Excerpt for Schooled in Murder, Book Three of Shannon Wallace Mysteries

Today, I bring you an excerpt from my soon-to-be-released book, Schooled in Murder, book three in the Shannon Wallace Mysteries. SCHOOLED IN MURDER copyright KimSmith 2016 The fear of poverty sat on me like a screaming black cat digging its claws into my guts. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. I was a college graduate. I had a degree in English. I should have been a teacher with a retirement account slowly building itself a future. But God has a sense of humor and none of that had happened. If a boatload of green didn’t arrive on the horizon
Nanowrimo Day One

Welcome to all my new fans and followers! I have once again changed the theme of Kim Smith, Author and hope you like it. I am in all truth getting ready for a BIG change come the new year. I will be likely hosting TWO websites, one for Writer Groupie, and this one, which will be just for me and my books. Writer Groupie is becoming such a hot commodity it is going to need its own space soon. That’s a very good thing, and certainly necessary. Until the big switch, I hope you all will bear with me as
How to Write: the first chapter

It’s day 4 of How to Write and today we are going to discuss that all important first chapter. There is a really great way to know what to put in one and I am going to challenge you to try it. What is this cool new challenge? READ A CHAPTER Not just any chapter, now, but one from a book that you think is like the one you want to write. The best way to know what goes in a first chapter is to read some that have already been written. I do not know what you are writing,