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Joni M. Fisher writes suspenseful crime stories about heroines who don't wait to be rescued. After working decades in journalism, she turned to crime. Her Compass Crimes series has won awards in the 2024 Christian Indie Awards, the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, the 2023 Reader's Favorite Book Award, the Royal Palm Literary Awards, and others.

A member of the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), and a lifetime member of the Florida Writers Association, she also served on the Arts and Humanities Advisory Board for Southeastern University.

An instrument-rated private pilot, she's also a contributing reporter for General Aviation News. Her fingerprints are on file with the FBI.
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Joni M. Fisher I don't get writer's block. I schedule time to write and I write. I have trained my muse to show up at regular times. Years of working on deadlines as…moreI don't get writer's block. I schedule time to write and I write. I have trained my muse to show up at regular times. Years of working on deadlines as a journalist taught me to use time as if it is running out. After a dear friend died before her book was published, I don't allow myself to put off writing. Time is precious. We only get so much of it.(less)
Joni M. Fisher Every experience, wonderful or hideous, is material for writing because life evokes emotional responses. Great fiction evokes emotional responses. Wri…moreEvery experience, wonderful or hideous, is material for writing because life evokes emotional responses. Great fiction evokes emotional responses. Writers can write anywhere--low tech pen and paper, high-tech dictation to text, wherever we are we can work. We aren't trapped in cubicles or stuck producing work at times dictated by others. In the research stage, we meet fascinating experts and learn new things. Writing is capturing life, recording the human condition, and trying to glean meaning from it. What's not to love?(less)
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My imaginary writing muse is easily bored. I believe she has a T-type personality. You know, the kind of thrill addict who feeds on adrenaline and sweat. She prefers to hover behind me near deadlines, encouraging me to finish while mocking me for waiting so long to start the task.

We first met in high school when I arrived in class unaware that a creati

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