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No Shirt, No Shoes, No Sex

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If you want people to read your post, you have to put SEX in the headline. But my story on Elizabeth A. White's famous blog on writing and editing talks about my female protagonist and how I learned to love writing from different points of view. Take a peek.

This Recipe Needs More Maggie, Please

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There have been several, but Colonel Maggie Black is the best protagonist The Black Kachina ever had. Here's a  link to Mystery Tribune where I describe the back and forth. Cate Blanchett (above) is my pick for the role of Lt. Col. Maggie Black, former U.S. Air Force combat pilot.

The Research Was Hard on My Feet

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Here's a link to In Reference to Murder , a great crime fiction blog, where I talked about the two kinds of research I used for The Black Kachina. It's was more fun to visit the desert, not look at pictures.

The Black Kachina Took the Long Way Home

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Mystery Scene's Oline Cogdill let's me blog about The Black Kachina and the twenty-three-year trip from idea to publication. Here's the link:  

How This Non-Fiction Book Influenced Me

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Here's a link to Janet Rudolph's Mystery Fanfare blog where I discuss The Soul of the Indian By Charles Eastman, one of the most remarkable men you'll ever read about.

Free Copies of The Black Kachina

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Here's a link to BookLoons where you can win a free copy. Enter by August 31.

The Black Kachina's First Review

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Kirkus Indie reviews The Black Kachina  here.