDGE: A Senior Center Murder
Cheryl Hagedorn, former Salvation Army officer, computer programmer, and writing instructor for the Chicago Dept. of Aging and the Park Ridge Senior Center, has an MA in Writing from DePaul University and is a member of the Emily Dickinson International Society and the Illinois Philological Association.
Every day this week I’m doing a personal interview with one of them. Then on Monday next week, May 7, we will begin a discussion of questions related to writing.
- May 1 - Personal interview with Peter McGinn
- May 2 - Personal interview with M.D. Abrams
- May 3 - Personal interview with Susan Waller Miccio
- May 4 - Personal interview with Cheryl Hagedorn (that’s right, another fake interview where I ask and answer my own questions). I might change my mind.
- May 7 - Use of explicit violence, language and sex
- May 8 - Who do you write for?
- May 9 - First person vs. Third Person
- May 10 - Handwriting manuscripts?
- May 11 - Advice for writers who don’t seem to write anything
| Return to or visit Cheryl Hagedorn's web site |
hmm. now I can comment. That was weird.
I always start my first draft by hand. Then when I transcribe it to my computer, I’m already editing, producing a second draft.
I prefer a pen because it just makes me feel more creative. After being a journalist for many years, typing gets me into left-brain, logical mode and I tend not to really let things flow. I don’t use a fountain pen, though. I’d like to,but they always clog up on me and cause problems. I actually prefer felt tip.
Lynn
Comment by Lynn Voedisch ? April 30, 2007 @ 6:22 pm