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WHY I BECAME A WRITER BY CYNTHIA HICKEYFunny how this roller-coaster business can tug on someone until it’s either write or die. A bit dramatic, yes, but that’s how most writers feel.I started reading at the young age of five and became hooked on words and stories. Being a shy child, I would make up stories to act out but it wasn’t until Junior High and an English teacher assigned a writing project that I realized how much I loved putting the story to paper. I began writing short stories in which my younger brother was featured as the hero or I’d write a romance featuring me and whatever boy I had a crush on at the time.When I turned fifteen, I wrote my first “real story” about terrorists taking over a high school. Funny how I have now seen that very plot made into a movie. I couldn’t be stopped after that first “book”. I kept writing, keeping my stories in a notebook, which I unfortunately lost when I married and moved out of state. Then, life happened and I didn’t take up writing again until the age of forty when my children were older and I had time to devote to it.
In 2007, I published my first cozy mystery, Fudge-Laced Felonies, with Barbour Publishing and haven’t slowed down since. Thirty-four books later, and several genres added to the mix, I have no intentions of stopping this crazy career any time soon. It’s as much a part of me as breathing.
Anything For A Story
By Cynthia Hickey
A
Nosey Neighbor Mystery, Book 1
Publisher: Cynthia
Hickey
Release
Date: March 23, 2014
Genre:
Cozy Mystery
Length:
153 Pages
ASIN: B00J7X007E
Buy Link: AMAZON
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About the book:
Stormi Nelson, best-selling romance author, moved into her
huge Victorian house in the private community of Oak Meadows Estates. When her
agent tells her that her characters are becoming too cardboard and that she
needs to get out and mingle with people, she comes up with the idea of a
Neighborhood Watch Program. The only problem is … she’s the only member.
On her first night of patrol, she stumbles over a dead body,
meets a hunky detective, who happens to be her neighbor and clearly frustrated
with her, and her mother, sister, niece and nephew arrive to shake up Stormi’s
peaceful life. As she is immersed ever deeper into the mystery surrounding a
neighbor’s murder, she decides to change writing tactics and write a romantic
mystery based on her experiences.
What follows is a frolicking good time as Stormi finds
herself the nosiest neighbor of them all. Can she find the killer before she
becomes the next victim?
About
The Author
Multi-published and Best-Selling author Cynthia Hickey had
three cozy mysteries and two novellas published through Barbour Publishing. Her
first mystery, Fudge-Laced Felonies, won first place in the inspirational
category of the Great Expectations contest in 2007. Her third cozy,
Chocolate-Covered Crime, received a four-star review from Romantic Times. All
three cozies have been re-released as ebooks through the MacGregor Literary
Agency, along with a new cozy series, all of which stay in the top 50 of
Amazon’s ebooks for their genre.
She has several historical romances releasing in 2013 and
2014 through Harlequin’s Heartsong Presents, and has sold more than 150,000
copies of her works. She is active on FB, twitter, and Goodreads. She lives in
Arizona with her husband, one of their seven children, two dogs and two cats.
She has five grandchildren who keep her busy and tell everyone they know that
“Nana is a writer”. Visit her website at www.cynthiahickey.com
Author
Links
Website: www.cynthiahickey.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cynthiahickey
Looks like a fun read, thank you for the chance to win it :)
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