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Guest Post Steve Hockensmith Give the Devil His Due Give the Devil His Due , the third entry in the Tarot Mystery series by Steve Hockensmith with Lisa Falco, came out this month, and to celebrate we asked Steve to stop by the blog and share some thoughts on the book. As you�ll see, he had a lot to share about not having a lot to share. Point Blank I have nothing to say. Which is really saying something. Aren�t writers supposed to write because they�re burning with a feverish desire to share their most passionate feelings and important ideas? Nope. That�s internet trolls. Oh, and some writers, too. But not me. I do have passionate feelings. �Love Actually� is terrible! �The Big Lebowski� is wonderful! Wheat beer is an abomination! Stout is the stuff of life! See? But did I make the world a better place by sharing all that? Did I change your mind about anything? Did I get you to buy my latest book? I doubt it. I have ideas, too, but I don�t presume that they have any importance. A lot o...

Guest Post Linda O Johnston Unlucky Charms Guest Post: Why Cozies? by Linda O. Johnston Id like to introduce author Linda O. Johnston to Midnight Inks blog! Her forthcoming release, Unlucky Charms, will be hitting bookshelves, and she would like to take a moment to share why she loves writing her wonderfully entertaining cozies so much.  Why Cozies?  Lots of Reasons !             Im a writer.  A novelist.  I make things up and love it!  Currently, I write two cozy mystery series and two subgenres of romance.  I enjoy them all--and I especially love writing cozies.             Why?  For many reasons.              First, in a cozy mystery series, I create a protagonist I enjoy working with and hope to work with for a long time to come.  They often have similarities to me.  What...

Guest Post Brian Klingborg Kill Devil Falls Midnight Ink would like to welcome debut author Brian Klingborg to our blog!  Brian takes a moment to explain why he is extremely into writing those terrifying, scary, creepy, dark mysteries. His first thriller/horror/suspense novel  Kill Devil Falls is available now. I like my mysteries and thrillers the same way I like my coffee � pitch black. I�ve always been drawn to flawed protagonists, sympathetic villains, gallows humor, frequent violence, and moral ambiguity. Don�t get me wrong -- I coo over babies and puppies, offer up my subway seat to those in need and never fail to mist up when watching the �You had me at hello� scene in Jerry McGuire .  In other words, I�m a big softie. But I�m attracted to dark-hearted tales like a sailor to a siren.  I�ve pondered the reasons why, and I think I finally have an answer.  It�s my parents fault. Let me explain. When I was about five, my mother decided it was time to provide...

Guest Post Isabella Maldonado Bloods Echo Wed like to welcome debut author  Isabella Maldonado!  MY BIG FAT LATINO NOVEL by Isabella Maldonado The Latino equivalent of Windex is Vicks VapoRub, which is used to treat everything from a head cold to a sucking chest wound. Now you know. When I retired from crime fighting and took up crime writing, I decided to create a story with a different vibe. After over two decades in law enforcement, a police procedural was a natural choice. I loved reading about grizzled homicide detectives working the mean streets of New York or L.A., but wanted to offer something different to readers. Different�like Mexican-American characters and culture and a strong Latina heroine with a complex back story and a huge heart. I�d seen movies and novels featuring Latino villains, but I wanted to reflect cultural diversity on both sides of the law. I also chose to set my story in a major city that wasn�t New York, L.A., Chicago, D.C., o...

Guest Posts Nokia 3310 With Month Long Battery Life Snake Game Launched at MWC 2017 Nokia 3310 2017 Model Highlights Nokia 3310 refresh launching in India in Q2 2017 It has been priced at EUR 49 It will be available with iconic Snakes game The iconic Nokia 3310 feature phone made a comeback on Sunday on the sidelines of MWC 2017. HMD Global unveiled the Nokia 3310 (2017) with what it calls with a "modern twist." The Nokia 3310 is the Nokia brands one of the best-selling feature phones of all time, and it has been priced at EUR 49 (roughly Rs. 3,500). Nokia 3310 (2017) India sales will begin in Q2 2017, HMD Global has confirmed. Nokia at its Sunday launch event in Barcelona also revealed the new Nokia 3 and Nokia 5 Android smartphones in Barcelona at the side-lines of MWC 2017 trade show. The all-new will come with a 22 hour talk-time, and the company claims that it features month long stand-by  time. With the iconic Nokia 3310, the company also brought back the Snake game. ...

Guest Post Nadine Nettmann Uncorking a Lie Recent Agatha Award Finalist Nadine Nettmann shares 15 fun facts!  Take a moment to learn more about Nadine  and her latest title  Uncorking a Lie , available now! 1. I�m addicted to Jeopardy and pub trivia. 2. It took five books, ten years, and 421 queries to get published. My advice is to never give up. 3. I decided to pursue my sommelier certification after I was pulled onto a wine panel at a food and wine festival. 4. I was in an excellent blind tasting group for a few years where we met weekly and tested each other on wines. However, the characters in my books are not based on the members of the tasting group. 5. In the photo of Decanting a Murder with the two glasses of wine, my mom poured both bottles at the same time while I took the photo. We did about four takes (and I mean, putting the wine back into the bottle and starting over) and had a lot of laughs. 6. The corks in the photo of Uncorking a Lie are all special co...

Guest Post Patricia Smiley—Pacific Homicide A Police Procedural? What Was I Thinking? by Patricia Smiley After writing four novels about an amateur sleuth with a sense of humor, I decided to mix things up a bit. PACIFIC HOMICIDE is the first in a new series and a change of pace for me. It�s a police procedural featuring Homicide Detective Davina �Davie� Richards, a petite, red-haired woman, a second-generation LAPD detective, an expert marksman who carries a Smith & Wesson .45, and a composite of every strong woman I�ve ever known. Most people don�t realize that patrol officers in high crime areas might draw their weapons every workday but most cops spend their entire careers without firing a gun in the line of duty. Davie is an outlier, a cop who killed a suspect to save her partner�s life. Here�s what Library Journal said about PACIFIC HOMICIDE: "...Smiley kicks off a hard-boiled series with a bang in this fast-paced novel that sweeps readers along quickly. Davie is an eng...

Not Every Bucket List Needs Checkmarks A Guest Post from Tony Perona We welcome Tony Perona, one half of the father-daughter writing team Elizabeth Perona, to Midnight Inks blog today! Tony explores bucket lists...and why writing them down and checking them off may not be so important, after all.  (Although, checking off bucket list items can be entertaining...when youre the characters of the Bucket List mystery series! The third in the series, Murder at the Male Revue , is available now!) My father-in-law died in March of this year, just a week shy of his 95th birthday. I realize now that I never asked him if hed had a bucket list, or if he did, if hed accomplished all of the things on it. This is strange, considering that Liz and I write the Bucket List mystery series about older people knocking items off their bucket lists. We ask a lot of people questions about whats on their bucket lists. But for whatever reason, not him. But as I look back on it, I dont think we needed to. ...

Guest Post Eve Seymour Dont Tell Anyone I would like to introduce Midnight Ink author Eve Seymour, who will be sharing thoughts on her latest title (written under the pseudonym Eleanor Gray)  Dont Tell Anyone and her upcoming March title An Imperfect Past . A Note from Eve Seymour As I write, we are fast approaching Christmas, an occasion when, traditionally, families spend time with each other.  Without putting a downer on it, by January, divorce lawyers across the globe will be filling their appointment diaries with glee!  It�s not exactly rocket science to fathom the reason why.  Couples who �rub along� during the rest of the year, separated by work and, in many cases, child commitments often don�t fare so well when cooped up for the Christmas holidays.  Throw in the odd visiting relative, second time around spouses, stepchildren and half-siblings, occasionally too much booze, and, even in the most loving family unit, cracks appear, tensions exacerbate a...