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Plagiarism*

March 15, 2024 Catherine Maiorisi Plagiarism, Writers, Writing

Writing a book is hard. Getting published is harder. Finding readers and selling the book is even harder. And still[…]

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Five Reasons I Stop Reading an Author

February 23, 2024 Catherine Maiorisi Uncategorized

Miss Demeanor blogger C. Michele Dorsey wrote a post earlier this week titled, Writers Who Left a Hole in My[…]

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Back Story Can Be A Killer

February 2, 2024 Catherine Maiorisi Books, Uncategorized, Writing

Somewhere along the way during the thirteen years between starting to write fiction and publishing my first novel, I learned[…]

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Librarians and Banned Books

January 12, 2024 Catherine Maiorisi Banned Books, Librarians

I was asked to submit a short story for an anthology celebrating librarians and writing it got me thinking about…you[…]

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Have You Read Deb Pines?

December 1, 2023 Catherine Maiorisi Uncategorized

I recently spoke with author Deb Pines about Evil for Evil the latest book in her long running Mimi Goldman[…]

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An Author’s Responsibility

November 10, 2023 Catherine Maiorisi Books, Fiction, Historical Mysteries, Inspiration, Uncategorized, Writing

I’ve invited Nev March, an award winning author of crime fiction, to share her thoughts on an author’s responsibility to[…]

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Looking for Something to Read

October 20, 2023 Catherine Maiorisi Books, Uncategorized

Need a mystery to curl up with on a rainy weekend?  Let me help you. Though the Miss Demeanors share[…]

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J.M. Redmann’s Transitory – A Micky Knight Mystery

September 29, 2023 Catherine Maiorisi Books, Reading

Please join me in welcoming J.M. Redmann who just published Transitory, the eleventh book in her long-running mystery series featuring New[…]

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A Title is a Title is a Title. Or is it?

September 8, 2023 Catherine Maiorisi Uncategorized

With all the books on offer, what makes a reader pull your book off the shelf? No one knows. But[…]

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Reading Outside Your Comfort Zone

August 18, 2023 Catherine Maiorisi Uncategorized

Before I was a writer, I was a reader. And I read mostly mysteries, biography, history and some literary fiction. […]

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