tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079Fri, 25 Oct 2024 01:01:08 +0000persia walkerwritingPatricia Sargeantangela henrygammy singerPublishingagentsplottingwriting craftSelf-PublishingSweet Deceptionbloggerssubmissionsthe way back80/20 ManCLG EntertainmentEdgarErnie BarnesGood TimesIfa BayezaIndependent BookstoresKendra ClaytonMystNoirPareto's PrincipleParisSisters in CrimeThe Sugar ShackYA novelsagents publishingalexander mccall smithartblack book nichebloggingblogsbook fairsbook reviewsbook videosbrandingcontemporary romancecontestscrimeday jobdeadlinesdealse-booksebookseditingeditorsexpatgoalsgraphicsipod touchkindlel.a.banksmoviesmovingpromotionqueryreadersrejectionresponse timereviewsrevisingrewritingsony readerstanzastylesubmittingtelevisionwill smithworkshopswriter's voicewriting craft booksA Murder Mystery Bloghttp://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)Blogger326125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-5458231606976040810Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:56:00 +00002010-03-12T18:59:10.909-05:00The Meet Kendra Clayton Kindle Promotion!For a limited time, the Kindle edition of Schooled in Lies is only .99 cents! So, what are you waiting for? Click here and meet Kendra Clayton for less than a buck. And the best part is, it's DRM free so you can read it on multiple devices!Later!Angela ; )http://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2010/03/meet-kendra-clayton-kindle-promotion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-8340383690011566891Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:27:00 +00002009-11-28T17:58:47.846-05:00Schooled In Lies Sneak Peek! (Click cover to turn pages)Professional Editing: $630.00Cover Image &amp; Design: $204.00Interior Layout: $89.00ISBN: $125.00Setting Up Boulevard West Press: $150.00Uploading files to Lightning Source + Proof: $100.00Registering copyright: $35.00 (online)Having a new book out after 2 1/2 years...PRICELESS!Schooled in http://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/11/at-last-professional-editing-630.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-1504646111952015301Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:25:00 +00002009-11-03T20:43:06.822-05:00KENDRA'S BACK!!!! Just in case you were wondering what I've been up to... <!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; http://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/11/kendras-back-just-in-case-you-were.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-1003859395358031139Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:07:00 +00002009-10-24T12:23:04.069-04:00An interview with Sue Grimshaw of BordersBy Patricia SargeantSue Grimshaw of Borders graciously visited my local writers chapter, Central Ohio Fiction Writers, Oct. 17, 2009. I'd meant to recap my notes from that meeting for my Oct. 19, 2009, Crime Sistahs Blog post. As usual, I had the best of intentions but didn't quite follow through. My apologies. However, I hope you agree late is better thanhttp://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/10/interview-with-sue-grimshaw-of-borders.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-4343542396680501247Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:24:00 +00002009-10-09T08:24:00.739-04:00The Key to Success, and the Key to FailureFrom Persia WalkerJust thought I'd share this old, but still very relevant video. Much of it relates to a time when the economy was much different. Still, it has a lot to offer in terms of personal development. http://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/10/key-to-success-and-key-to-failure-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-2241758658430019966Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:23:00 +00002009-09-28T19:36:01.918-04:00Writers conferencesBy Patricia SargeantI attended my local writers chapter's annual conference last weekend. Special guests were a national bestselling romantic suspense author, two electronic press publishers and two literary agents. The conference agenda included craft and business workshops.The guests also participated on a panel discussion regarding the publishing industry. No one had a http://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/09/writers-conferences-by-patricia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-5610404671161653752Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:05:00 +00002009-09-05T14:05:10.691-04:00Millenia Black | Taking Care of Business: Book Industry Racism...Where is Oprah?Millenia Black's take on racism in the publishing industry raises troubling questions.http://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/09/millenia-black-taking-care-of-business.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-801020226207004515Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:11:00 +00002009-08-28T17:44:05.052-04:00Rant for the Day: Using Misspellings to Indicate Speech PatternsBy Persia WalkerAs an editor at Gentle Pen Editorial Services, I see this time and time again: writers using egregious misspellings to indicate speech patterns, specifically poor grammar and poor pronunciation. My response is always the same: Don't do it.I'll keep the reasons short and sweet:It makes your copy difficult to http://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/08/rant-for-day-using-misspellings-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-722541090315456801Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:25:00 +00002009-10-08T08:34:06.232-04:00Cover MeBy Angela Henry Sorry I’ve been MIA. I’ve been busy working, writing, and preparing for the publication of Schooled in Murder, book #4 in my Kendra Clayton series. One of the things I’ve been doing a lot of lately is studying book cover design. Let’s face it; people do judge a book by its cover. A beautiful and eye-catching cover won’t make me buy a book. But it will make me pick it up http://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/08/0-false-18-pt-18-pt-0-0-false-false.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-6504403126247502959Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:57:00 +00002009-08-24T07:21:12.518-04:00Patricia Sargeantwriter's voicewriting craftFinding Your VoiceBy Patricia SargeantYour writer's voice is the most powerful selling tool you possess.I think I've discussed this before on this blog. I'm certain you've heard it before. But it's worth repeating. A lot of writers stumble over writing "rules," and forget that - beyond the goal/motivation/conflict; the Hero's Journey and the point of view - the most important thing to develop is http://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/08/finding-your-voice-by-patricia-sargeant.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-3428907540800162164Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:00:00 +00002009-08-14T05:00:01.217-04:00Write What You Know ... Hmmm?By Persia WalkerWhen interviewers are looking for questions to ask me, they often seize upon the fact that I worked for a while (a relatively short while) as a journalist. They usually come up with this question or some version thereof of: "How does your journalism background help or hinder your writing as a novelist?"To give you some background information, I worked http://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/08/write-what-you-know.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-6778244734001766066Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:42:00 +00002009-08-13T19:53:34.854-04:00persia walkerPast or Present Tense?By Persia WalkerMost writers are trained, consciously or subconsciously, to write in the past tense, yours truly being one of them. But there are others who go for the present, who find it the better and more natural mode of expression. I've always wondered about them.I've always written in and preferred to read novels written in the past tense. Stories written in the http://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/08/past-or-present-tense-by-persia-walker.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-7200557768283247810Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:27:00 +00002009-08-07T07:13:30.560-04:00angela henryIn the NewsBy Angela HenryCheck out Walter Mosley's essay in Newsweek about why Americans are obsessed with crime.John Ridley remembers Chester Himes in the Huffington Post.Stephen Carter likes to keep his readers guessing in this Q &amp; A for USA Today.Attica Locke discusses her new thriller Black Water Rising.Sleep Don't Come Easy is MystNoir's featured title for August.Kyra Davis will be http://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/08/in-news-by-angela-henry-check-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-5728006342978011378Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:48:00 +00002009-08-07T08:11:56.149-04:00Using Genealogy Software to Discover Your CharactersBy Persia Walker So I finally did it. I broke down and bought genealogy software. Yes, I'm an amateur genealogist, but in the end, that's not why I cracked the piggy bank. I did it to get help with discovering characters and organizing their familial relationships, not mine.The story I'm now working on involves a fairly complicated family http://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/07/using-genealogy-software-to-discover.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-4353749630853994639Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:58:00 +00002009-07-27T00:17:54.972-04:00Patricia Sargeantwriting craftSetting the SceneBy Patricia SargeantI love to learn the inspiration and motivation behind writers' works, whether they're creating songs, screenplays or books.In an interview with L.A. Banks about her Vampire Huntress Legend series, Ms. Banks explained the battle between the huntress's army and the vampires serves as an analogy to the battle between drug dealers and our communities.Have you readhttp://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/07/setting-scene-by-patricia-sargeant-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-9061305574771967003Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:00:00 +00002009-08-07T07:13:51.910-04:00persia walkerAnother Great Time-Waster for WritersBy Persia WalkerI'm an expert at distracting myself from writing. Today I want to share with you my latest discovery: face transforming. But this isn't just the run of the mill "cartoonize-me" face transforming that some of us (ahem) know and love. It's transforming on a new level, the level of the scientific. And it's free!The University of St. Andrews has http://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/07/playing-hooky-another-great-time-waster.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-7679554999761295529Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:38:00 +00002009-07-23T11:58:39.187-04:00Continuing EducationBy Angela HenryI’m constantly amazed on a daily basis about how much I still have to learn about the ins and outs of the publishing biz. Fortunately, for those of us with inquiring minds, there is a ton of info online made available by people in the know. Here are some of my favorites:Pub Rants is the blog of literary agent Kristen Nelson. Nelson dispenses wisdom, knowledge, http://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/07/continuing-education-by-angela-henry-im.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-4401015932794793024Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:38:00 +00002009-07-17T10:56:29.118-04:00I Just Fell in Love ... With A WebsiteBy Persia WalkerDebbie Ridpath Ohi's wonderful site, InkyGirl.com, promises a slew of daily diversions for writers. That's an understatement. With cheerful comics and inspirational bits of news, Ohi will not only help you happily distract yourself, but also, somehow, actually get you to writing more than you thought you could! Right now, she's urging folks tohttp://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-just-fell-in-love.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-2987049078538113049Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:42:00 +00002009-07-23T12:03:11.180-04:00Tweet Tweet!By Angela HenryI finally broke down and joined the Twitter revolution. I'll be tweeting about my MystNoir blog updates as well as book stuff and whatever else that comes to mind. So click the link below and follow me, pretty please!Get Twitter Buttonshttp://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/07/tweet-tweet-by-angela-henry-i-finally.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-8601144309590145208Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:00:00 +00002009-07-23T12:04:34.051-04:00The Way Back: Blog # 7By Gammy L. SingerTo be on top is a tenuous position—the bottom, tenuous--and the middle is mostly unrewarding. Who would want to be a writer? That’s an underlying theme of Olivia Goldsmith’s (The First Wives Club? died of complications of plastic surgery at age 54?) 1996 novel, BESTSELLER. Why hadn’t I read this book before? If I had, would I have become a writer? Oh http://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/07/way-back-blog-7-by-gammy-l.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-6866276349937549593Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:16:00 +00002009-07-23T12:18:19.691-04:00Writing is writing, right?By Angela Henry“You’re a writer. So you should be able to help me write my research paper, right?” Researching the paper topic, yes. Writing it, no way. I get asked this a lot from the students and staff at the college where I work. Everyone seems to think that because I write, I know how to write everything. We’ll I’m here to tell you that not all writing is the same. http://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/07/writing-is-writing-right-by-angela.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-4419159351244252004Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:25:00 +00002009-07-06T00:40:14.817-04:00Patricia Sargeantplottingwriting craftwriting craft booksCraft books: Plot &amp; StructureBy Patricia SargeantHave you read any good craft books lately?I'm almost finished with Plot &amp; Structure by James Scott Bell. It offered some good insights into plotting, such as:- The elements of a plot (lead characters, objectives, conflicts, etc.)- Generating plot ideas- Revision tips- Pros and cons of outlining your storiesEach chapter ends with writing http://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/07/craft-books-plot-structure-by-patricia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-1991644816797104337Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:37:00 +00002009-07-01T08:52:19.442-04:00angela henrybloggersMystNoirMystNoir Rides Again!By Angela HenryBack in 2000 I started a website called MystNoir, which featured mystery/suspense/thrillers by and about African-Americans. The site was a labor of love for me. As an avid, lifelong mystery reader and eventual writer, there just wasn’t much info out there about mysteries by black authors. I figured I wasn’t the only one interested in the genre. So I started http://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/07/mystnoir-rides-again-by-angela-henry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-6032530579862591907Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:07:00 +00002009-06-30T13:16:44.270-04:00persia walkerOn the Passing of a Great Man of Mystery, Michael Jacksonby Persia WalkerThis was not the entry I planned for today. Never once would I have imagined that I would be writing my entry, while still struggling to accept the death of Michael Jackson, one of our greatest men of mystery.His death is a stunning blow. Deep in my mind and heart, this man has been a constant companion. His music has http://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/06/on-passing-of-great-man-of-mystery-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18353079.post-8483572842433100414Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:00:00 +00002009-06-26T12:37:25.089-04:00ebookspersia walkerMy First Time ... Reading an eBook on an iPod TouchBy Persia Walker[Please note: This was written in the hours before Michael's death, and was set for automatic release. Thus the opening lines ... well, they're a bit ironic, aren't they?]Surely, there must be something more pressing I could write about, right? Well, yes, I'm sure there is. But bear with me on this one. I mean, I've just undergonehttp://crimesistahs.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-first-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Crime Sistahs)1