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Write Your Mystery Novel The Ezy-Links Way -a Complete Resource For Mystery Writers With All The Information And Resources You Need Right At Your Fingertips.
Do you see yourself as the next James Patterson or Nora Roberts?

Do You Dream Of Being A Mystery Writer?
But Don't Know Where To Begin...

Let Me Help Turn Your Dream
Into A Reality...

Whether you want to write mysteries,
suspense, or crime thrillers,
the Murder By Proxy
Ezy-Link Resource Guide
will assist you every step of the way.

From the desk of: Diane Thomas

February 19, 2008

Dear Fellow Author,

Writing a mystery is fun. Your imagination can soar. You can play with your readers, intrigue them, twist their minds with your plotting and then zap them with an exciting mystery ending. What fun!

Problem is, mystery readers are pretty smart characters themselves. They're not easily fooled - and their continuing interest requires your forensics to be accurate, your plot to make sense, and your characters to fit the role you've created for them.

OK, so you really do have to work at it!

Ask any mystery writer though - writing mysteries really is fun! But it does require a lot of resources and background information to make the stories real for your readers. So where do you find information on forensics, plotting, and character creation?

You can spend hours and hours online looking for information. You can spend more hours and hours searching for experts in forensics or someone on a police force that will help you.

OR

You can simply look up the resource you need in Murder By Proxy.

Knowledge Is Just A Click Away...

The Ezy-Link Resource Guide
provides the resources you need -
with just a click!

If you need help with forensics, simply click on "Crime Scene Investigation" and you'll find a whole section of forensic resources. If you want to contact a particular police force, click on "Criminal Investigation" and you'll find resources with listings of police forces in the US and many other countries.

"It's so easy - even a cave man can do it!" (I hope Geico will forgive me, but I couldn't resist).

Research, Write and Publish Your Mystery Novel in Half the Time...
Find answers to your grammatical and writing craft questions in an instant.
Locate information on crimes, criminal investigations, etc. immediately.
Learn the ins and outs of publishing your book with a click.

From The Very Beginning...

The first two chapters of Murder By Proxy are written especially for all of you new authors and provides resources to get you on your way. The subsequent chapters contain resources for any writer of mystery and crime stories - providing information and links starting with the planning of your story and continuing through the sale of your book.

The "Necessities" and "Networking" chapters provide extensive links to the resources needed to begin your new writing career:

Setting up your writing business (Yes, writing is a business!)
How to make a living with your writing (while you're writing your book)
Where to find other writers that you can learn from and share with
Fund sources for authors
Convention Listings to assist in learning your craft and promoting your writing

Is Your Dialogue Stilted - Your Characters Unreal?

Many writers (including many published writers) have issues with dialogue and characterization. The problem being that dialogue moves your story, and defines your characters and places, so if it doesn't ring true neither will your story.

With the resources in Murder By Proxy and practice you'll be able to write flowing dialogue and create real and believable characters in no time! Remember, writing is a craft, and as such, anyone with a desire can learn and perfect it.

After considerable research, I included 38 listings on dialogue and character building alone. In fact, there are 15 sections devoted exclusively to the craft of writing. You will find these sections very helpful in your quest to perfect your writing. Here's a sampling of what you'll find:

Structuring your novel
Grammar and Punctuation
Plotting and pre-writing your novel
Creating characters your readers will love
How to easily write dialogue
How to revise your novel to be the best that it can be
And many more...

Need Help With Your "Weapon of Choice"?

Writing murder mysteries or crime novels always involves weapons of one kind or another. The weapon isn't necessarily a gun or knife, it could be poison, drugs, fire or today, even a biological agent.

The Ezy-Link Resource Book provides comprehensive listings of many of these weapons. You'll find descriptions, pictures, uses and all types of information on these "weapons". Here are a just a few that you'll have at your disposal:

All Herbs Are Not Equal
Arson
Biological Warfare Agents
Date Rape Drugs
Firearms Tutorial
Food borne and Natural Toxins
Knives
Poisons and Antidotes

Are Your Sleuth And Perpetrator(s) Believable?

Creating memorable characters requires background knowledge of the character's employment, where he/she lives, age and so forth. Finding this information can be very taxing and time consuming - but with Murder By Proxy it's right at your fingertips!

You'll also easily find information on how and why specific crimes are committed. In other words you'll be able to get into the head of your antagonist and present a realistic character.

There are 16 sections on "The Anatomy Of A Crime" and "Criminal Investigation". You'll find abundant information on crimes, criminals, criminal investigations and investigators. Here are just a few:

Cults
Domestic Violence
Gangs
Police Misconduct
Forensics
Private Investigators
Criminal Psychology
Death By Numbers

Even More Resources
Right At The Tip Of Your Fingers...

Once your book is written, you'll want to know where to go next. I've also included information on the following subjects:

Editing and polishing your work to a professional standard
How to prepare your manuscript
How to write query letters and a synopsis of your story
How to find the right agent
How to Copyright your book
Where and how to publish your book
And that's not all...

Are You Ready To Be Published?

You'll find information on how to publish your book in the traditional manner along with information on how to self-publish and e-Publish.

Whatever route you take you'll find that marketing your book will be of great significance. Yes, even if your book is accepted by a publishing house you'll have to do much of the marketing yourself.

How to market your book
How to create an author website that sells
Creating a sales page for your books
How to get your book reviewed
The ins and outs of doing interviews
How to find a Literary Publicist
How to write Press Releases

To The Very End...

To top it all off there's a wonderful section on the best Chocolates in the world to celebrate all your hard work and success!

Get A Head Start And Write Your Mystery The Ezy-link Way...

There are a host of books on how to write novels, some on how to write mysteries, a few on how to get published - but absolutely none that provides the resources you need to:

Start your writing career
Research all aspects of your crime
Write your mystery novel
Publish your novel
Market your novel
And even provides the means to celebrate your success!

How Much Is This Great Resource Really Worth?

Firstly, there are approximately 980 resources in the book. For the sake of discussion, let's say it takes you 30 minutes (probably more) to find and research one site for relevancy, accuracy, information provided and so on. Secondly, how much is your time worth an hour? $20, $40, $60, more?

At $20 per hour: 980 X $10 (1/2 hr.) = $9,800
OK, perhaps you'll only use 25% of the resources, so
At $20 per hour: 980 divided by 4 = 245 X $10 (1/2 hr.) = $2,450
Still, pretty impressive¡­

Now, if you have a day job and you're a parent, your value per hour will be much, much higher. So go ahead and double, triple, quadruple the cost.

With this in mind, can you afford to spend the next few months doing the research for your book?

I know your time is very valuable - and this makes Murder By Proxy priceless in the amount of time and effort alone that this resource book will save you!

Murder By Proxy could easily sell for somewhere between $97 and $197, but I wanted to charge a price that would be reasonable and accessible to the average author.

So go ahead, take the plunge. At $37.00 you can't go wrong!

That's right, if you act now, you can save yourself thousands of dollars in precious time and effort and have all these resources ready whenever you are!

But wait...

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