Small Town Spin by LynDee Walker Interview and Giveaway

Small Town Spin
by LynDee Walker

I have enjoyed reading A Headlines in High Heels Mystery. Nichelle really knows how to use her heels.
~readalot

LynDee Walker is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors and Nichelle Clarke one of my favorite protagonists. I started this story and just couldn’t put it down.
~Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book

Small Town Spin
Paperback: 280 pages
Publisher: Henery Press; First edition (April 8, 2014)
ISBN-13: 978-1940976037
E-Book Links Coming Soon!!

Synopsis

When a superstar athlete’s son turns up dead in a tiny town on the Virginia coast, crime reporter Nichelle Clarke gets the inside scoop. But she quickly spies a gaping hole her inner Lois Lane cannot ignore.

Determined to unravel the mystery, Nichelle fights off paparazzi cameras and an unexpected rival. She uncovers an illegal moonshine operation, a string of copycat suicides, and a slew of closets stacked with more skeletons than slingbacks. Chasing a killer who’s a breath from getting away with murder, Nichelle realizes too late the culprit has her number—and it might be up.

About LynDee Walker

LynDee Walker’s award-winning journalistic work has appeared in newspapers and magazines across the nation. After nearly a decade covering crime, courts, and local politics, she left full-time reporting for motherhood with a side of freelancing and fiction writing. Small Town Spin is the third in her bestselling Headlines in High Heels Mystery series. The fourth arrives January 2015.

LynDee adores her family, her readers, and enchiladas. She often works out tricky plot points while walking off the enchiladas. She lives in Richmond, Virginia, where she is either playing with her children or working on her next novel (but probably not cleaning her house).

Author Links

www.lyndeewalker.com

www.facebook.com/lyndeewalkerbooks

Twitter @LynDeeWalker

Interview:

1. Did you grow up knowing you wanted to be a writer?

For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a journalist. So the short answer is "yes—but:" While I've always been a bookworm, I had no idea I could write a novel until I had written the rough draft of FRONT PAGE FATALITY. I love it, though. 

2. Do you like to write sequels or stand alone stories?

Both. My Headlines in High Heels books are a series, but each novel can be read as a standalone, too. And I have a couple of other projects in the works that could be standalone novels. Or might turn into series. I do have a tendency to get attached to my characters and want to keep them around.

3. Do you have a favorite writer that you like to get ideas from and brainstorm with?

I am blessed to have three close writer friends, Larissa Reinhart, Gretchen Archer, and Terri L. Austin, who let me bounce ideas off of them and offer early critiques of my work (we trade, of course). I don't know what I'd do without my girls. 

4. What is the most important thing new writers should know?

Don't. Give. Up. Writing a book is hard. Getting a book deal is harder. But if it's in your bones—if you write because it makes you happy, and gives you a natural high like nothing else—then keep after it. Holding your book in your hands makes the hours and blood and tears totally worth it.

5. What would you like my readers to know?

I adore my readers with the fire of ten thousand suns. I've been so fortunate to get to meet so many readers, and it's my favorite part of being a writer, aside from actually putting words on the page. So know that I appreciate every one of you, and your kind words mean the world to me. 

Thanks so much for having me today! 

LynDee Walker

The Headlines in High Heels Mystery series

FRONT PAGE FATALITY—Agatha Award nominee, Best First Novel (2013); Amazon and Barnes & Noble #1 bestseller

BURIED LEADS—Amazon bestseller

HEARTACHE MOTEL—Amazon bestseller 

SMALL TOWN SPIN (Henery Press, April 8, 2014)

www.lyndeewalker.com

Get signed copies: Fountain Bookstore

Twitter: @LynDeeWalker

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