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About Me

Josephine Damian * * * * * * * * * *Location: Mentally - On the dark side... Physically - Sunny Florida * * * * * * * * * *Writer of book reviews, suspense fiction (short stories, novels and screenplays) and crime related non-fiction pieces and blogs by night, and Criminal Forensics Studies graduate student by day. Thus, in need of caffeine! * * * * * * * * * *I had a non-fiction forensics article published in a trade magazine. * * * * * * * * * * My short story about two unlucky hit men, SAFE IN THE HOUSE, was recently published in THUG WORKS e-zine* * * * * * * * * * Completed works include a crime thriller screenplay, DISAPPEARING ACTS, and a novel, a woman's fiction/potboiler written under a different name, both unpublished/unproduced * * * * * * * * * * Time and maturity have led me to admit that the reason my early works did not sell is that I did not learn my craft well enough - it wasn't some agent's fault or the nature of the biz - the buck stops with me. * * * * * * * * * *I'm hoping the third time's the charm for me with either of my two WIP's (or both!) - a darkly comic, narrative non-fiction blog about my adventures as a forensics student/intern, and a psychological thriller novel, A STUDY IN FEAR, about a war crimes survivor turned criminal profiler must chose between returning to Bosnia to settle old scores when her family is threatened, and her obligation to hunt down a brilliant serial killer before he murders her American lover/mentor, a famed forensic psychologist. * * * * * * * * * *I have three blogs! * * * * * * * * * *Illustrated quotes for writers:http://quoteitwrite.blogspot.com/ * * * * * * * * * *My blog about my adventures as a writer-turned forensics student:http://forensicsdiary.blogspot.com/ * * * * * * * * * *General info about me, forensics, writing advice/process:http://josephinedamian.blogspot.com/

My Interests

Writing, reading, chess, and attending murder trials.I also collect old typewriters, art deco pocket watches, and antique inkwells.

I'd like to meet:

Fellow scribes! Agents, publishers and booksellers!* * * * * * * * * * BOOK REVIEW UPDATE: Now that Iâ€™m back in school the time I have for extra curricular reading is limited. I can hopefully manage 1-2 reviews a month. PLEASE do not send me a message asking me to review your book. The best way to get my attention is to friend me; I will check out your book - if it interests me AND I have time to read it relatively soon (as opposed to long after your next book comes out), I will. There are dozens of books Iâ€™d like to read and review each month, but my schedule right now wonâ€™t allow it.* * * * * * * * * * If you want to know if I'm reading your (and any other) book, check out my blogroll for what's "On the Nightstand" at http://josephinedamian.blogspot.com

Music:

U2/ Miles Davis/ Jill Scott/ Sade/ Indigo Girls/ Steely Dan/ David Bowie/ Cat Stevens/ Joni Mitchell/ Chicago/ Peter Frampton/ Bruce Springsteen/ Fleetwood Mac/ Boz Scaggs/ Prince/ Diana Krall/ Eva Cassidy/ Dave Matthews/ Inconito/Maysa/ Beyonce/ Jamie Cullum/ John Mayer/ Kelly Clarkson/ Daughtry/ Mozart

Movies:

The Third Man/ Laura/ Doctor Zhivago/ The Age of Innocence/ Amadeus/ Raging Bull/ The Apostle/ Eve's Bayou/ 25th Hour/ House of Flying Daggers/ Fight Club/ Gloria (original version)/ Before Sunrise/Before Sunset/ Garden State/ Harold and Maude

Television:

Wire in the Blood - BBC/ The Closer/ House/ Homicide: Life on the Street

Books:

Atonement - Ian McEwan/ Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro/ The Professor's House - Willa Cather/ Turn, Magic Wheel - Dawn Powell/ Under the Net - Iris Murdoch/ Loitering with Intent - Murial Spark/ The Deptford Trilogy - Robertson Davies/ A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving/ Gift from the Sea - Anne Morrow Lindbergh Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier/ Lying Awake - Mark Salzman/ The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins/ The Wings of the Wind - Ronald Hardy/ The Alienist - Caleb Carr/ Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane/ Atticus: A Novel - Ron Hansen/ The Club Dumas - Arturo Perez-Reverte/ The Grand Complication - Allen Kurzwell/ Manhattan Nocturne - Colin Harrison/ Kill Me First - Kate Morganroth (I dare you to put this one down)/ Smilla's Sense of Snow - Peter Hoeg

Heroes:

Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, Bono, Anne Morrow Lindbergh

My Blog

Book Review - "Midlisters" by Kealan Patrick Burke

"Midlisters" by Kealan Patrick Burke.Cover Art and 5 Interior Illustrations by Keith Minnion. Fear is the stock in trade of the horror writer. But what horror does the horror writer (or any writer for...
Posted by Josephine Damian on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:09:00 PST

Book Review - "A Welcome Grave" by Michael Koryta

I've seen it before books that feature an ex-cop-now-a-private-investigator-with-a-dame-troubled past you know the stuff that noir thrillers are made of - but I haven't seen it this well done in...
Posted by Josephine Damian on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:55:00 PST

Book Review - "Lottery" by Patricia Wood

Does money buy happiness? What happens when you become suddenly rich but what you really want is something money just can't buy?These questions lie at the heart of Patricia Wood's Lott...
Posted by Josephine Damian on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:52:00 PST

Guest Book Review - "Safe and Sound" by J. D. Rhoades

Guest Book Review by Crosshair's author, Russ Heitz Since I've committed myself to way too many book reviews right before school starts, I asked friend, fellow FWA member and author of the newly pub...
Posted by Josephine Damian on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:50:00 PST

Book Review - "Origin" by Diana Abu-Jaber

Versatility is a rare trait in a writer. Diana Abu-Jaber has proven herself an author capable of writing both compelling non-fiction, and genre and mainstream literary fiction. Her first book, Arabia...
Posted by Josephine Damian on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:46:00 PST

Book Review - "On Chesil Beach" by Ian McEwan

Every so often a novelist's first book blazes across the literary firmament, inspiring "ooohs" and "ahhhs" from all who read it. Cold Mountain comes to mind, along with Snow Falling on Cedars two bo...
Posted by Josephine Damian on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:44:00 PST

Book Review - "Dirty Martini" by J.A. Konrath

Step aside, Carl Hiaasen. Comic suspense has a new king: J. A. (Joe) Konrath.I've come to think of Mr. Konrath as the hardest working (or maybe the smartest working) man in the book biz. He's the mast...
Posted by Josephine Damian on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:41:00 PST

Book Review - "Christine Falls" by Benjamin Black

"Christine Falls" was written by Benjamin Black, pen name of Man Booker Prize winner, John Banville. It begins a tad awkward with Mr. Banville not exactly sure-footed in his use of third person omnisc...
Posted by Josephine Damian on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:37:00 PST

Ten Things I Can't Live Without

I was tagged to do a "Ten Things I Can't Live Without" list by the fabulously talented author of "I Didn't Sign Up For This," Gigi James, or, as I've come to think of her: "La Gigi." So here goes: ...
Posted by Josephine Damian on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:59:00 PST

Quote It Write blog update

OK. After switching over to the new blogger format, I've finally added labels to all the quotes to make it easier to search by author. Now that I have a decent number of quotes, I'll be posting new on...
Posted by Josephine Damian on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:49:00 PST