Hello Clay, Please be advised that I will be announcing that I have signed a three-book deal with Fiery Seas Publishing with an option of first refusal on a fourth book. Fiery Seas should receive the signed contract in the US Mail tomorrow. This is the direct result of my attending Killer Nashville in 2016. […]
I came to Killer Nashville in 2014 expecting to learn what I was doing wrong. I’d been sending out queries for a horror novel called In the Valley of the Sun, with no hits for months. Lost in a fog of impersonal rejection and desperate for answers, I brought my book and a sample query […]
Sandy Manning reached out to us to share the good news about her novel, which will be published in 2016 by Five Star Publishing. Trojan Horse is her second novel, but her first to be published. She always wanted to write professionally, and wrote some short stories and essays before writing Trojan Horse. The manuscript received first place […]
“I knew I wanted to be a writer when I was in the third grade, but where I grew up—in rural Arkansas—a person was more likely to walk on the moon than write a book. I continued to write through high school, and I had teachers who encouraged me, but when I got to college […]
“Publishing is a tough business. Aspiring mystery writers need a place to make professional connections, to learn techniques that can bolster their craft, and even to commiserate sometimes with like-minded, long-suffering souls. That’s the kind of place Killer Nashville can be. “Aspiring mystery writers also need a positive way to show industry professionals what they […]
For Maris Soule, developing her writing skills offered her respite from the challenges of raising a family and living where her nearest neighbor was ¼ of a mile away. “I needed something more than Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street, so one day I told my husband I thought I’d try writing a book. He said, […]
“I met Deni Dietz at Killer Nashville in 2010, and though I wasn’t pitching a mystery at the time, I was writing one. Deni and I instantly “clicked”, and I knew that if I had a shot at getting a physical book published, she was it. Over the course of the next year, I finished The […]
“My first mystery, Southern Heat, would not have been a 2014, or any other year, debut if not for the great folks at Killer Nashville. I haven’t come across another group so interested and dedicated to connecting authors with members of the publishing industry. From visiting agents, one of whom signed me, to visiting publishers, […]
Carl Filbrich has signed with Five Star Publishing and his book Heavenly Casino will be published in 2014. (more to come)
“I wrote a ‘cozy’ without knowing it. Well, actually, I knew I had written a would-be book, with interesting characters, dead bodies, and strange happenings, etc., but didn’t realize that my writing style was along that of a cozy mystery. Once I realized that, I decided to pitch it at the Killer Nashville conference in […]