So, what's been going on? Well, I wrote another David Blaise mystery novel in November during National Novel Writing Month. The novel, The Deadly Game, came in a bit short, at just over 51,000 words, but I met the challenge. Set in February 1984 in Philadelphia, it's a prequel to my first Blaise mystery, An Untidy Affair, which is set in May 1985.
I am in the process of re-writing and adding material to flesh out the story. Blaise has one main case and a smaller case to solve. But just over the last weekend, I started adding another bigger case, although not as large as the main case. This case will provide the primary sub-plot of the book.
I have already started giving it to my writing critique group, and they are ripped it apart. So much so that I hastened to remain them that the novel is still in its early stages. However, I plan to enter it in the 2015 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition.
And speaking of ABNA, I was a quarterfinalist this year, only getting eliminated in the semifinal round of 25. For the third straight year, I entered The Last Tontine Survivor, although this was the first year it advanced past the first round. I got two very good Vine reviews and a very positive Publisher's Weekly review, although the PW review clearly didn't rate high enough to advance the novel to the next round. But I must say, the competition in the Mystery/Thriller category was fierce this year.
In a day or so, I will post the reviews for you to read.
I'm still querying Affair, looking for either an agent or a publisher. But if I don't sell it by this fall, I will have to make some truly serious and difficult decisions.
But more on that later.
And one a personal note, one of my daughters moved to Virginia over the winter and, of course, the other attends college. So this fall, after college reopens, I will have a quiet house to myself all day to write.
Hooray for me!!
More later. Hope to see you and others on this page soon.
Thanks for reading and keep writing.
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