Meet a Jerk, Get to Work, How to Write Villains and the Occasional Hero
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An article by USA Today Bestselling author Jaqueline Girdner on how to find your fiction characters and settings in everyday life.
Jaqueline Girdner
Jaqueline Girdner Jaqueline (Jaki) Girdner, tipping her hat in the author picture, was born and raised in California and has worked as a bestselling author, a lawyer, a professional poker player, a greeting card designer, an attendant in a mental hospital and a yarn store owner, not necessarily in that order. She has authored sixteen mysteries, a romantic comedy novel, What's Sex Got to Do With It, and a mainstream novel, Speaking in Jitterbug, upcoming soon from Smashwords. She lives in Mill Valley, California with her husband, practices tai chi and still creates greeting cards. Lynne Murray Lynne Murray has written nine books: a Science Fiction/Fantasy Gravitas: Valkyrie in the Forbidden Zone, Her vampire comedy novel, The Falstaff Vampire Files, a romantic comedy novel, Bride of the Living Dead and four Josephine Fuller mysteries, Larger Than Death, won the Distinguished Achievement Award from NAAFA (National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance).
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Meet a Jerk, Get to Work, How to Write Villains and the Occasional Hero - Jaqueline Girdner
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Praise for Jaqueline Girdner
Offbeat, tongue-in-cheek and endlessly appealing.
-- Publishers Weekly
A sweet sense of humor.
-- Pacific Sun
Essential reading.
-- Mystery Week
MEET A JERK, GET TO WORK
JAQUELINE GIRDNER
Copyright 1979 by Jaqueline Girdner
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MEET A JERK, GET TO WORK
How to Write Villains and the Occasional Hero
By Jaqueline Girdner
First off, let me confess. I kill people for a living. Fictionally, of course. In other words, I'm a mystery writer, one of those lucky few who spend their day thinking about murder and committing