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Finally, Sicilian Murder is complete!
I finally finished SICILIAN MURDER this past week! It will be released on Tuesday July 9th and it's available for pre-order here. I feel...

Alec Peche
Jun 10, 20192 min read


Protagonist Jill Quint, MD
In 2012, I began writing the Jill Quint, MD, Forensic Pathologist series. I was new to writing and not familiar with cozy mysteries...

Alec Peche
Apr 5, 20192 min read


All things Italian
Hope everyone had a great start to 2019! I've been working on Sicilian Murder, my murder mystery set in Sicily. I think I've mentioned in...

Alec Peche
Jan 21, 20192 min read


Who to feature in a story next!
I use travel opportunities to find mystery stories. I listen and watch the people in whatever town I’m in looking for that person to be...

Alec Peche
Dec 4, 20182 min read


Cover Reveal for Sicilian Murder
Upon finishing THE GIRL FROM DIANA PARK, I began work on my next book, SICILIAN MURDER. I have a vague outline and I've begun writing the...

Alec Peche
Oct 25, 20182 min read
Staring down into the abyss of the next story
Last week I finished my 11th book overall, THE GIRL FROM DIANA PARK, book 3 in the Damian Green series. Damian assists his friend Natalie...

Alec Peche
Oct 1, 20182 min read


The music of writing
I'm a little more than a third of the way finished with my latest book, THE GIRL FROM DIANA PARK, book 3 in the Damian Green series. I've...

Alec Peche
Jul 16, 20183 min read


BadHabits
Bad Habits In early March, I had progressed to 7K words for the start of my newest novel - “The Girl From Diana Park”. It's book 3 of the...

Alec Peche
Apr 27, 20182 min read


My Muse is finicky!
After finishing Crescent City Murder in late December, I had my next three books lined up, waiting to be written. I was diverted from...

Alec Peche
Mar 25, 20183 min read


A look ahead at 2018
I began 2018 by carrying around a notebook with ten blank pages allocated to each of my next three books. I have a two sentence...

Alec Peche
Jan 2, 20183 min read


The obscure stuff you learn as a writer..
I passed the half-way point recently in my eighth Jill Quint, MD series book entitled CRESCENT CITY MURDER. As I've mentioned in prior...

Alec Peche
Nov 29, 20172 min read


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...

Alec Peche
Oct 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...

Alec Peche
Aug 6, 20172 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....

Alec Peche
Jul 11, 20173 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...

Alec Peche
Jun 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...

Alec Peche
Apr 12, 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...

Alec Peche
Feb 24, 20172 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...

Alec Peche
Feb 22, 20173 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....

Alec Peche
Jan 30, 20172 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...

Alec Peche
Dec 14, 20162 min read
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