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Criminal Element is celebrating “Allison Brennan August” — LOL. I cracked up when I saw the plan, but I’m really excited because my Maxine Revere/Lucy Kincaid crossover SHATTERED will be out on August 22 and leading up to it, Criminal Elements is reviewing all 12 of the Lucy Kincaid books, the 3 Max Revere books, and all their respective novellas.

And today I have a guest blog!

The end of last week and all weekend I was writing blogs and articles for different websites and my publisher. All things that need to be done … but isn’t actually writing. I mean, it’s WRITING, but not creative writing. I’m in the middle of writing ABANDONED, Maxine Revere #5, while awaiting revisions for BREAKING POINT, Lucy Kincaid #13. Still, it was fun and a needed break.

Oh, and I’m writing a short story for a charity anthology to benefit victims of domestic violence. It was an idea and draft I had a long time ago, but didn’t have the skill to write it the way I wanted … now, hopefully, I do.

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New Book! New Book!

TWO TO DIE FOR is out this week in ebook! Yeah me!

There’s a story behind these stories … and it starts with SHATTERED.

SHATTERED is my fourth Maxine Revere cold case mystery. More than a year ago, I’d started writing a book I called THE EX-WIFE which had a completely different plot concept. I initially liked the idea, but I couldn’t get into the story. Then a series of small things happened.

First, I saw an episode of some television show. I honestly can’t remember what show, probably SVU or NCIS, but it was a common enough plot for a crime show, a twist on the Strangers on a Train theme. SHATTERED has nothing to do with any twist on STRANGERS, but remember, I was thinking about my current story THE EX-WIFE where I was having trouble figuring out the killer’s motivation.

The original story also dealt with being wrongly accused of a crime. Max originally was investigating two cases, one where the suspect was innocent and one where the suspect was guilty. But Max deals with cold cases, and I was having a difficult time getting her involved in an active police investigation. Because she’s a reporter, and the police would totally freeze her out. So I was writing and re-writing the set-up trying to get a grip on the core story.

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Tagged with: Allison Brennan, ebooks, Lucy Kincaid, Maxine Revere, novellas, SHATTERED, thrillers, Two to Die For, writing
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Notes and Thoughts about SHATTERED

This weekend, I finished editing my copy edits for SHATTERED, the 4th Maxine Revere cold case mystery (on sale 8.22.17.) I received them on Monday the 9th, but didn’t sit down to work on them until Thursday … and finished them in three days. Trust me when I say I never get through copy edits so quickly. I was worried, so I spent Sunday and Monday morning going through them a second time because for certain I had missed something. I made a few more tweaks, but in the end, I’m very, very happy with this book and will be sending it back to NYC tomorrow … early. (Well, my editor won’t get them that early because I’m going to send them 2-day rather than overnight and save me about $40!)

The first thing I thought when I finished reading this book was how much I loved the story … and then I panicked. What if I love it but no one else does? How can I judge my own work? I already have a hard enough time judging my own stories.

Case in point: I wrote a book and sent it to my agent. I don’t want to say too much about it yet, but I loved the story and the characters. My agent read it and while he liked it (sort of) there were several problems. One big problem and several little problems. I spent ten weeks on and off working on revisions … and the story is SO much better than the original. I changed one seemingly small plot point, but it had a ripple effect through the story and the ending rocked.

But I thought the original was really good, too — and now I’m biting my fingernails waiting for notes on the revised book.

What if my concept of good and bad is flawed?

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Tagged with: Allison Brennan, cold case mystery, copy edits, editing, fear, Justin Stanton, Lucy Kincaid, Mariah Stewart, Maxine Revere, publishing, SHATTERED, writing, writing advice
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NOTORIOUS

Today is the day I’ve been waiting for since last March, when I first turned in the revised manuscript for NOTORIOUS.

Today is the day I’ve been waiting for since two years ago, when I signed the contract for my first hardcover thriller.

Today is the day I’ve been waiting for since 2006, when my first book THE PREY hit the shelves in mass market paperback, and I dreamed of one day being in hardcover.

NOTORIOUS is here.

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