Jackie Griffey Guest Post

I am so excited to have Jackie Griffey Guest Post at Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews.


Jackie Griffey is currrently touring to promote her newest release "The Devil in Merrivale".


Jackie Griffey, author of the cozy mystery, The Devil in Merrivale, will be stopping off at The Writer’s Life today! Leave a comment between now and Jan. 25 on her blog post and you could win a free copy of her book, The Devil in Merrivale!


Murder isn’t the usual order of business in the little town of Merrivale, Tennessee, so the brutal stabbing death of popular high school student Denise Davis sends a shock through the community. Sheriff Cas Larkin is determined to find the killer, and the last thing he needs is distractions like the increasing reports of missing cattle and other livestock.But as he digs deeper, Cas uncovers another mystery–a strange “club” the members are afraid to talk about, and for good reason. One of the recruits is brutally beaten when he refuses to take the club’s activities seriously. He also refuses to talk about those activities–until they turn turn deadly.There’s something dark and sinister going on in Merrivale, and if Cas can’t figure out what it is and put a stop to it, there’ll be the devil to pay.


For more information about the book please visit

http://www.jackiegriffey.com/

Thanks so much Pump Up Your Promotions for connecting us on this blog tour!

Please take it away, Jackie!

WRITERS, COOKS, AND CRUSADERS


None of the above mentioned can ever retire. A writer has to write. A cook has to cook. And a crusader is going to get involved in whatever problem is currently bugging his neighbors, his state, or the general public. Only lack of traveling money will slow him down and not by much, what do you think marches are for?

A writer has to write and even with the economy in the toilet there are so many publishers and formats to choose from what you've written is sure, if you keep at it, to make it in one or more of them.

Before my first books were published, my writing group - to encourage us to send things out - ran a contest on who could garner the most rejection letters. I searched the NET and Writers Market and got busy sending out what I had finished and was hopefully-ready to submit. It wasn't long before my mailman was bringing me everything but advance checks. The passes, and photocopy rejections were the only category in the mailbox that matched the charity and survey drives. There were also flowery ones; ones who sounded like they did like my work-well, sorta. There were also some publishers and agents who asked questions; pointed out helpful things; and sent encouraging notes. These glimmers of hope were helpful to all of us in the group and we pored over them reading every word. At that time I was writing a humor column for a weekly newspaper in Memphis and got material for several articles from the rejections. The "don't go this to your book" ones were good for the most laughs so they were probably helpful to some other people as well. I learned a lot; got named Queen of Rejection; and won a book on dialogue. All of us wrote down the names of all the editors and agents who had said anything at all encouraging.

Not long after that I got my first contract on a historical romance-suspense novel and added crossing genres to my worry list.

Yes, dear reader, it was worth the effort; I've had more novels published in other fiction genres; it was worth the effort; and I'm still writing.

The above experiences were only a few of the bumps on the road to success. A couple of them I could have used in a horror story but I'll keep those to myself. Heck, I might want to sell the movie rights!

Jackie Griffey likes to read as well as write cozy mysteries and romantic suspense. She and her family, two cats, a Chihuahua, and a couple of wild bunnies live in Arkansas where she is working on another cozy mystery. You can visit her website at http://www.jackiegriffey.com/.