Alec Peche
I failed to turn on the taser
I’m on my seventh week of my local police Citizens Academy. It’s been interesting just learning more about my community reflected by the...
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Alec Peche
Aug 6, 20172 min read
Never Sit Next To Me In A Bar!
I'm 8,000 words into Crescent City Murder, book 8 in the Jill Quint series. I'm loving the story and enjoying my writing and learning...
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Alec Peche
Jul 11, 20173 min read
Leaving Scotland for New Orleans!
Finally after nineteen months CASTLE KILLING is finished. This book is the shortest story that took me the longest to write. Go figure....
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Alec Peche
Jun 12, 20172 min read
Struggles with writing…
In December of 2015, I began the seventh book - CASTLE KILLING, in the Jill Quint, MD Forensic Pathologist series. I typed "The End" this...
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Alec Peche
Apr 12, 20172 min read
Location, Location, Location
I’ve puzzled over the last year or so why is it taking me so long to write CASTLE KILLING, book seven in the Jill Quint series. I’ve been...
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Alec Peche
Feb 24, 20172 min read
Going wide versus narrow....
Going wide versus Narrow For every Indie author out there, one of the consuming questions is whether to go wide (Apple, Kobo, Barnes and...
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Alec Peche
Feb 22, 20173 min read
My Writing Space
I thought I'd share a picture of my office where I do 90-95% of my writing. Another 5% comes from my local Starbucks and miscellaneous...
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Alec Peche
Jan 30, 20172 min read
From Russia with love....
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE is an Ian Fleming story staring James Bond that was released in 1963 in the U.S., the year before the author died....
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Alec Peche
Dec 14, 20162 min read
Concentrating on Scotland and San Francisco
The bad news is my two works in progress, ‘Red Rock Island’ and ‘Willow Glen Heist’ will not be published by the end of the year, but I’m...
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Alec Peche
Nov 21, 20162 min read
Progress has been slow on my Works in Progress (WIP)
In a previous blog post, I mentioned that I had a large gardening project going on in my spare time. I’ve been converting thirsty lawn to...
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Alec Peche
Oct 17, 20162 min read
Whisky.....Neat
I’ve been working hard on Castle Killing, a book that starts with a murder in Wales and moves on to Scotland. I had to research Scotch...
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Alec Peche
Oct 1, 20163 min read
Books and Paper Umbrellas
Last week I returned from New Orleans where I took in the annual Mystery Writers of America conference known as Bouchercon. It was my...
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Alec Peche
Sep 3, 20162 min read
Rifles and Shotguns, oh my!
The Sisters in Crime, Northern California women writers’ chapter education session today was at a gun store and was provided by an...
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Alec Peche
Aug 5, 20162 min read
Willow Glen Heist
I had planned to return to Castle Killing, book 7 in the Jill Quint series, but I’m really enjoying the Damian Green Series and so began...
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Alec Peche
Jul 20, 20162 min read
Learning about the Crime Lab.....
I had the opportunity to do a virtual tour of the Santa Clara County Crime Lab recently. I thought perhaps there would be eight to ten...
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Alec Peche
Jul 12, 20166 min read
Red Rock Island Preview
My latest book is in the final stage of publishing before it goes live. It's available for pre-order now on Amazon. Here's a preview of...
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Alec Peche
Jul 10, 20163 min read
What I do between books, or why I’m ankle deep in bull s**t, umm... cow manure
Red Rock Island is schedule for publication on August 1, 2016. The manuscript is presently down under in Australia with my editor for...
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Alec Peche
May 30, 20162 min read
Layering of a story
My current work in progress, Red Rock Island, which will be published mid-July is an interesting case study in pantser writing. Pantsers...
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Alec Peche
May 9, 20162 min read
I should be able to win at Trivia!
I wrote a post last year on research that I do for my books. Perhaps because I began a new series, it seems like there are many more...
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Alec Peche
May 2, 20161 min read
I'm an author and ...a techie!
I recently updated my website www.AlecPeche.com. I have to say it was a pretty magical experience. The above picture is my homepage...
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