Today my friend Heather Baker Weidner visits the 3M Detective Agency for a guest post. Please welcome her.
Author Interview
- Tell our readers a little about yourself and your writing. Thanks, Thomas for letting me visit your blog. My name is Heather Weidner, and I write the Delanie Fitzgerald mystery series. I also have short stories in the Virginia is for Mysteries series and in 50 Shades of Cabernet and Deadly Southern Charm. And I write novellas for the Mutt Mystery series.
- What are you reading now? I love to read, and since I’ve started writing, I consider reading as research. Right now, I’m reading Lee Childs’s Blue Moon.
- What writing projects are you currently working on? I just published the third mystery in the Delanie Fitzgerald series, Glitter, Glam, and Contraband. I am working on edits to a new cozy series set near Charlottesville, VA, and I have a novella, “The Fast and the Furriest” that comes out in March in the next Mutt Mysteries.
- Who is your favorite author and why? I have way too many to list. I love a good story and a good mystery, so my favorites are Lee Child, John Berry, David Baldacci, John Grisham, Janet Evanovich, Agatha Christie. Lisa Scottoline, Louise Penny, Sherry Harris, and May Corrigan.
- When did you know you were a writer? And how did you know? I have always loved to write. I wrote stories, a teen romance, and a lot of bad poetry in high school. I had written several mysteries through the years, but I didn’t start writing seriously and thinking about publishing until after I joined the writing group, Sisters in Crime.
- What’s the number one item on your bucket list and why? I would love to go to New Zealand. I have had a pen pal there since 1975, and I would love to meet her in person.
- What’s in your “To Be Read” (TBR) pile right now? And how many TBR piles do you have? My TBR pile became a TBR bookshelf in my office. There is also another pile on my nightstand. I love to read.
- What are some things you know now that you wish you knew when you started writing? Writing is a business, and you need to treat it as such. It’s also a tough business. You need to develop thick skin. Seek and take advice that will help you improve your craft. And keep writing. Don’t give up.
- Where is your favorite place to write? Why? My new office has a big window behind my monitor. It faces the woods, and I can see the sunrise through the trees. It’s my treehouse view.
- What advice would you give to someone who wants to be a writer? Don’t give up. If you want to get published, keep writing. Don’t get discouraged. And learn to take advice that will help you improve your writing.
Author Biography
Glitter, Glam, and Contraband is Heather Weidner’s third novel in the Delanie Fitzgerald series. Her short stories appear in the Virginia is for Mysteries series, 50 Shades of Cabernet, and Deadly Southern Charm. Her novellas appear in The Mutt Mysteries series. She is a member of Sisters in Crime – Central Virginia, Guppies, International Thriller Writers, and James River Writers.
Originally from Virginia Beach, Heather has been a mystery fan since Scooby-Doo and Nancy Drew. She lives in Central Virginia with her husband and a pair of Jack Russell terriers.
Heather earned her BA in English from Virginia Wesleyan University and her MA in American literature from the University of Richmond. Through the years, she has been a cop’s kid, technical writer, editor, college professor, software tester, and IT manager.
You can follow Heather at:
Website: http://www.heatherweidner.com
Blog: http://www.heatherweidner.com/blog
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeatherWeidner1
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeatherWeidnerAuthor
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heather_mystery_writer/
Synopsis of Glitter, Glam, and Contraband
Private investigator, Delanie Fitzgerald, and her computer hacker partner, Duncan Reynolds, are back for more sleuthing in Glitter, Glam and Contraband. In this fast-paced mystery, the Falcon Investigations team is hired to find out who is stealing from the talent at a local drag show. Delanie gets more than she bargains for and a few makeup tips in the process. Meanwhile, a mysterious sound in the ceiling of her office vexes Delanie. She uses her sleuthing skills to track down the source and uncover a creepy contraband operation.Glitter, Glam, and Contraband features a strong female sleuth with a knack for getting herself in and out of humorous situations like helping sleezy strip club owner, Chaz Smith on his quest to become Richmond’s next mayor, tracking down missing reptiles, and uncovering hidden valuables from a 100-year-old crime with a Poe connection.
You can get a copy of Glitter, Glam and Contraband here: https://www.amazon.com/Glitter-Contraband-Delanie-Fitzgerald-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B081PGYR7T/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2ATPC6CX9TM20&keywords=heather+weidner&qid=1574435358&s=digital-text&sprefix=Heather+wei%2Cdigital-text%2C156&sr=1-1