About the Author<\/b>
\nMarilyn Levinson, a former Spanish teacher, writes mysteries, romance, and books for children and young adults.<\/p>\n
Her latest novel, DANGEROUS RELATIONS, is a romantic suspense with an intriguing mystery. Her entertaining ghost mystery, GIVING UP THE GHOST, is available, as are her two Twin Lakes Mysteries: A MURDERER AMONG US–awarded a Best Indie of 2011 by Suspense Magazine–and MURDER IN THE AIR. “I’m Getting Married,” a romantic short story, is available as well.<\/p>\n
Three of Marilyn’s popular out-of-print children’s books, AND DON’T BRING JEREMY, NO BOYS ALLOWED, and RUFUS AND MAGIC RUN AMOK are now available as ebooks.<\/p>\n
Marilyn lives on Long Island, and is co-founder and past-president of the Long Island chapter of Sisters in Crime.<\/p>\n
What inspires you to write romance books?<\/b>
\nI think romance helps make the world go round. My mysteries all have romances in them.<\/p>\n
Tell us about how you write:<\/b>
\nI get a general idea for a book, create the main characters, then write a sketchy outline, which I change as I go along. I write on my computer, write my outline in paragraph form. I do not create character sketches. I do not use any particular software to plot or outline.<\/p>\n
Do you listen (or talk to) to your characters?<\/b>
\nI don’t talk to my characters. I find that their personalities and actions unfold as I write. They often surprise me, which is good. Following an outline alone is boring. If I have a plot or situational problem, I brainstorm with other writers. Sometimes a friend provides a solution. Sometimes simply discussing the problem provides me with ideas.<\/p>\n
What advice would you give other writers?<\/b>
\nWrite, read, join RWA and your local RWA group, I’ve belonged to LIRW for — I don’t know how many years. They are the most supportive people!! And form a good critique group. Writing classes are great, but there’s no need to take more than a few. Spend most of your energies writing.<\/p>\n
How did you decide how to publish your books?<\/b>
\nI’ve published every which way. My children’s books were published traditionally some years ago. My mysteries were published with an e-publisher and self-published. I self-published the one mystery because I was dissatisfied with the e-publisher, but I would self-publish again.. My romantic suspense came out with an e-publisher. I’ve a new mystery coming out with a publisher that does paper and ebooks. I think new authors should explore all venues.<\/p>\n
What do you think about the future of book publishing?<\/b>
\nI believe ebooks are on the rise, but that paper books will continue to exist. I read both myself.<\/p>\n
What genres do you write:<\/b>: mystery, romantic suspense, children’s literature<\/p>\n
What formats are your books in<\/b>: Both eBook and Print<\/p>\n
Website(s)<\/b> Your Social Media Links<\/b> Marilyn Levinson, a former Spanish teacher, writes mysteries, romance, and books for children and young adults.<\/p>\n Her latest novel, DANGEROUS RELATIONS, is a romantic suspense with an intriguing mystery. Her entertaining ghost mystery, GIVING UP THE GHOST, is available, as are her two Twin Lakes Mysteries: A MURDERER AMONG US–awarded a Best Indie of 2011 by Suspense Magazine–and MURDER IN THE AIR. “I’m Getting Married,” a romantic short story, is available as well.<\/p>\n Three of Marilyn’s popular out-of-print children’s books, AND DON’T BRING JEREMY, NO BOYS ALLOWED, and RUFUS AND MAGIC RUN AMOK are now available as ebooks.<\/p>\n Marilyn lives on Long Island, and is co-founder and past-president of the Long Island chapter of Sisters in Crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6751],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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