As I will be in writing hibernation for some time, I'm delighted to have fellow writers visit and spread good news or information about their work. I've known Debbi Mack since I started on Twitter a couple of years ago and her story is an unusual one, so I hope you enjoy it!!
ABOUT DEBBI MACK
Debbi
Mack is the New York Times ebook bestselling author of the Sam McRae mystery
series. She’s also published Five Uneasy Pieces,
a short story collection that includes her Derringer Award–nominated
story “The
Right to Remain Silent.” Her
short stories have appeared in various other anthologies and publications. Her
most recently published short story is “Jasmine”,
appearing in Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays.
Debbi
is also a screenwriter and aspiring indie filmmaker. Her first screenplay has
placed highly in both the Scriptapalooza and the Austin Film Festival
screenwriting contests.
A
former attorney, Debbi has also worked as a journalist, librarian, and
freelance writer/researcher. She enjoys walking, cats, travel, movies, music,
and espresso.
So I’ll hand you over to Debbi….
I
never planned to self-publish my work. My first novel, Identity Crisis
(part of the Sam Mc Rae Mystery Series) was published by a small press that
went out of business nine months after the novel came out. Identity Crisis
is a hardboiled mystery involving identity theft, murder, and how past mistakes
and lies can lead to trouble. In 2009, I decided it couldn’t
hurt to reissue the book myself, in print and ebook formats.
Much
to my surprise, my ebook sales made significantly more than I expected.
Frankly, I hadn’t expected to make much money at all
from writing fiction. However, when I saw how well I could do selling ebooks, I
decided to stop freelancing and devote all my time and effort toward writing
and marketing my novels.
It
was in 2011, after publishing the second Sam McRae mystery, Least Wanted,
that my first novel hit the New York Times ebook bestseller list. Further, both
novels became Kindle bestsellers in the U.S. and the U.K. Least Wanted
also took the series into a darker direction than the first book.
In
2012, the market became flooded with ebooks. My sales suffered as a result of
that, as well as having been worn down by the continuing demands of writing and
marketing. Nonetheless, I published a third novel, Riptide, in which Sam
solved the mystery in a strange — even
hostile — environment,
and her relationship with her best friend is tested and deepens, as a result.
This
year, I re-published Identity Crisis under my own imprint. Now, I’m
just months away from releasing the fourth novel in the series, Deep Six,
another story that explores Sam’s personal
relationships and delves into the subject of land use, politics, and
corruption. I’m
also releasing Invisible Me, my first young adult novel, as well.
In
anticipation of releasing the new Sam McRae mystery, I’ve published a
boxed set of the first three novels, Law Can Be Murder. I’m
also throwing a big Facebook party for the boxed set’s release. The
party is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 2, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. EST. There’ll
be trivia contests and prizes for the winners.
If you
can would like to find out more information, you will find Debbi online here: http://www.debbimack.com
Twitter:
@debbimack and @debbimacktoo
Law
Can Be Murder is available on
Amazon,
B&N,
Kobo,
Apple iBooks,
and Smashwords!
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