HeyJaredThe Write Kind of Trouble
Murder, mayhem, romance and the stories behind the stories. Join Michele Scott (and A.K. Alexander) for the inside view.
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Holly Jennings, In Order (opens the original)
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Holly Jennings has been part of my writing life for years, and if you’ve read the series, you know I haven’t made things easy for her.I write all of my thrillers under my pen name, A.K. Alexander. Holly is a detective and a mother, and I care about both parts of her life when I’m writing. I try to balance her life at home and the subplots that go along with it with her work solving some very heinous crimes. She has a difficult job, people she loves, and cases that don’t stop occupying her though
Forty Books Later (opens the original)
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You would think that after forty books, I’d have figured out how to write one without getting stuck. I haven’t, but I have a remedy! When stuck, I go for a walk...leaving my phone behind. There is something about taking a walk and clearing my mind that helps the muse speak to me again. It has proven to be effective for me repeatedly, whether it’s a plot point, a character issue, or some kind of dialogue that needs to come through, that physical movement helps a great deal in getting unstuck.Eve
Ella McBane, From the Beginning (opens the original)
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With the third Ella McBane book on the way, I thought this would be a good time to introduce her to anyone who hasn’t met her yet.Ella is a mother whose daughters are grown. She loves her family, loves to cook, and thinks she might finally have a little time to figure out what she wants for herself.Then she agrees to cater her daughter’s engagement party.In Engagingly Dead, what should be a happy occasion ends with a dead body and her daughter Savannah accused of murder. Obviously, Ella isn’t go
The Book That Started It All (opens the original)
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Before Nikki, I was writing dark thrillers, and at the time nothing was getting picked up. Those books later became bestsellers under my pen name, A.K. Alexander, but that is a story for another day. Then I spent some time in wine country, and the girl in me who grew up on Nancy Drew and loved a good Agatha Christie whodunit started paying attention. I wanted to write a modern day murder mystery set among the vineyards, one with humor at its heart and a character you could relate to, fall in lov
What I'm Working On Right Now (opens the original)
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Hi Friends,When readers ask me what I’m working on, my honest answer is usually “which one?” As I write this, the dogs are stretched out on their beds in my office taking their jobs as writing companions very seriously, lunch is at my desk again, and I have three books in three different stages, under two names, all headed your way over the next three months. So instead of my usual vague answer, let me give you the full tour of the desk.First up: The Lucifer Legion, coming August 11. This is the
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