Susan Van Kirk
My first Endurance mystery, Three May Keep a Secret, came out in 2014 to great reviews and excellent sales. Then my publisher held my second mystery in the series, Marry in Haste, for a full two years. What could I do? I was worried about losing my readers since I was writing a series. I decided to write a novella in between, but I would self-publish it as an e-book and make some unique decisions. The title I chose was The Locket: From the Casebook of TJ Sweeney.
Thanks for contributing this post, Susan! I’m impressed by the way you weave so many elements together in just two pages.
Thank you for having me, Bonnie. I love the concept of your blog because we both know how important the first two pages are.
You did a good job with these first two pages. I got a real sense of where this story was going and that its direction would take readers through a number of exciting twists and turns.
Thanks so much, Linda. So much depends on the first few pages that I can see why BK Stevens would have this idea for a blog. Lots of twists and turns, especially near the end!