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New Release From SDP Author Susan Moore Jordan
SDP author Susan Moore Jordan has added a ninth novel to The Augusta McKee Mysteries,. The paperback edition is currently offered at a slightly discounted price of $12.95. The Kindle edition is $4.99. Set in Cincinnati in the 1960s, protagonist Augusta McKee is a singer/professor/stage director, fifty-ish, single, independent, a fashionista, and ahead of her time. One reader described her as a “no-nonsense voice teacher in spike heels, tough, tender, and smart as all get-out.” Augusta meets her match in Homicide Detective Malcolm Mitchell, and the two eventually join forces as sleuths and romantic partners. Other books in the series are “The Case of the Slain Soprano”, “The Case of…
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Who Killed Gary?
SDP author, Sahar Abdulaziz, has a new novel out today called Who Killed Gary? As we’ve come to expect from our resident satirist, the story is a blend of mystery, mayhem, humor, and social commentary. Who Killed Gary? Available now through Amazon and Kindle Unlimited! ~ Behind the Book ~ Sometimes book ideas are plentiful and plop into our writer’s laps like pixy stardust. Other times, a character will spam our creative wavelength, and the next thing you know, we’re banging keys (and heads) at our computers. Book ideas sometimes reveal themselves as necessities, the next slice of a different story needing to be told. However, no matter how the…
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A Random Day in the Life of a SDP Author
Take a moment to catch up with our resident Crime author Evelyn Infante and check out her newest novel Bloodhound Investigations The house is clean, the laundry done, and it’s raining—a perfect day for a writer who’s been procrastinating lately, to get on with the hard but enjoyable work of writing. That’s where my mind was on the day I wrote this: A Rainy Day Doing Research On this rainy day in the Poconos, what else is there to do for a writer than do research on a new story idea? Oh, and bake, but today I want to concentrate on my new book idea. I spent most…
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A New Year Means New Books!
Among plans to nurture our creative souls, the SDP authors have a lot of new books coming your way in 2023! We have mystery, history, historical mystery, music, mayhem, satire, adventure, and romance on the horizon. Whatever your reading tastes, you’ll always find a fresh take from an SDP author! Sahar Abdulaziz My 2023 writing plan is to have no plan—not to be confused with doing nothing. I want to do something. In fact, the likelihood of me doing lots of something is high. However, I’d like not to plan to do anything—more panster than a plotter, if you permit me to use a literary term to describe my future…
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BLOG POST FROM SHAGGY DOG AUTHOR SUSAN MOORE JORDAN
And This Shall Be for Music, my new novel, had been “percolating” for some time. I had begun the tale in 2017, but soon realized the book needed to be put on the back burner for a while. Four years and eight mystery novels later, the protagonist, Lindsey Cameron, reminded me she was waiting to tell her story. This time, even though it took a nearly a year and many re-writes, Lindsey was able to complete her journey. In my new blog post, read more about what this author experienced and learned from her characters and what happened to them. And how music, the center of their lives, never failed…
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New Release: Sundays with Oliver
I’ve been talking about this book for so long that there shouldn’t be a lot left to say. But, hey, this is me. I can always find another word or two. Sundays with Oliver feels very much like the next logical step in my journey as a writer. Once again, I draw on my own life as a jump-off point as my daughter packed up her life and went away to college. I then went on to explore other aspects of mid-life: Becoming an empty nester Having adult children Taking a moment (or twenty) to look back at everything you’ve done and wonder: has it been enough? Learning to come to terms with…
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Forever Friends- A New Release From Sahar Abdulaziz
Earlier this month, Shaggy Dog Books’ own Sahar Abdulaziz, released the forth and final book in The Abernathy & Crane Series. Forever Friends is a story about the unending pursuit of love, the power of friendship, and the amount of trust and selflessness needed when giving everything might mean having nothing left. Love is in the air! —along with anxiety, obstruction, and uncertainty. Irwin wants to feel happy for Harper and Christopher, but what will their marriage ultimately mean for him? Will the young, madly in-love couple move far away? Will Harper’s parents, Irwin’s dear friends, soon follow? Can Irwin prevent Harper and her mother from killing each other?…
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Tiny Creature Tales
Stories by M.A. Moore Cover, Photographs and Sketches by Nancy Tully Five children’s short stories involving the adventures of backyard critters found in the Pocono Mountains. All told through the eyes of the beasties themselves! Follow the intrepid Monty Monarch and his friend, Henrietta Ruby-Throat, as they grow up facing danger and realize the importance of friendship. While Grandpa Wood Turtle teaches a lesson to young hatchlings and a sassy rabbit named Bunny. All stories grandmother and seven-year-old approved! Available at: amazon.com for $12, http://www.amzn.com/dp/B09fccldmr or Kettle Creek Environmental Education Center gift shop for $10 All proceeds go to the KC Environmental Education Fund. Mary Anne…
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Interview with Evelyn Infante
How exciting for all of us Lady Writers at Shaggy Dog Productions to celebrate the release of Evelyn Infante’s new book, Simply Gregg, on Amazon on March 11! We sat down with Evelyn for an interview shortly before the book became available to the public and asked her to share some thoughts. SMJ: I’m excited to read your new book, Simply Gregg, which is about to be released. I know it’s a mystery. Can you tell us a little more about it? EI: Simply Gregg is not so much a mystery as it is a detective story. You know who the killer is soon after the homicide. The story…
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Evelyn Infante Releases Debut Novel
Shaggy Dog Productions is proud to announce the release of author Evelyn Infante’s debut novel Simply Gregg-A Detective Story. The book introduces Infante’s Detective Howard Pierce, faced with one last troublesome case before he retires. Simply Gregg AVAILABLE NOW FOR PURCHASE To Solve The Mystery, Start With The Victim It isn’t unusual for the Pocono Mountain, Pennsylvania winters to turn severe, but this season has been particularly severe. The frozen landscape looked picturesque calm. But on one terrible night, harsh winter winds whipped up a blizzard. The sky turned eerily dark and ominous, leaving the vacant streets buried under mounds of snow, the perfect cover for a killer determined…