JoMarie Grinkiewicz
I guess you could say I took an unusual route to a writing career. Traveling the roads of America for 16 years with my husband, Jerry, I began to write on the road as a means of expressing all I was experiencing. Jerry’s work in the construction trade brought us to every “where-in-the-hell-is” place on the map. I filled my days writing journals about people, places, and oh…the countless “things” that happen on the road and in campgrounds. Many campers through the years would ask me over and over why I didn’t write a book. I did. A non-fiction account of all the journals titled, LIFE THROUGH A REAR VIEW MIRROR. It was distributed to family and friends only. Shortly after writing that very large volume, I discovered my real niche was in the mystery genre.
In 1992, shortly after hurricane Andrew devastated the Homestead, Florida area, Jerry and I rolled our 32 ft. Avion into a camping resort (which, at the time, appeared to be more of a MASH unit).
In an attempt to keep my sanity, I took a job in the office where I soon discovered INSANITY bred! A year later I became assistant manager and marketing director and in 1996 Jerry joined me in the office as we agreed upon the offer of campground managers. There we stayed and there is where the REAL stories and characters emerged for what is now a reality—the Wanderlust Mystery Series. My amateur sleuths travel America’s highways in their Bluebird Wanderlodge motorhome finding murder and mayhem at every camping resort they roll into. The Wanderlust Mysteries are taken from both views of the full-time RVer—the ever increasing world of the RV wanderluster as well as the villains—otherwise known as “THE Managers.” My first title in this series, Tropical Warnings, was published in November of 2006 by Five Star Publishing. Published under my pseudonym of April Star.
Currently I live in Sebring, Florida with my husband and three Maltese terriers. I'm an active member of Mystery Writers of America, Romance Writers of America, Sisters In Crime, The International Thriller Writers and The Authors Guild. I'm also a member of the American College of Forensic Examiners International. My work has also appeared in Woman's World, Woman's Day, and a number of newspapers throughout the United States and Canada.
You can visit me and learn all about my series at: http:www.authoraprilstar.com. You can also see what I'm up to atMySpace.
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Fiction Writing Tips: Story Grid
Don't know where to start? Here are some exercises and tips to getting the good stuff down on paper.
Mar 9, 2007
- JoMarie Grinkiewicz
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