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Diana Dempsey

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Author of the Beauty Queen Mysteries, Diana Dempsey never competed in beauty pageants herself but she did the next best thing: she worked in TV news. After a dozen years of war zones and 3 a.m. wake-up calls, she packed up her mic and her Emmy and morphed into a writer of fast and fun romantic fiction.

Diana’s novels have been called “almost impossible to put down” (Romance Reviews Today), “skillfully plotted and filled with realistic detail” (Library Journal), and “spicy, sexy, and sultry” (Booklist). Her first novel, FALLING STAR, was nominated for a RITA award for Best First Book by the Romance Writers of America.

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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Diana Dempsey What a good question! The answer that springs to mind is this ...

My mom passed away five years ago. Among her papers I found some articles she'd caref…moreWhat a good question! The answer that springs to mind is this ...

My mom passed away five years ago. Among her papers I found some articles she'd carefully clipped and saved for many years. They're in Polish, her first language. (She was born in the US, in Garfield Heights, Ohio, in a predominantly Polish neighborhood, and did not begin to learn English until she began school at age four.)

This is a classic mystery set-up, I believe: mysterious papers discovered upon the death of a loved one. One day, I vow, I will have those articles translated. And who knows? Perhaps I may find a novel there ...(less)

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Diana Dempsey I've never been a big believer in writer's block. True, some days the words flow more easily than others. But even though I love writing and find it d…moreI've never been a big believer in writer's block. True, some days the words flow more easily than others. But even though I love writing and find it deeply gratifying, every time I sit down to write, it's work.

That said, if I'm having more than the usual trouble with a scene, it's probably for one of two reasons. The scene is either just plain hard or it's unnecessary.

In the "just plain hard" category, some scenes are simply more difficult to write than others. Perhaps they're more emotional, or the emotions are complex and nuanced and hence difficult to convey. Usually scenes at the beginning of a novel are tougher, perhaps because I'm introducing characters I need to nail down for the first time. With those scenes, I just have to work longer and harder to get it right.

But sometimes if I'm having trouble, it's because I'm writing a scene I just don't need. Eventually I realize that's why a scene seems flabby or pointless or lacks power: it shouldn't be there. Sometimes for me, boot kicking a scene is the way to solve a writing problem.
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Average rating: 3.34 · 6,717 ratings · 497 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	Falling Star 3.22 avg rating — 4,682 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ms America and the Offing on Oahu (Beauty Queen Mystery, #1) 3.41 avg rating — 710 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chasing Venus 3.49 avg rating — 433 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Too Close to the Sun 3.49 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ms America and the Villainy in Vegas (Beauty Queen Mysteries, No. 2) 3.79 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unstoppable Eliza Haycraft 4.57 avg rating — 107 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Catch the Moon 3.59 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ms America and the Mayhem in Miami (Beauty Queen Mysteries, No. 3) 4.13 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ms America and the Whoopsie in Winona (Beauty Queen Mysteries Book 4) 4.13 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ms America and the Brouhaha on Broadway (Beauty Queen Mysteries Book 5) 4.08 avg rating — 36 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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An Interview with The Pen&Muse

I did a fun interview for the website thepen&muse.com while promoting my new book out now MS AMERICA AND THE VILLAINY IN VEGAS. Check it out!

“Superfab fun mystery”… “A giggle a minute”

So say readers of the debut mystery in the Ms America series, MS AMERICA AND THE OFFING ON OAHU. Now beauty queen and budding sleuth Happy Pennington returns, this time to gaudy, garish Las Vegas …

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“One of the floral arrangements swayed like a drunken sailor, then toppled, clattering to the floor.”
― Diana Dempsey, Falling Star

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“How pointless, harboring romantic fantasies about a man who'd made it abundantly clear that he wasn't interested.”
― Diana Dempsey, Falling Star

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“Not an agent kiss, not anything remotely resembling a peck-on-the-cheek kiss, but a let's-get-started kiss. One that even in hardened, love-tired Los Angeles had a better-than-even shot of producing a happy finish”
― Diana Dempsey, Falling Star

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