Welcome back, Malissa! This says good things about you, dear readers, that writers want to share with you again. You're a great bunch!
Hi, I'm Malissa Chapin. I live in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. I hope people notice that
I'm friendly.
**Tidbit--"write what you know" I'm a pianist and piano teacher and have
played for 46 years--although I don't own my own academy ;).
Tell us about your book—title and back cover blurb.
Murder Goes Solo is the first book in the Piper Haydn Piano Mysteries
Series.
Back Cover :
Piper Haydn is on the case when murder comes to peaceful Cranberry
Harbor, Wisconsin.
With her piano recital hours away, Piper's last need is a piano
problem—or a murder problem!
When her new piano arrives with the body of her ex-fiancé inside,
suspicion rests on Piper. To avoid a murder charge, she must shift her
attention from music to murder. With a killer at large, Piper calls off
the recital and closes the academy.
Believing that she and her friends can solve the murder, Piper tries to
clear her name and discover what happened to her secretary Lisa.
As the investigation crescendos, Piper leans on the support and
creativity of her best friend Roosevelt and fellow music teacher Trefor
to help solve the crime. Can Piper and friends solve the mystery before
the killer solos in on another victim?
Share one thing that you found difficult or challenging about
writing this book.
Making sure I didn't give the villain away immediately and making sure
to leave clues AND throw readers off track at the same time.
OR share an excerpt.
The excerpt is on the piano graphic...
Ask the blog reader a quirky question or two?
Did you ever learn to play an instrument? Did your parents let you quit lessons
or make you stick with it? I'm a make you stick with it mom, but my mom
didn't even let us choose an instrument. All four of her children took
piano--no questions asked ;). Now that we are all accomplished pianists,
we are thankful.
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my site www.malissachapin.com
Malissa will be giving away an ebook copy--comment below!.
I began by learning piano. That taught me to read music. In middle school, I joined band and learned to play the trumpet. I love music.
I started on the clarinet, then the violin, then singing. The lessons had to be continued, but as no once enforced practice time, it took finding the instrument I liked best to make me stick with it. I "retired" from choral singing almost a decade a ago -- after more than 26 years!
I played a flute, but I was not that good at it. I stopped playing after sixth grade. Thank you for sharing. God bless you.
I played clarinet, but did quite my senior year in high school. I always wished that I had learned to play piano.
As for instuments, I wanted to play clarinet, but my dad said it was too expensive. So no music for me!