http://www.thethrillbegins.com Home of ITW's Debut Authors Mon, 12 May 2008 15:02:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kelli Stanley’s debut novel NOX DORMIENDA – a historical mystery set in Roman Britain, but written in the classic noir style of Raymond Chandler – is highlighted in the cover story for the April 15th issue of Library Journal. Wilda Williams, fiction editor for LJ, concludes “Genre Spotlight 2008 "Mystery": The ... http://www.thethrillbegins.com/2008/04/16/library-journal-tags-itw-debut-novel-as-hot-trend/ Leighton Gage came to Brazil in 1973, left a few years later for Australia and the Middle East, but could not stay away. When he came back two years later, he “ran smack dab into all of the bad things that I’d pushed into ... http://www.thethrillbegins.com/2008/04/10/leighton-gage-on-crime-and-crime-fiction-in-brazil-part-i/ In addition to the accolades LIFELINES has received from Publisher's Weekly, The Baltimore Sun, and a Top Pick from Romantic Times, LIFELINES has scored a Perfect 10 from Romance Reviews Today! The writing, storyline, descriptions, and characterizations are simply superb...a gritty, breathtaking, nail-chewing wild ride in and about Pittsburgh. I found it ... http://www.thethrillbegins.com/2008/03/24/lifelines-scores-a-perfect-10/ During the month of March, The Writers Chatroom (TWC) is proud to host its first virtual book tour. The cyber-tour will feature debut author Jordan Dane and her back to back releases with Avon HarperCollins: NO ONE HEARD HER SCREAM (April 08), NO ONE LEFT TO TELL (May 08), and ... http://www.thethrillbegins.com/2008/03/04/the-writers-chatroom-hosts-dane%e2%80%99s-virtual-book-tour/ AuthorLink has posted a video interview CJ Lyons did with them, discussing the trials and tribulations of getting published. Click HERE if you want to see CJ up close and personal.... Plus more great reviews for CJ's debut, LIFELINES! This one from Sunday's Baltimore Sun, from Sarah Weinman: Readers who prefer their ... http://www.thethrillbegins.com/2008/03/02/the-big-picture/ As my debut novel prepares to launch with a bang on Nov. 3, 2008, I thought I would look back to where this overnight success began.I wrote my first novel at 14 when a junior high classmate ran away from home. After school, my best friend and I hopped on ... http://www.thethrillbegins.com/2008/02/26/the-long-night-part-1-where-it-began-longhand-to-typewriter/     Denver is hosting Left Coast Crime this year, and Thrill Begins members and advisors are getting ready for "Murder on the Rocks!" CJ Lyons, already a star in the Centennial state from her keynote speaker gig at the ... http://www.thethrillbegins.com/2008/02/21/lifelines-launch-and-thrilling-panels-at-lcc/ September 18 - 21, 2008 Meijer Book Tour 2008 - Five Cities in Michigan Jordan Dane will be one of the featured authors for a book tour of Meijer Supercenters in Michigan hosted by Levy Entertainment. The tour will spotlight "lead title" authors for all the major publishing houses. The highly promoted ... http://www.thethrillbegins.com/2008/02/21/jordan-dane-in-meijer-major-book-tour/ Okay, true confession time. I've been telling stories all my life (a constant dismay to my parents who swore I'd never learn the difference between fact and fiction!) and writing them down for as long as I can remember....along with that came the dream of someday seeing them published. So, ... http://www.thethrillbegins.com/2008/02/21/cj-in-writers-digest/ Bertelsmann Direct North America has bought ITW author Jordan Dane's 3-book debut series--NO ONE HEARD HER SCREAM, NO ONE LEFT TO TELL, and NO ONE LIVES FOREVER--as featured alternates in the Doubleday, Mystery Guild and the Rhapsody Book Clubs. Every year, Bertelsmann Direct North America evaluates over twenty thousand manuscripts ... http://www.thethrillbegins.com/2008/02/05/jordan-danes-triple-play-with-bookspan/