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DRAGONY RISING: The Best Frank Nagler Mystery yet. What do you do when someone wants to destroy your city?
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Big NYC Award for DRAGONY RISING
I am honored and excited to announce that DRAGONY RISING, book 5 in the Frank Nagler Mystery Series, has been named a DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE in the 2023 Big NYC Book Awards. Dragony Rising joins other Frank Nagler Mysteries as multi-award … Continue reading
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Mending fences
I started this story in the spring, intending to enter it in a holiday story contest. I didn’t read the rules carefully enough: It was a Thanksgiving-Christmas holiday contest, and this is a July 4 story. It’s not done and … Continue reading
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Out of a Covid fog, comes writing clarity
Turns out the very heavy cold I had for the past week was Covid. It was like being in a waking coma. Everything shut down to a narrow focus as my immune system attacked the virus. Real time didn’t matter—light … Continue reading
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Nagler 6: Internet tag
In the Frank Nagler Mystery work-in-progress, NAGLER’S SECRET, a woman with changing hair color and a hidden past has been flitting at the edges of the story. In this scene with reporter Jimmy Dawson, she begins her slide into the … Continue reading
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Not yet, we say. Not yet
1. We are surprised when the darkness lands. It is never our time; hope fractured. Because we always hope. New companions: The broken heart, the fear, the endless closing shade That makes it hard to breathe; The creeping loneliness, some … Continue reading
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Nagler 6: Inventing Irv Bernstein
Irving Bernstein as a character resulted from a conversation that began with a talk about a black fedora. It ran onto a talk about bad suits sold at a famous discount store. And then he showed up in my work … Continue reading
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Hey mystery readers, join me at these May events
I’ll be attending three outstanding book events in May, joining dozens of wonderful writers. Thanks to the organizers for holding the events. Thanks to Roz Lee and the volunteers for staging the 8th Annual Days of Wine and Romance and … Continue reading
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Four events in April and May
I’ll be attending four outstanding book events in April and May, joining dozens of wonderful writers. Thanks to the organizers for holding the events. April 29-30: The 8th Annual Days of Wine and Romance and More. Noon to 4 p.m. … Continue reading
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Tagged "A Game Called Dead", "The Red Hand", "The Swamps of Jersey" Imzadi Publishing, "The Weight of Living", Audible.com, Dane Petersen, Dragony Rising, Frank Nagler, Independent Press Award, Kirkus Reviews, Lee Alan, Royal Dragonfly Book Award, Shelf Unbound Indie Book Awards
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NAGLER’S SECRET: Writing dialogue with twists
In this scene from the work-in-progress NAGLER’S SECERT, companions Detective Frank Nagler and Ironton, N.J. acting mayor Lauren Fox find themselves together at home for the first time in a while. The separation has been driven by the complex case … Continue reading
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Tagged "A Game Called Dead", "The Red Hand", "The Swamps of Jersey" Imzadi Publishing, "The Weight of Living", Audible.com, Big NYC Book Awards, Dane Petersen, Dragony Rising, Frank Nagler, Independent Press Award, Kirkus Reviews, Lee Alan, Royal Dragonfly Book Award, Shelf Unbound Indie Book Awards
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Stand with the theater kids as they stand up to censors
Cheers to some Fort Wayne, Indiana high school thespians who defied religious censors and the local school board, which banned the play, by performing it on their own outside the school. The play featured roles of interchangeable sexuality and clearly … Continue reading →
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