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Jun 4, 2024 | 
athinsliceofanxiety.com | Cindy Fazzi
By Cindy FazziTo be twenty years old and a virgin. Brown and short to boot, with a size-eight body trying to squeeze into a size four. My lovelessness, loneliness, and lack of self-confidence caused me grief, but the personal ad wasn’t my idea. Kim, the prettiest and richest among the four of us, had cooked up The Plan. She was our de facto leader, fashion adviser, organizer of outings, buyer of free dinners, and giver of positive affirmations. Without Kim, there would be no “us” at all.
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
criminalelement.com | Jennifer J. Chow |R. G. Belsky |Julia Kelly |Cindy Fazzi
I’ve always loved a good road trip, and what better reason for an outing than book research? As a kid, one of my favorite class field trips involved going to San Francisco and visiting the fortune cookie factory there. When I started writing the Magical Fortune Cookie series, I knew it was time for a return visit. Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory is located in San Francisco’s historic Chinatown and tucked inside Ross Alley. The place is family-run and celebrated its sixtieth anniversary in 2022.
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
crimespreemag.com | Cindy Fazzi
Some people binge-eat Doritos or binge-watch Netflix when they’re stressed out. Me? I binge-read books with kick-ass heroes. Not superheroes, mind you, but regular guys who don’t need a mask and cape to fight evil. When I was writing my debut thriller Multo (meaning ghost in Tagalog), I also picked an ordinary character whose job and sense of justice compel him to kick ass.
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
criminalelement.com | R. G. Belsky |Crime HQ |Julia Kelly |Cindy Fazzi
My series character Clare Carlson, a TV journalist who stars in the latest book Broadcast Blues, is a pretty terrific, pretty cool woman—if I do say so myself. I based her in large part on many of the pretty terrific, pretty cool real life woman journalists that I have worked with myself over the years in the New York City media world.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
the-back-room.org | Cindy Fazzi |Jeneva Rose |Jessica Strawser |Araminta Hall
Join authors Jillian Cantor, Jeneva Rose, Nalini Singh, and Jessica Strawser along with Back Room hosts Karen Dionne and Hank Phillippi Ryan for an evening of great conversation!The AuthorsJillian Cantor has a BA from Penn State University and an MFA from the University of Arizona. She is the USA Today and internationally bestselling author of 12 novels which have been chosen for Indie Next, Library Reads, Amazon Best of the Month and have been translated into 14 languages.
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Oct 6, 2023 | 
publishersweekly.com | Cindy Fazzi
When writing a novel, it’s best to show, not tell. When tackling social issues, it’s best to tell a story, not preach. The former is a rule every writing course teaches us. The latter is something I learned the hard way. Novels have been tackling social issues throughout history—think of Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist or John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath.
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Oct 2, 2023 | 
crimereads.com | Cindy Fazzi
The bounty hunter is the ultimate outsider in law enforcement. Neither elected like a sheriff nor sworn in like a cop, the bounty hunter gets in harm’s way as much as officers but with less authority and even lesser respect. Also known as bail enforcement or fugitive recovery, bounty hunting is uniquely American. The profession traces its roots to the days of the pioneers on the Western frontier.
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Sep 28, 2023 | 
writersdigest.com | Cindy Fazzi
Writing short stories can help establish your credentials as a fiction writer. It will give you much-needed exposure to editors, literary agents, and readers. Some publications will even pay you for it. You know what else a short story can do for you? It can serve as a vehicle for experimentation when you’re writing a novel. (How to Choose Your Novel's Title.)Multo, my first attempt at fiction and third published novel, is the product of such an experimentation.
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
criminalelement.com | Crime HQ |Doreen Sheridan |Cindy Fazzi |Sarah Pekkanen
Get ready to be thrilled by our most anticipated reads for this October! Who knows, maybe one of these books could give you an idea for a Halloween costume... In this new installment of Tasha Alexander’s acclaimed Lady Emily series set in the wild Scottish highlands, an ancient story of witchcraft may hold the key to solving a murder centuries later.
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Sep 22, 2023 | 
thedailybeast.com | Cindy Fazzi
From a brash Clint Eastwood in the classic spaghetti Western For A Few Dollars More to a conscientious Robert De Niro in Midnight Run, pop culture depicts the bounty hunter as a kickass, gun-toting white man. Sometimes it's portrayed by former convicts like reality TV's Dog the Bounty Hunter and Giovanni Ribisi's con man who invades a family in the bail bond business in the Amazon's series Sneaky Pete. Nevertheless, it's usuallyawhiteguy. How realistic is this picture?
