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Plot Twist Festival

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Just in time for the holiday reading season: The Plot Twist Festival.

Fifteen authors, including me, are offering free short stories, novel excerpts, and/or special content. Sign up for one (or all) our newsletters and you will be sent up to 15 gifts. A great chance to discover new authors! But hurry–this promo ends on November 28!

If you’re not familiar with what I write, go here https://halfdanpress.com/808-2/plot-twist-festival/ and sign up for my newsletter. You’ll get opening chapters of four of my novels plus a complete award-winning short story:

  1. The Shoeless Kid – Book 1 of the Mendenhall Mystery series
  2. Identity Withheld
  3. The A’lle Murders – Book 1 of the A’lle Chronicles
  4. Kirwan’s Son
  5. “Cold Wave” – Winner of the 2021 Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence

 I hope these will give you a sense of my writing style and interests.

Two new interviews and a blog post

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It’s been a busy week! The lovely Erik D’Souza interviewed me for Crime Writers of Canada about being a finalist for this year’s Excellence Awards. Here’s the link to the YouTube video: https://youtu.be/pnOhvyu7YRc. While you’re there, take a look around. Erik has interviewed many, if not most, of the finalists.

My local newspaper, High River Times, also interviewed me about the Excellence Awards. Dan Marcinkowski dropped into Margins Bookstore in High River, where my sister authors, Lorrie Morales and Linda Rakos, and I did a book signing. https://www.highrivertimes.com/news/local-news/high-river-author-nominated-for-award

The winners of the CWC Excellence Awards will be announced on May 29.

And finally, I was featured on Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine blog, Trace Evidence, as my short story, “Chuck Berry is Missing,” will appear in the next issue. I write about the importance of interesting characters in keeping readers’ interest.

Finalist for the CWC Excellence Award

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I’m thrilled to announce that my short story, “Reversion,” which was published in the April 2023 issue of Mystery Magazine, is on the short list for the 2024 Crime Writers of Canada Excellence Awards. The winner will be announced on May 29. The story was also a finalist for the Derringer Awards, but alas, did not win.

“Training Run” launches on November 3

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Time Travel Holidays: A Holiday Anthology, which includes my short story “Training Run,” is set to go live on November 3, wherever ebooks are sold. That said, the anthology is also included as a stretch reward in WMG Publishing‘s Kickstarter for The Holiday Spectacular.

This is how it works: Every day from November 23 to January 1, backers will receive one holiday-themed short story… a kind of fictional Advent calendar. Those who back it for a bit more will receive their choice of a number of excellent anthologies, including Time Travel Holidays. Check out the Kickstarter here.

You have until November 2 to take advantage of this great deal!.