SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR EFD2: OUR UPCOMING CRIME ANTHOLOGY! **DEADLINE: JULY 31, 2014** Effective Thursday, June 12, 2014, we'll begin accepting submissions for our second Excerpt Flight Deck Anthology, EFD2. Now the fun can begin for active members of the Excerpt Flight Deck FaceBook group: This collection will include short Crime Fiction stories between… Continue reading EFD2: Crime Antho Submissions are now open!
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Exciting news from Donna Carrick and Carrick Publishing!
Some exciting news to share with you all today: The Short-List nominees for the prestigious Arthur Ellis Awards (Crime Writers of Canada) were announced last night. I was thrilled and honoured to learn that my story Watermelon Weekend from our crime anthology THIRTEEN was short-listed in the Best Short Story category, along with fellow THIRTEEN… Continue reading Exciting news from Donna Carrick and Carrick Publishing!
The Dance of Fiction
One of this century's masters of literature, Barbara Kingsolver, (The Poisonwood Bible, Harper-Collins, 1998) has this to say about the art of fiction: "The writing of fiction is a dance between truth and invention." There are those purists in the literary industry who insist on fact above all -- who will brook no deviation from… Continue reading The Dance of Fiction
Readers on the Couch: Why do people love mysteries? ~ guest blogger Cecilia Dominic
First, a huge thank you to Donna Carrick for inviting me to write this post!As a psychologist and behavioral sleep medicine specialist, I hear the following three complaints most often in my practice:1. I can't sleep. 2. My mind won't stop racing. 3. Why is this anxiety/depression/sleep problem happening to me?I address the first two… Continue reading Readers on the Couch: Why do people love mysteries? ~ guest blogger Cecilia Dominic