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TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· 9h

14 things that define a true friend…

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· 12h

Denise Pérez shares her deeply personal journey in this mystical, enlightening memoir. Here our convo: tinyurl.com/2jm3m9x4 Get the Book: tinyurl.com/b96my8de Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/yc2eydtn

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· 1d

Judith Starkston on #ChristopherNolan's #Odyssey and her own hit, "Achilles's Wife." Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/39pcy8tz Get the book: tinyurl.com/39enbvze Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/33rjrva7

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· 4d

Elliot Blake is a true Renaissance Man. He joins me to talk about his fascinating career and taking on prose. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/8nr8namh Get the book: tinyurl.com/aeb58atm Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/5z8wc76n

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· 5d

Laura Jensen Walker on the writing life, nerurodiversity and why she's an Anglophile. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/yz8u58rw Get the Book: tinyurl.com/4ze7u3b4 Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/ykx2vzc5

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· 8d

In Elizabeth Crowens’ fiction, the past is a crowded workplace filled with temperamental stars, frightened executives, recycled scenery, and people trying to finish the day before somebody gets killed. Hear our convo: open.substack.com/pub/terryshe...

Elizabeth Crowens’ latest novel, Round Up the Unusual Suspects is the third installment in her classic-Hollywood detective series. Its setting is the Warner Brothers lot in 1942, where “Casablanca” is being assembled from fog, plywood, borrowed sets, and uncertainty. When a stagehand is murdered on the soundstage, Jack L. Warner calls upon private investigators Babs Norman and Guy Brandt. Their assignment is to identify the killer without interrupting production, a reminder that, in Hollywood, death may be tragic, but delays are unforgivable.
Babs and Guy are former actors, though not especially successful ones. Their partnership began in a cemetery, over a lunch composed of food they had not precisely purchased. After protecting Humphrey Bogart during an earlier adventure, they have earned a place in the studio’s unofficial emergency services. This time, they enlist members of the “Casablanca” company in a mystery that gradually expands beyond the usual collection of grudges, affairs, and contractual resentments.

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· 11d

4000 years later and not much has changed. Wonder if they were plotters or pantsers? #writing #authors #emoji

From hieroglyphics to emojis, visual shortcuts have always been à la gage of their own.

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· 18d

Although its reptilian ancestor no longer terrorizes humankind, the #Thesaurus is still a powerful literary predator. #writing #authors #books

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· 25d

Nathan Jorgenson’s new novel, Otto’s Portal, begins with a metaphysical: if the soul leaves the body at death, what keeps it attached while we are alive? Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/yk8h4db7 Get the book: tinyurl.com/mrxt3u4 Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/37c7hden

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· 27d

From the best-of file. The awesome Tracey S. Phillips shares the backstory on her MINA'S CHOICE Romantic Suspense series, recorded two years ago today. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/2kxeju55 Get the book: tinyurl.com/4ejvjkkv Read my NEW Substack essay: tinyurl.com/brsjswe4

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· Jul 14

What's the most important answer to a writer's most often asked question? We'll perfect yours this weekend at Northeast Florida Sisters in Crime's Double Vision Writer's Workshop. nefloridasistersincrime.org/double-visio...

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· Jul 14

R. John Dingle's newest thriller, BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS is a treasure trove of suspenseful secrets. Here our convo: tinyurl.com/y6cdyjyz Get the book: rjohndingle.com/books/ Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/48yp59rf

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· Jul 9

With fewer dedicated #readers out there, your #author #brand is more important than ever. Join me on July 18 to learn how to maximize your brand... and #sell stuff. tinyurl.com/y34s3bsx

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· Jul 9

Fewer than half of all adults report reading a book of any kind in the last year. Here's why you should keep writing. terryshepherd.substack.com/p/why-good-w...

If you read the recent article in The Atlantic about the sharp decline in reader interest in books since 2003, you may share my trepidation for the future of The Writer’s Craft.

Rose Horowitch writes that the Library of Alexandria did not need a single great fire to become a tragedy. It may have died more quietly than legend allows. Scroll by scroll. Shelf by shelf. Copy by copy. The papyrus aged. The insects came. The scribes stopped reproducing the texts. The will to preserve knowledge faded, and what should have been carried forward was left to disappear.

That is the warning for us now.

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· Jul 8

Steven L. Conley's new novel has roots in a stunning true story of a double-agent's 18 year trechery. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/ycnfxcdh Get the book: tinyurl.com/3e6rseaf Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/5bcjybar

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· Jul 7

Margaret Mizushima discusses Dying Cry, the thrilling 10th installment in her internationally published Timber Creek Canine Mysteries. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/2757tp5x Get the book: tinyurl.com/49jxmynm Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/jkhabawf

In Margaret Mizushima’s Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries, the mountains listen. Snow presses against the Colorado high country with the hush of an accomplice. Canyons conceal more than weather. And a dog’s lifted muzzle may be the first sign that civilization’s careful arrangements have begun to fail.

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· Jul 4

Excited to be with my Northeast Florida Sisters in Crime siblings on July 18 for DOUBLE VISION 2026. Join us in person or on Zoom. Learn what I've learned about branding from interviewing over 400 authors about the business of books. nefloridasistersincrime.org/double-visio...

What are the two biggest mistakes authors make when promoting their books? What is the one thing you must perfect and memorize to make a powerful first impression? Join me on July 18 to find out.

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· Jul 3

Dara Levan introduces SHAKEN TO THE CORE, a story not merely about being broken. It is about what a person does after the breaking. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/4a95zzfs Get the book: tinyurl.com/4w898j99 Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/3wjhj87n

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· Jul 2

Steven Rubin’s THE UNRAVELING OF MICHAEL GALLER is a laboratory in which grief becomes theory. And theory becomes fate. Here's our wide ranging interview: Hear our convo: tinyurl.com/2rdbwxbr Get the book: tinyurl.com/5abb3ts8 Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/yem2jbxr

Steven Rubin’s The Unraveling of Michael Galler begins not with a monster in the room but with an absence. Michael is eight years old when his mother dies of cancer. From that point forward the world becomes a place where invisible things gather strength in silence. Childhood, Steven tells me, is not merely a landscape of baseball gloves, schoolbooks, and family dinners. It is a laboratory in which grief becomes theory. And theory becomes fate.

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· Jun 29

John Winn Miller's addicting WWII historical fiction, MIRIAM IN THE SHADOWS, is a powerful study in the emotional weather behind the documented fact. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/4fu4nur5 Order the book: tinyurl.com/avbd9484 Read my Substack Essay: tinyurl.com/2dutcmz5

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· Jun 28

The editor’s pencil set.

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· Jun 26

Lena Fein's chilling and ultimately redemptive memoir reminds us that it is never too late to come home to yourself. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/4pnn9vyb Order the book: tinyurl.com/2p7fyw6b Read my Substack Essay: tinyurl.com/bd6smva9

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· Jun 25

Katie Rose Pryal's inspiring discussion of nurodiversity, parenting and universal human value. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/yc2p27bh Order the book: tinyurl.com/mr2t8mek Read my Substack Essay: tinyurl.com/bderdmed

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· Jun 24

Heather J. Fitt has had many incarnations. Here's how she took control of her books and her next chapter. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/bd7fw9md Order the book: tinyurl.com/3svdbcw5 Read my Substack Essay: tinyurl.com/mrnb7nyx

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· Jun 23

An investigative journalist shifts from documenting true crime to crafting psychological suspense? Welcome to the multi-layered world of Caitlin Rother's Katrina and Goode series. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/567v4wtj Get the book: tinyurl.com/satcjnma Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/yj82nrtp

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· Jun 20

In Fons Burger's new book, "The Only Possible Solution," the question before him is not whether the world is broken. It is whether we can still imagine it whole. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/3yf3j4sm Get the book: tinyurl.com/k2tex6pk Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/2mhbexpb

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· Jun 11

Happy Birthday, Dr. Lori Moore Langdon! Here's our convo: tinyurl.com/mr42yk5b

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· Jun 6

Happy Birthday, August Norman! Here's a look back to our convo about SINS OF THE MOTHER. Still a great read! Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/yhwkbjkf Get the book: tinyurl.com/5fhzx292 Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/yyf9j9fs

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· Jun 5

Discover MJ Dyer's debut psychological thriller, WE ARE MONSTERS; the ache of comparison, the violence of invisibility & how families manufacture ghosts before anyone has died. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/yc67r9up Pre-order the book: tinyurl.com/4ue7xmjs Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/4p2swv5z

TerryShepherd.com@terryshepherd· Jun 4

Celebrate these amazing authors In Conversation with me. Happy Birthday, Marshall, Loxley, Tracey, and Patricia. Marshall Karp - tinyurl.com/t65stuex Loxley Browne - tinyurl.com/mr353f23 Tracey S. Phillips - tinyurl.com/2kxeju55 Patricia D'Arcy Laughlin, - tinyurl.com/yk9drzs