JOANNA ELM, Author, Journalist, Attorney
The Pleasures and Perils Of A Writing Life
While I have spent the last six years writing, re-writing, editing and revising my third thriller, Fool Her Once, author Eldon Farrell has written and published eight full-length novels and two books of short stories set in the world of his full-length novels.
Continue reading “Ten Books In Six Years: Unthinkable? One Author Tells How He’s Done It”
In my new thriller, Fool Her Once, Robins Island is a key location. The tear-shaped blob in the middle of Peconic Bay between the North and South Forks of Long Island becomes a crime scene about half-way through my novel. It’s where a body washes up on the rocks on the west side of the island.
It is also the location for the climax of my thriller in which my female protagonist, Jenna Sinclair, an investigative reporter, confronts the real antagonist of the story.
Imagine my surprise, then, when just this week Robins Island became a real-life crime scene with police descending on it in full force. Only a handful of local newspapers covered the story about poachers with allegedly criminal intentions sneaking onto the private island . Continue reading “Robins Island –A Key Location in my Thriller– Becomes a Real-Life Crime Scene”
Neary’s, a legendary Irish pub — frequented by mayors, politicians, police commissioners, cardinals, writers and other celebrities– made headlines this month when Jimmy Neary, its owner and founder passed away at the age of 91. The restaurant opened on Manhattan’s 57th Street on St.Patrick’s Day in 1967. Almost as well-known as the celebrities who dined at Neary’s, Jimmy was still working at his restaurant until the day he died.
Regular readers of this blog may recognize the name of the restaurant since, entirely coincidentally, it appeared last week in a published excerpt from my new thriller Fool Her Once. The excerpt together with the cover reveal was featured on the Criminal Element website and in its weekly newsletter. Continue reading “Why Neary’s Restaurant Had To Be In My Thriller”
The mystery and suspense website, Criminal Element.com was given the exclusive right to reveal the cover for my third thriller Fool Her Once. And, here it is:
To access the full reveal and excerpt on Criminal Element’s website please click here. Criminal Element was launched in 2011 as a website for fans of crime fiction. It publishes a weekly newsletter with information, reviews and excerpts from new releases in the mystery, suspense and thriller genres. Continue reading “Fool Her Once: Cover Reveal –With An Excerpt”
Sometimes social media works the way it was once supposed to. Remember the days when Facebook and My Space were all about reconnecting us with long-lost family and friends? No? I thought not. But it’s what happened to me recently.
Karen Villarreal, an enormously talented artist friend whom I met decades ago when our husbands worked together was looking for me. She found me through googling and eventually landing on my Twitter page where she recognized my avatar. Continue reading “Social Media (Sometimes) Works: This Is How It Worked For Me”