I recently dusted off a mystery novel I wrote when I was still living in Kentucky and published it as a Kindle Book on Amazon. I stuck with the common wisdom that says: “write what you know”. Since I had worked at newspapers as a photojournalist for most of my adult life and volunteered on a K-9 Search and Rescue team for eleven years, that’s what I wrote about. The protagonist is Jo McKenzie, a—you guessed it—photojournalist and search dog handler.
I started with many of my real, often exciting, experiences and built from there. In the news world, there was no embellishing, staging or stretching the truth. But in writing fiction my imagination was not confined to the facts. I could give my character abilities that I always wished I had. I could create a thrilling world where bad things do happen but everything neatly resolves itself in the end. Check out the ebook here.
Book Description:
Jo McKenzie follows her search dog, Tessa, through the hills of Eastern Kentucky and finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation that threatens to destroy her dog, her life and forces her to confront the long hidden turmoil of a childhood tragedy. Uncovering the truth about the murderer means facing her own feelings of guilt over the death of her younger sister and learning to trust again--herself, Tessa, and her growing feelings for Nick, a reporter for the Lexington Times where Jo works as a photojournalist.
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