July 2023
- Colleen Green
- Jul 1, 2023
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 2, 2023
Book of the Month
Cate M. Turner is a Wright Writers of Dayton member and author of romance books. If you love adventure series that include romance and mystery you will love her novels.
The Stolen Papyrus is rated a 3 of 10 heat level (non-graphic kissing)
Summary of The Stolen Papyrus
It’s every archaeologist’s dream to explore the hidden tombs of Egypt. Unfortunately for Leila Sterling, her dream turns into a nightmare when Xander Harrison, a childhood friend who betrayed her, joins the team.
She came to Egypt to study the ancient past, not to be confronted with her own. Besides Xander’s questionable motives for joining the excavation, she’s also convinced he’s the one responsible for her father’s death. But she can’t prove it. And if she doesn’t want to miss out on the excavation of a lifetime, she’ll have to put her personal feelings aside and work with the annoyingly handsome Englishman.
But as they find clues to the whereabouts of an ancient tomb, secrets start to surface, revealing pieces of a deadly plot against them. Soon, she starts to realize she might have been wrong about Xander. The only way to discover the truth is if she gives up the very secrets her father died to protect.
If she doesn’t…she might share her father’s fate.
The above summary is from her website: http://www.catemturner.com
Writing Prompt of the Month
Decide which type of story you are writing from the list below.
Short Story: 5,000 to 10,000 words
Novella: 10,000 to 40,000 words
Book: “The ideal count for a mystery is a 70,000 and 90,000 word novel.”
When you choose a word count consider your goal. Did you want a jumping point to start a rough draft of a book? Were you looking for a short story to get your mind going to be inspired to write in a genre that you typically would not? The short story exercise works great for getting your feet wet in a genre to see if you’d like the experience before committing to a longer rough draft.
Pick one of the scenarios below and write a story.
1. A retired New York police officer gets wrapped up in a series of murders occurring on the small Caribbean Island when the first person that turns up dead is a woman he was seeing.
2. An aristocrat dies, and when 10 family members are called in for the reading of the will their weekend in the Château turns darker still. One by one, they are being hunted and killed. Now a local detective needs to figure out what’s going on before they’re all gone.
3. A small-time private investigator that normally specializes in catching cheating spouses gets thrown into a murder case when the man he was hired to trail turns up dead and so is the wife who hired him.
4. A body washes up on the Jersey shore, upon further inspection the coroner finds symbols tattooed on the victim’s body. What do they mean?
5. When a series of witness protection informants begin to turn up dead ahead of a high-profile case, the FBI agent who helped put the case together now needs to protect his final witnesses.
6. The narcotics division of the Police Department deals with a new synthetic drug. They need to find out how it is being brought into their neighborhood.
Word of the Month
facilitate
Example: The moderator’s role is to facilitate the discussion by asking appropriate questions.
What It Means
To facilitate something is to help bring it about, as in “her rise to power was facilitated by her influential friends.” In other words, facilitating something eases the way for it to happen smoothly and effectively.
Quote of the Month
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