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August 7, 2009

Sigh of relief…

Filed under: Events/appearances — Tags: , , — PD Martin @ 5:05 am

It’s official…I can now breathe a sigh of relief. I handed in the edited Kiss of Death on Monday (at midnight!).

Sorry for missing my blog last week – I was locked away finishing off the edits somewhere without internet access. The internet’s a wonderful thing, but sometimes you get more done if you’re not checking emails, Facebook, etc.

Anyway, I am happy with the edits and looking forward to catching up on all the episodes of Criminal Minds and Bones that I recorded in the last three weeks of editing! But first…

Today I’m heading up to Albury in NSW for Write Around the Murray, where Shane Maloney and I will be talking about “The crime-solving spectrum”. Below is the official blurb:

Murray Whelan and FBI profiler, Sophie Anderson are poles apart when it comes to the crime-solving spectrum. Hear from their creators, Shane Maloney and PD (Phillipa Deanne) Martin as they explore the world of crime writing and what makes their characters tick. Shane’s novels include the award-winning and much loved Murray Whelan series — Stiff, The Brush-Off, Nice Try, The Big Ask, Something Fishy and Sucked In and Phillipa is the author of four novels Body Count, The Murderers’ Club, Fan Mail and The Killing Hands.

Time: 6pm
Date: Friday 7 August
Cost: Free
Call 02 6023 8333 to RSVP

I’m sure it’ll be an interesting night and hopefully a good panel – Murray Wheelan and Sophie sure are different!

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July 25, 2009

Event madness

Filed under: Writing — Tags: , , , , — PD Martin @ 5:02 am

It’s event madness for me at the moment (plus editing of course).

Last Friday night I was in Foster for an author talk, and then headed back on Saturday to catch some other authors talking about their books and work at The Crime and Justice Festival. In the end, I only went to two sessions – one on the criminal mind (right up my alley) and one on being an undercover cop in the mafia. Really enjoyed both and was dying to see more on Sunday, but decided I should focus on editing.

I’ve got a few other events coming up:

August will be busy! But for now, I must focus on edits…10 days until my deadline – ahhh!!!

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