How Acting Led Me to the Write Road
During my two-year attempt at acting, I had the
pleasure of meeting actor Dan Lauria. He was a guest speaker at an actor’s
workshop held by my agent at the time in Colorado.
If you are not familiar with him, he was the dad
on the family show The Wonder Years, and I loved him in it. A while back,
I got to see him in a 1988 movie called David. He played the role of a disturbed father
which was a huge difference compared to his role as the grumpy and caring dad
on the show. After the movie was over, I realized how frustrated I’d become
watching him play this character. It had distorted my view of the guy I looked
forward to seeing each week.
Once I’d gotten over that the movie was based on
a true story, I told myself that Dan Lauria was doing his job as an actor. He’d
honed his craft. That was one of the moments that helped me decide that acting
wasn’t for me. I wanted to be behind the camera and write. The similarities in
each artist’s performance, whether it is on screen or paper, are meant to
touch an audience. But to make any of it real, I had to do what Dan did—make my
writing a priority.
Fast forward to today. As I look back and
reflect, it has been a long, long road. Going to conferences and treating my
writing like a business on an author budget was tough. Except my desire to be a
writer was stronger than my addiction to avocados. With all of the ups and
downs, the easiest thing for me would have been to give quit. But that’s the
one thing I refused to do. When my books weren’t selling, I kept writing. When
the rejection letters poured in, I kept writing. When I reached the point of
exhaustion, I took a nap and started a new chapter.
I’ll never forget what my writing mentor told
me. She said, “Keep your head low and just write. And that’s what I’m doing.
About the Author
When Marguerite Ashton was in her twenties, she took up
acting but realized she preferred to work behind the camera, writing crime
fiction. A few years later, she married an IT Geek
and settled down with her role as wife, mom, and writer. Five kids later, she
founded the Crime Writer’s Panel and began working with former law enforcement
investigators to create; Criminal Lines Blog, an online library for crime
writers who need help with their book research.
She’s a workaholic who hides in her writer’s attic, plotting out her next book and stalking Pinterest for the next avocado recipe.
A member of Sisters in Crime, Marguerite grew up in Colorado, but is now happily living in Wisconsin and playing as much golf as possible.
She’s a workaholic who hides in her writer’s attic, plotting out her next book and stalking Pinterest for the next avocado recipe.
A member of Sisters in Crime, Marguerite grew up in Colorado, but is now happily living in Wisconsin and playing as much golf as possible.
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About the Book:
Title:
HER FINAL WATCH
Author: Marguerite Ashton
Publisher: Endeavour Press
Pages: 296
Genre: Crime
Author: Marguerite Ashton
Publisher: Endeavour Press
Pages: 296
Genre: Crime
BOOK
BLURB:
Speaking
second-hand truths can be deadly …
Detective Lily Blanchette will stop at nothing to solve a murder. Her current case involves the killing of an undercover cop working to bring down the mob for prostitution and drugs.
But Lily's usual laser-like focus on the case has been disrupted.
Two weeks earlier, she learned she was pregnant by her murderous husband whom she'd killed in self-defense. Unsure whether to keep her baby or place the child of this cruel man up for adoption, Lily keeps the pregnancy a secret from her colleagues.
Under mounting pressure to solve the case, Lily arranges a sit-down with a local mob boss only to find out her suspect is also wanted by them. But before Lily can warn her team, she and her new partner, Jeremiah, are shot at, and another body is found.
When she discovers Jeremiah has a connection with the underworld, she is pulled into a conflict that swirls around the boss's son who's hell-bent on revenge.
To add to the complexity of the situation, Lily learns that her victim might still be alive if it wasn't for opportunistic Assistant District Attorney, Ibee Walters, who has a twisted vision of justice.
As Lily gets closer to finding the killer, she unravels ugly secrets that point to Ibee and Jeremiah - placing Lily's life and her unborn child in danger.
Detective Lily Blanchette will stop at nothing to solve a murder. Her current case involves the killing of an undercover cop working to bring down the mob for prostitution and drugs.
But Lily's usual laser-like focus on the case has been disrupted.
Two weeks earlier, she learned she was pregnant by her murderous husband whom she'd killed in self-defense. Unsure whether to keep her baby or place the child of this cruel man up for adoption, Lily keeps the pregnancy a secret from her colleagues.
Under mounting pressure to solve the case, Lily arranges a sit-down with a local mob boss only to find out her suspect is also wanted by them. But before Lily can warn her team, she and her new partner, Jeremiah, are shot at, and another body is found.
When she discovers Jeremiah has a connection with the underworld, she is pulled into a conflict that swirls around the boss's son who's hell-bent on revenge.
To add to the complexity of the situation, Lily learns that her victim might still be alive if it wasn't for opportunistic Assistant District Attorney, Ibee Walters, who has a twisted vision of justice.
As Lily gets closer to finding the killer, she unravels ugly secrets that point to Ibee and Jeremiah - placing Lily's life and her unborn child in danger.
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