Ask the Author: Micki Browning
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Micki Browning
I try to make it easy on my muse... I sit at my computer and tell my tales. I've found inspiration strikes when I'm already hard at work. I also love the revision process. Unlike surgeons who need to get it right the first time, I can take as many opportunities as I need to write a scene until it conveys exactly what I want.
Micki Browning
C-4 and a blasting cap.
Micki Browning
Regardless of genre, the best writers have always spun tales that illuminate the human condition with great specificity. I find that the most engaging crime fiction lingers not on the crime itself, but rather its impact. How does if affect a person individually? How does it ripple through a community? Daniel Woodrell, Jodi Picoult and Dennis Lehane are masters at detailing the repercussions that reverberate through lives. Want more wit? Timothy Hallinan. King Maybe is priceless.
Micki Browning
I obtained my degree while working full-time. I knew the degree wouldn’t have a direct impact on my job, but the classes fascinated me. In the process, I learned time management skills and the importance of research. Every story or article requires research. The trick is deciding what details to include overtly, what to layer in discretely, and what facts should be quietly forgotten. Now that I’m my own boss, structuring my time has become even more critical.
Perhaps someday I’ll be able to use my knowledge to pen a mystery series as engaging as Ellis Peters’ Brother Cadfael!
Perhaps someday I’ll be able to use my knowledge to pen a mystery series as engaging as Ellis Peters’ Brother Cadfael!
Micki Browning
I'm working on BEACHED the next in the Mer Cavallo Mysteries. Here's a bit of a teaser!
Marine scientist Meredith Cavallo dreams of a laid-back life as a divemaster in the Florida Keys but she’s managed to become a suspect in a criminal investigation. Twice.
On a recent dive, Mer finds a large, plastic-wrapped bundle floating in the waves. By pulling it onboard, she lands in the middle of a storm of historical intrigue involving an obscure legend, an 18th century shipwreck, and a modern pirate who wants to claim the bounty first.
Now, with the help of her captain and the owner of the dive shop, she must find a way to evade the smuggler who wants her dead, and return to something more valuable than gold — a normal life.
Marine scientist Meredith Cavallo dreams of a laid-back life as a divemaster in the Florida Keys but she’s managed to become a suspect in a criminal investigation. Twice.
On a recent dive, Mer finds a large, plastic-wrapped bundle floating in the waves. By pulling it onboard, she lands in the middle of a storm of historical intrigue involving an obscure legend, an 18th century shipwreck, and a modern pirate who wants to claim the bounty first.
Now, with the help of her captain and the owner of the dive shop, she must find a way to evade the smuggler who wants her dead, and return to something more valuable than gold — a normal life.
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