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mystery writer Jeff Markowitz blogs about reading and writing
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Murder on the Beach

Dec 6, 2009
Murder on the Beach is one of my favorite book stores, a small, independent, mystery book store just a couple of blocks from the ocean in Delray Beach, Florida.   I was fortunate to do a signing at Murder on the Beach a couple of years ago, after...

The moon's DNA

Dec 3, 2009
It's hard to believe I was in Manhattan last night, rainy, cold Manhattan, at the National Arts Club, New York's crime-writing community getting together to share a little holiday cheer.  But tonight, tonight I am some 1200 miles south of Manhattan,...

Yellow legal pads and magic typewriters

Dec 2, 2009
Yesterday scrogers wrote a thought-provoking post about author Cormac McCarthy giving up his typewriter after more than 50 years and 5 million words.  Scrogers asked:   Am I just being nostalgic here... like trying to write poetry with a quill and a...

Zombie (undead Romanian) Chanukah

Nov 30, 2009
Saintvi has posted a challenge to write a zombie Christmas carol.  I figure I'm in enough trouble with Santa this year (making him a suspect in a double murder) so I decided to contribute a zombie Chanukah song instead.  Get out your dreidels and sing...

Spring break in December

Nov 30, 2009
What does this middle-aged man have in common with these three lovely ladies? I don't know, but I sure hope they like to read. This week's stops on the book tour Friday, December 4 at 12:00 - Broward County Main Library, Ft. Lauderdale,...


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Elle T.
9.5
excellent
  Jeff Markowitz is laugh-out-loud funny, discussing the craft and the business of writing. He offers encouragement and wonderful tips for the aspiring writer, with a special nod to the mystery genre.
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