FRIDAY ROUND-UP

First, kill all the students. That's John Brantingham's tactic when his creative writing students produced a trailer for his novel, “Mann of War.” Cheap Thrills (marketing on a budget), finding hidden treasure and the low-down on Homeland Security, all discussed this week on the Friday Round-Up!

TERRY AMBROSE, author of  “License To Lie,” interviewed acquisitions editor SUNNY FRAZIER at the Examiner for tips to publication for aspiring writers.

http://www.examiner.com/article/publisher-gives-tips-to-aspiring-writers

Oak Tree welcomes our newest author,  JOHN BRANTINGHAM and his deadly suspense novel, “Mann of War.” John is the creative writing teacher for Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, CA. Check out his book trailer, filmed by his students. Yet, he saw fit to kill them off!

http://www.johnbrantingham.blogspot.com   

LORNA COLLINS, author of “Ghost Writer,” and husband Larry discuss how they got into mystery writing and doing it together:

http://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2013/01/guest-bloggers-larry-k-and-lorna.html

MARTI COLVIN, author of “Blue Ice,” has an article at Fresh Fiction on Homeland Security in “Who You Gonna Call?”

http://freshfiction.com/page.php?id=4711

SUNNY FRAZIER (“Fools Rush In,” and “Where Angels Fear,”) offers cheap thrills in an interview about marketing on a budget:

http://kristenelisephd.blogspot.com/2013/01/where-do-your-publishing-dollars-go.html

JOHN LINDERMUTH, author of Pennsylvania mystery “Fallen From Grace,” and “Practice To Deceive” tells how to create realistic villains:

http://jrlindermuth.blogspot.com 

MARJA MCGRAW, author of  “Bogey Nights” and “Bogey's Ace in the Hole,” wants to know if you've ever found a hidden treasure. Would you like to find one?

http://blog.marjamcgraw.com/

Prolific author MARILYN MEREDITH, tells us about her platform and how she built it. http://marilynmeredith.blogspot.com

RADINE TREES NEHRING, author of Ozark mystery “A Fair To Die For,” (and in the Arkansas Writers' Hall of Fame) joins MARILYN MEREDITH regular writer for Make Mine Mystery blogspot. This week she lets off steam:

http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/2013/01/magic.html