Finally, it’s my turn. I keep bugging Mike Martin to let me
write, but he tells me my job is to look tall, dark, and handsome. Okay, I get
that. But I also want to step out a little and tell you the real story. First a
little about me.
I am tall, dark and handsome. Just wanted to repeat that.
But I’m also smart, really, really smart. Sometimes ‘he’ makes me out to look
like I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m the Mountie. I know what I’m doing. Most
of the time. And if I don’t, I dress up in my red serge uniform and nobody
cares. Plus, what ‘he’ doesn’t know is that I have learned to trust the other
people around me. And I don’t mind if they get most of the credit. I would like
to get a little more praise from ‘him’ sometimes.
Anyway, let me tell you how this whole thing works. I tell
‘him’ the story and ‘he’ writes it down. Sometimes ‘he’ takes a long time and
many, many drafts to get it right. ‘He’ is very lucky to have an excellent team
of beta readers and a fabulous editor. Otherwise, ‘he’ would never get it done.
But somehow it does get done and now there are 8 books in the Sgt. Windflower
Mystery series, plus the Christmas stories.
The Christmas stories are my favorites and not just because
I’m in them. It’s because I love Christmas, all of the traditions and how
people help each other bring joy into the world. Come along with me and Sheila
and Eddie Tizzard and all the gang as we celebrate the most magical time of the
year. I hope you enjoy Christmas in Newfoundland
as we much as we had in creating it.
If you are a writer, stick with it. As I always tell Mike
Martin: “Do the best you can with it and then get it out into the world.” You
do what you gotta’ do to make that happen. And if you’re struggling, keep on
struggling. If you are a writer, keep on writing. And remember what Stephen
King told me about writing “The scariest moment is always just before you
start.”
Bye for now
Sgt. Windflower
inside the book
Title: CHRISTMAS IN NEWFOUNDLAND: MEMORIES AND MYSTERIES
Author: Mike Martin
Publisher: Ottawa Press and Publishing
Pages: 113
Genre: Mystery/Memoir
Author: Mike Martin
Publisher: Ottawa Press and Publishing
Pages: 113
Genre: Mystery/Memoir
Christmas in Newfoundland is a special time. In the depths of long winter nights memories are made and stories are told. Of Christmas by candlelight and horse and buggy rides to church. Of shopping on Water Street in St. John’s before malls and the Internet.
In later years, Sgt. Windflower came to work and then to stay in the quiet town of Grand Bank by the Atlantic Ocean where the salt air froze in the wind and the Mounties were welcomed to warm themselves by every fire.
Come and warm yourself by the fire and hear their stories. Some memories and some mysteries. Enjoy some holiday time with Sgt. Windflower and all the familiar characters that you’d come to know and love. Good food, good friends and always another chair at the table.
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meet the author
Mike is currently Chair of the Board of Crime Writers of Canada, a national organization promoting Canadian crime and mystery writers.
website & social links
Website → www.sgtwindflowermysteries.com
Twitter Link: → http://ww.twitter.com/mike54martin
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