Road Trip - Having Fun With Research #AtoZChallenge2021

  

Lake Michigan western shoreline - much colder than
Pacific Ocean at Waikiki Beach

If you’re like me, you enjoy the on-scene part of researching a novel.

 

Rocky trails to caves at Maribel in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

Talk about eerie! Fits right in with my story.

 

 

 

 

One year, during a trip to Wisconsin and Massachusetts, I spent most of my waking hours visiting sites, talking to people, driving around gathering information, and taking photographs that would support the story in my latest WIP.

 

 

Boiling brats in beer before grilling.

 

 

 

 

Food was an important part of my research, especially the bohemian kolatches.

 

It is debatable whether my research had gotten a bit out of hand. I gathered details for three separate projects. Still, even if not everything pans out, the visits with relatives and friends, with discussions over fabulous meals made the hours well-spent.

 

Silouetted Clouds on the Water - Shoto Lake



For me, Wisconsin and Massachusetts were all about water and food. My research also included such diverse topics as gun cartridges, fishing bait, environmental issues, and taste-testing Friday perch plates at every possible venue.  

The road trip was a research success. I was able to flesh out the stories for two Pepper Bibeau mysteries, Neshoto Junction Homicide and Blood Red Homicide.

You are welcome to check out my Pepper Bibeau mysteries in print and ebook format at Amazon.com. Reviews are always welcome.

Pepper Bibeau Mysteries (6 books) Kindle Edition (amazon.com)

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Pepper Bibeau Mystery Series Continues with Homicides

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Blood Red Homicide at Amazon.com along with all the Pepper Bibeau mysteries

or click on a book cover to the right.

  

Left Coast Crime Conference comes to Honolulu, the setting: Hilton Hawaiian Village at the Ewa end of Waikiki. I'll attend many of the the panel discussions, participate as a panelist in one, as moderator in another. Also of special interest to me is socializing face-to-face with all the other participating authors and readers - not tweeting or face-booking! I look forward to everyone stowing their electronic devices for the duration of the conference and carrying on actual conversations.

Along with all the socializing will be sales and giveaways of books and other marketing items. With so many people flying in from the mainland for the conference and hauling lots of baggage, I decided some of them might appreciate a bargain that didn't involve lugging or mailing an abundance of heavy books back home.

An ebook sale seemed like the perfect answer.

(To take advantage of the 99c sale: click on a Pepper Bibeau cover to the right.)

No reason for others to miss out, so I am offering all of my Pepper Bibeau mystery novels for the sale price of #99c for the duration of the conference, starting March 14 and ending March 20.

Blood Red Homicide at Amazon.com along with all the Pepper Bibeau mysteries