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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- Mystery author and reader.
- Do You Have A Website?
- www.emersonwardmysteries.com
- About Me:
- After stints as a manual laborer, dishwasher, bartender, restaurant manager, commercial photographer, magazine editor and public relations executive, I decided life should imitate art. I’m now a freelance writer and marketing communications consultant. I have published five novels in the Emerson Ward series (An Option On Death, Little Use For Death, Death Came Dressed In White, A Forever Death, and Death Is No Bargain). The sixth in the series, Death On A Budget, is finished and looking for a home. Island Life, a stand-alone novel about an ordinary suburban father's race to solve the mystery of what happened to his missing wife before he loses his children, his freedom and possibly his life, will be published in March, 2008. Please visit my web site at www.emersonwardmysteries.com.
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MysteryAuthor
- Favorite Books:
- The Fallen, T. Jefferson Parker
Motherless Brooklyn, Jonathhan Lethem
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Island Books, Mercer Island, WA
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Early reviews of my new stand-alone suspense novel Island Life are coming in. Check them out. The novel comes out in March, 2008, from Five Star.
"Sherer takes a break from his Emerson Ward series (Death Is No Bargain, etc.) with this solid stand-alone, a mystery thriller set on an island near Seattle. Jack Holm, who's just lost his PR agency job, has a lot more to worry about after his flight attendant wife, Mary, goes missing. An overly descriptive opening slows the action, but tension builds as Jack faces life as a single father with two unruly kids, 10-year-old Tyler and 15-year-old Kelsey, who fear the worst. Meanwhile, in therapy sessions, Jack reflects on an unraveling marriage, alcoholism, soccer brawls, a car wreck and other family woes that culminate in the discovery of Mary's battered body on a Christmas tree farm. Earthy detective Ed Mankewicz suspects Jack's involved, though after Jack's arrest, the evidence against him isn't clear either to Jack, his slick lawyer or the reader. Creepy-looking strangers lurking around the local school add suspense to an unrelenting tale of personal calamity that ends on a gratifying note of hope. --Publishers Weekly Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information
“Beautifully written and richly nuanced, Island Life by Michael W. Sherer transcends the usual suspense tale. No one will be able to resist rooting for Jack Holm as he fights for his son, his daughter, and ultimately his own soul when his wife is found dead and he's arrested for the crime. Full of insider details and psychological insight, this taut tale takes the reader into the darkest recesses of the human heart. Sherer is an artist, and his work is powerful.” —Gayle Lynds, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Spymaster
“Island Life is a terrific novel of a tortured husband doing his best to deal with a missing wife and his therefore motherless children. Michael W. Sherer is a seasoned pro who adopts a fascinating narrative voice: While the plot is developed through the first-person voice of Jack Holm, the reader is provided back-story through short prelude scenes of Jack with his psychotherapist, trying to work through why his wife might have left her family. A truly different and fascinating story.” —Jeremiah Healy, author of Turnabout and The Only Good Lawyer 
The fifth in the Emerson Ward series, DINB is available online.
Michael W. Sherer's Blog
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Posted on February 22, 2008 at 6:24pm —
First PW Review
I've been reviewed by Kirkus, Booklist, Library Journal, major dailies, but this is my first PW review. Not bad.
Publishers Weekly
Sherer takes a break from his Emerson Ward series (Death Is No Bargain, e
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Video: If You Post It Will They Come?
Seems the latest promotion vehicle for books is the book video or trailer. Everybody's gotta have 'em, but when I asked my local bookstore owner what he thought, he said he'd never heard of them When I asked his staff members, they said they'd never heard of them and they were too busy reading books to watch videos about them.
But, like I said, seems you gotta have one. So I produced my own, computer illiterate though I am, and posted it. You can view it on my page here, my website
… ContinuePosted on January 15, 2008 at 2:49pm —
The Remainder Table...And Shameless Self-Promotion
A sad fact of publishing is that books go out of print. These days that happens rather quickly unless you’re She-Who-Is-Named-All-Too-Often or Stephen King or—well, you know. And when books go out of print, publishers first try to sell the inventory they have on hand at cut-rate pr
… ContinuePosted on August 18, 2007 at 4:32pm —
Marketer's Dilemma
The hardest part of our job as writers is to become known, to connect with our readers or potential readers. No matter how big or small your publisher, your marketing budget has finite limits. With small publishers, though, it’s particularly difficult—not only doesn’t the publisher pay for much in the way of publicity or promotion, but advances are so small that it’s difficult to decide where to spend that hard-earned
… ContinuePosted on August 16, 2007 at 3:11pm —
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I added a few slides of my books to my blogspot. I'm not sure yet if they should stay on or not.Do you have more trouble loading my blogspot with the slides up? Do you like them or are they too distracting?
A Christmas Tree Already
On the way home from work yesterday, I passed a house that already had a lighted and decorated Christmas tree up and showing by the window.Is it not too soon for that? In my mind, the day after Thanksgiving is when the Christmas Season starts. That's when it's fair game to put up a tree and decorations and start shopping. The way things are going this year, I'll be lucky if I get organized enough to decorate a few days before Christmas.
With our dog, Rascal, who lives up to her name, we'll probably go with a fiber optic small tree on top of an end table. One of these days I may pull put the larger tree from the box in the basement and set it up, but not until our doggy is a little more sedate. I don't feel like chasing her to get ornaments out of her mouth. I will be putting up knick knacks, lights inside and decorations on the walls, so it will still look Christmasy. No lights outside because for some reason we have no outlets outside.
While we're on the subject of Christmas trees and such, be sure to add holidays in your books. You can mention decorations and lights or Easter eggs and baskets, or even mattress sales in your descriptions to ground the reader as to the season.
Now, back to that tree I saw. What about you? When do you decorate for Christmas? What do you put up?
Winners and Losers at the CMAs and Life
I love country music and almost every country performer. While watching the CMAs, I enjoyed seeing the winners accept their awards. On the other hand, it was hard for me to see the losers do their best to appear gracious and for the most part succeeding.For every winner, there's a loser. In life and in books, it's the same way. How people react to their good and bad fortune shows what their characters are made of. You don't have to tell a reader who the good guy or bad guy is. Let their actions speak for themselves. The readers are smart enough to figure it out.
PS Can't finish this blog without saying - You Rock, Taylor Swift! You are one smart, talented teenager! Congrats on all your awards, especially, Entertainer of the Year!!!
CMA Awards Tonight and Twitter
One of my favorite shows is on tonight - the CMA Awards. If you're a country music fan, you're probably like me and will be glued to the TV 8pm EST, or in my case 7pm, in the flatlands of Illinois.Almost all my favorite performers will be there, except I hear that Rascal Flatts can't make it.
I'll be on Twitter during the show also. That's part of the fun of it - discussing and dissecting outfits, performers, songs and even commercials, kind of like I'm at a giant party with people who all go for the same thing and want to share.
What about you? What kind of music do you like? Do you tweet during a favorite show or event?
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Just wanted to stop by and say hello. If you get a free moment, stop by my page here at Book Place, or at WRDF
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Have a great day and a successful year,
Lynda
I don't think I've joined Crime Space yet. I'll have to check. Yes, I'm still looking for bloggers. I'll email you the details in the next day or so.
TL
Thanks for the invite!! Keep on keeping on!
Smiles - Stacey
Best wishes for continued success with your Emerson Ward Series :) Many thanks for adding me to your network of friends :)
Smiles across the miles,
Shawna
Some people are busy and some people have busy lives. You have a busy life. Thanks for the invite.
Welcome to Book Place! Thanks for the invite. I'm a children's librarian ~ gotta love being around kids!! And I do! I write family saga historicals. Looks like you're doing great - good luck with the new book.
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