Monday, February 9, 2009

Fear in Mystery Novels

Today I have a guest post on the Dark Phantom website. I wrote a little post (an article, really) titled “Writing a Murder Mystery and Using Fear.”

I suppose with my background of writing horror stories, using fear in mystery novels comes naturally! But, read my post to see what I have to say. There've been a few comments already on the posting.

Visit:

Dark Phantom

And as a last thought on using fear ...,
Boo!

Doug Hewitt


To find out more about me, visit my blogging website:
http://twohewitts.blogspot.com/

My home website:
www.HewittsBooks.com/

My Parenting blog:
http://parentwrites.blogspot.com/
or to find out how to get scholarships and learn about scholarship search engines, read my eBook: Free College Funds at:
www.FreeFundsForCollege.com

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Time in on the virtual blog tour

Tomorrow starts week 2 of my virtual blog tour. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's stop, which will feature a book review of The Dead Guy.

Visit the Literary Menagerie tomorrow to see how the review goes. This reviewer pulls no stops! If she doesn't like the book, she'll say so. Where's the drum roll?

Stay tuned as mystery author Doug Hewitt tours the internet with his novel The Dead Guy.

Doug Hewitt


To find out more about me, visit my blogging website:
http://twohewitts.blogspot.com/

My home website:
www.HewittsBooks.com/

My Parenting blog:
http://parentwrites.blogspot.com/
or to find out how to get scholarships and learn about scholarship search engines, read my eBook: Free College Funds at:
www.FreeFundsForCollege.com

Friday, February 6, 2009

Time out on the virtual blog tour

The first week of my virtual blog tour for The Dead Guy has ended. It's been a lot of fun, and The Dead Guy has seen a jump in the Amazon rankings. It's embarrassing to say how much it jumped because that would give you an inkling as to what the ranking was before this week. Anyway, the has been nice for a mystery author to see comments from real readers who enjoyed the book, calling it everything from a good mystery read to a great mystery read.

I've got a few days before my next stop. Until then, happy reading!


Doug Hewitt


To find out more about me, visit my blogging website:
http://twohewitts.blogspot.com/

My home website:
www.HewittsBooks.com/

My Parenting blog:
http://parentwrites.blogspot.com/
or to find out how to get scholarships and learn about scholarship search engines, read my eBook: Free College Funds at:
www.FreeFundsForCollege.com

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Next Stop for Mystery Author Doug Hewitt

I had a great post over at Book Marketing Buzz. So far, there have been seven comments. There is general agreement about The Dead Guy--it has a great cover!

Tomorrow, I appear on Fictionary. I have a post titled "Why write a novel? What's in it for me?"

I think it has some great insights into the mind of a mystery writer, so be sure to check it out!

See ya on the blogging trail ...

Doug Hewitt


To find out more about me, visit my blogging website:
http://twohewitts.blogspot.com/

My home website:
www.HewittsBooks.com/

My Parenting blog:
http://parentwrites.blogspot.com/
or to find out how to get scholarships and learn about scholarship search engines, read my eBook: Free College Funds at:
www.FreeFundsForCollege.com

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Mystery Author Doug Hewitt at Book Marketing Buzz

The virtual book tour continues!

For anyone trying to promote a book, I have a guest blog tomorrow at the Book Marketing Buzz website. The title of the blog is Three Strategies to Promote Your Book. It's my first guest post, so I appreciate the opportunity.

To see what I have to say about promotion, go to:

Book Marketing Buzz

See what mystery author Doug Hewitt is doing to promote The Dead Guy!


To find out more about me, visit my blogging website:
http://twohewitts.blogspot.com/

My home website:
www.HewittsBooks.com/

My Parenting blog:
http://parentwrites.blogspot.com/

or to find out how to get scholarships and learn about scholarship search engines, read my eBook: Free College Funds at:
www.FreeFundsForCollege.com

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Mystery Author Doug Hewitt Interviews Jack Thigpen

I enjoyed my virtual tour stops today, and it just keeps getting better. One of the promotional ideas I had was to have an interview with my main character in The Dead Guy, Jack Thigpen. Let's face it; I didn't really give Jack a fair shake, giving him a fatal, untreatable disease in Chapter 1.

And so what would Jack have to say to me?

Read my interview with Jack Thigpen, and see what he has to say to mystery author Doug Hewitt.

It's here at:
The Plot


To find out more about me, visit my blogging website:
http://twohewitts.blogspot.com/

My home website:
www.HewittsBooks.com/

My Parenting blog:
http://parentwrites.blogspot.com/

or to find out how to get scholarships and learn about scholarship search engines, read my eBook: Free College Funds at:
www.FreeFundsForCollege.com

Monday, February 2, 2009

February 3rd Virtual Book Tour Stops for The Dead Guy and mystery author Doug Hewitt

Today's virtual tour stops were great, but tomorrow's are even better!

You can read a wonderfully insightful review of my mystery novel The Dead Guy at:
Roxi's Random Ramblings.

And there's an excerpt from The Dead Guy (with some of my personal comments) at:
The Plot.

And of course, as a mystery author, I would like to invite everyone to visit these websites, learn a bit more about what makes an author tick, and get hooked!

Doug Hewitt
www.HewittsBooks.com
www.TwoHewitts.blogspot.com

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Mystery Author Doug Hewitt interviewed at American Chronicle

Mystery Author Doug Hewitt interviewed at American Chronicle
My February virtual blog tour started today. I get interviewed by bloggers and book reviewers all across the Internet.
Today’s interview has some interesting questions about how I became a mystery author and how I came to write The Dead Guy, a Motown Mystery Novel

Check out my personal story at:
American Chronicle
 
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