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About Donna

An Air Force Brat, Donna grew up in locations all over Canada. Her primary influences came from small town Saskatchewan, Northern Ontario, the mining towns of Cape Breton, Northern Quebec and her birth province of New Brunswick. Her interest in creative writing was established early and developed into a passion for fiction that continues to this day. She studied both Literature and Psychology at the University of Toronto and currently writes novels, short stories and poetry. Donna is the author of 3 mystery novels: The First Excellence ~ Fa-ling’s Map, Gold And Fishes and The Noon God.

Author Blair Keetch (coming soon: Flight Risk) joins Donna on Dead to Writes

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Author Blair Keetch joins Donna on Dead to Writes for a lively discussion about his soon-to-be-released thriller: Flight Risk.

Carrick Publishing is actively seeking crime story submissions for our Fall 2020 anthology: A Grave Diagnosis.

A Grave Diagnosis ~ crime story submissions now open!

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Calling crime writers! Carrick Publishing is welcoming submissions for our 2020 anthology of crime stories: A Grave Diagnosis!

Crime sub-genres will include: thrillers, cozies, suspense, mystery, detective, amateur sleuth, and police procedural.

Deadline: June 1, 2020, midnight ET.

Word count: Minimum 1,500 words; maximum 8,000 words.

Story must be original and previously unpublished. Author must own copyright. No public domain material.

There must be a clearly defined crime. No horror, no graphic sex or violence, no hate literature. Each story will feature an illness or disease of some kind. The illness can involve the protagonist, the antagonist, the victim or the solution of the crime.

Email Word.doc file to CARRICKPUBLISHING @ ROGERS . COM . (Remove spaces.)

Subject line: A Grave Diagnosis.

Note: Carrick Publishing will award prizes for the best short story and the runner-up. Prizes: $100 and $50 respectively, along with anthology prominence and bragging rights!