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Writing History & Mysteries

When I'm not delving into historical research, I'm planning a character's demise.

The blog of Cindy Amrhein

Historian - Author - Abstractor

Sunday, November 02, 2014

Milk Carton Murders 43

Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors. This is a view of Silver Lake, one of the settings in The Milk Carton Murders SETUP:We are still in the county sheriff's office where Dave is looking at files and photos pulled from his attic kept from when his mother and father were...
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Saturday, October 25, 2014

Milk Carton Murders 42

 Weekend Writing Warriors Snippet time! SETUP:We are still in the county sheriff's office where Dave is looking at files and photos pulled from his attic kept from when his mother and father were foster parents to several children. Last week Pepper and Dave come...
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Saturday, October 18, 2014

Milk Carton Murders 41

It's Weekend Writing Warriors time! When three small coffins are unearthed near the Wiscoy Creek during a routine dredging operation, it’s the last thing DAVE ROBERTSON, of the Lamont Weekly Times, expected. Pinned to the skeleton’s clothing are pictures from milk cartons...
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Friday, October 17, 2014

Dystopian Thriller Gene Cards

Congrats to my friend Elena Giorgi on the release of her new thriller Gene Cards!  To celebrate the release you can purchase Gene Cards on Amazon for 99¢ for a limited time. Quick! October 21st is your last day! Gene Cards is a dystopian, near-future thriller...
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Saturday, October 04, 2014

Milk Carton Murders 40

Another Weekend Writing Warriors. This photo is one of my inspirations for my Milk Carton Murders World-Silver Lake SETUP: We are still in the county sheriff's office where Dave is looking at files and photos pulled from his attic kept from when his mother and father were...
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Sunday, September 28, 2014

Milk Carton Murders 39

Time for Weekend Writing Warriors! This photo is my lake from my Milk Carton Murders World. In my book it's called Spirit Lake, in reality it is Silver Lake by my house. SETUP: We are leaving the scene where Investigator Pepper Black tells Dave about the clue found inside...
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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Discrete Divas 1000 likes giveaway

Presenting Discrete Divas 1000 likes Rafflecopter!!  Tons of prizes!!!!!   Feel free to enter and share!  In only a matter of a few days their 1000 likes have grown to 1600+! Four Divas who love to promote their favorite authors and share the books...
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Monday, July 28, 2014

Meet My Character Blog Tour

I was tagged by Teresa Cypher in the MEET MY CHARACTER BLOG TOUR. I know Teresa from the Weekend Writing Warriors blog hop. She is a talented writer and I look forward to reading her book when it releases in spring of 2015. If you want to see what her book is about and how...
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Saturday, July 26, 2014

Milk Carton Murders 38

Wiscoy Creek (Yes, it's a real place near where I live.) SETUP: The three girls whose twenty plus-year-old coffins washed out of the bank of the Wiscoy Creek have been identified as Lisa Appleton, Rachel McKenzie and Samantha Briggs. Samantha was a foster child at Dave's...
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Sunday, July 20, 2014

Milk Carton Murders 37

My vision of Lamont, the town of The Milk Carton Murders (Photo is really Bastrop, TX, although my book is set in western NY State.) SETUP: The three girls whose twenty plus-year-old remains washed up in coffins at Wiscoy Creek have been identified as Lisa Appleton, Rachel...
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Wednesday, July 02, 2014

Freedom To Read

Three winners will be chosen to receive an ebook  (your choice of format MOBI or EPUB) of Bread & Butter  The Murders of Polly Frisch A 19th century true crime by Cindy Amrhein (me) and Ellen Bachorski In 1856, in the rural town of Alabama, NY one...
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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Inspirational writing tools.

Now tell me, what writer doesn't still like a classic now and then? So last week at a flee market I spotted a vintage 1930s (my guess) typewriter for $55. So this week we went back to get it. They also had a six speed Greco swing for $10. I bargained and got both for...
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Sunday, June 22, 2014

Blogsite Malfunction

Before you say it, yes I backed up my template as well as all my posts. In my attempt to try and find a new template and not finding one right away, my old template for some reason, would not re-upload. I like the new one BUT none of my posts are showing soooo, 8 sentence...
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Sunday, June 15, 2014

Milk Carton Murders 36

Time for another snippet from: SETUP: The three girls whose twenty plus-year-old remains washed up in coffins at Wiscoy Creek have been identified as Lisa Appleton, Rachel McKenzie and Samantha Briggs. Samantha was a foster child at Dave's house when he was a kid who...
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Sunday, June 08, 2014

Milk Carton Murders 35

Time for another snippet from:   SETUP: The three girls whose twenty plus-year-old remains washed up in coffins at Wiscoy Creek have been identified as Lisa Appleton, Rachel McKenzie and Samantha Briggs. Samantha was a foster child at Dave's house when he was a kid,...
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Wednesday, June 04, 2014

IWSG Post - Juggling Life

Oh for pitty sake! It's the first Wednesday of the month!  Time for... *** Bread and Butter The Murders of Polly Frisch is now available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions. The list to the other IWSG bloggers is here.If your user name in comments...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Paying it Forward

I was recently tagged by Chip Etier, a writer of some awesome political thrillers, to participate in a Paying it Forward blog hop. Thanks Chip for thinking of me and my other tagged fellow writers, Teresa Cypher and Jess Schira. Chip blogs often for Venture Galleries, a site...
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Waiting for Harvey
4 of 5 stars
Alone, in a cabin in the woods, with a ghost. Who could ask for more in a ghost story? Harvey starts right out with a hint of foreboding in a conversation between brothers John and Erik. Already my curiosity is roused as to what happened...
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James Potter and the Curse of the Gate Keeper
3 of 5 stars
I randomly downloaded this on my iPad when I hit the wrong button being a bumble fingers, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I've never read fanfic before. It was pretty good. But like many other people, it still can't compare to J. K. Row...
CHIMERAS
5 of 5 stars
I beta read a few chapters of a different book by this author (one that isn't out yet) so when this one was out I had to read it as it was the same character in the one a betaed a bit of--the character of Track. I have a fondness for thi...
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