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It’s been a fun summer.

Having spent about a dozen years writing, producing and directing corporate video a number of years ago, I jumped back into the world of film/video/digital media production, this time creating four short pieces the past three months with my talented musician and editor son, Devon Hancock (www.DevonJHancock.com). Two are on the “Time’s Up” and “Me, Too” sexual harassment movement, and one is on our need for art, and one is a book trailer for my novel “Dead Air.”

I am entering them into a variety of film short competitions and festivals. Thanks to the FilmBar in Phoenix for hosting my first screening of “L.N. Pane, P.I.” during its monthly Arizona Filmmaker Showcase. Arizona actor and real estate agent Debbie Jennings played the lead role of “L.N. Pane” and Don “D.W. Thomas” Woodard’s voice is also heard in this 2-minute piece. Both did an awesome job!

I am submitting the “digital media shorts” literally around the world, including Oslo, Norway, where my oldest brother lives. He created the original music for the”murder mystery podcasts” that we used in my audiobooks. Of course, I’ve entered the Chandler International Film Festival, COPA Shorts Festival, Women’s Worldwide Film Festival and many others.

You can see the first three videos on my new website www.HonuProductions.com. We are in final post-production on the “Me, Too” shoot, set in a hospital.

I’ve spent the past four years writing almost nonstop, and because of the film shorts and my traveling a lot, I’ve taken a bit of a break from writing this summer. This fall, I’ll get back to “Bleeder,” the third book in the “Behind the Mic Mysteries,” which should still be out in early 2019. It’s the continuing saga of intrepid radio reporter, Lisa Powers, who covers the trial of the cop shooter from the Dead Air book. The story will be a fictionalized version of an actual case I covered during my television crime reporting days and will be “moved on a change of venue” to Prescott. I can include details about the lovely mountain town that is my second home. Lisa will also cover a domestic violence case, and the podcast is tentatively entitled “Art of the Steal,” about a crime in an art gallery.

Meanwhile, I now have two audio books for “Fade Out” and “Dead Air,” both available on Audible and Amazon. My son, audio production engineer Devon J. Hancock, handled all the editing and mastering duties, as well as adding sound effects and original music.

If you like crime fiction mysteries, check out the novella “Deadly Misfire,” by Short on Time Books (www.ShortOnTimeBooks.com), which is available on Amazon. It’s the story of a mysterious man who stalks reporter Lisa Powers at a radio convention, and every day ramps up threats against her. She and her co-worker/boyfriend Dean Jeffries fear for her life as tensions build on the final night with an awards presentation for which Lisa is in the running with another reporter from New York, who coincidentally looks similar to Lisa. Info: https://tinyurl.com/BuyDeadlyMisfire.

“Dead Air,“ book #2 in the “Behind the Mic Mysteries,” is now available in both e-book and print on Amazon at https://tinyurl.com/BuyDeadAir. In addition, the audio book for Fade Out is is also online at Amazon and Audible.

Dead Air cover by Tad Smith of The Design Idea

The cold case Lisa works on is a 15-year-old sexual assault of a 4-year-old girl, who is now 19. The young victim has not had any closure all this time, and Lisa is determined to help her find the rapist.

Lisa’s “podcast,” which she writes for fun at night after covering gritty crime stories during the day, is a “film noir” style story of a 1940s private eye and a dame. Only L. N. Pane, P.I. is the dame and the gentleman seeks help finding out why someone is out to kill him.

There are other stories Lisa covers in “Dead Air,” and as well as a new potential love interest for our heroine.

I had a great time narrating my audio books, and my talented son, Devon Hancock, who is seriously into audio production, did all the editing, mastering, uploading, etc. The “podcast” portion of the book has the bonus of professional actors, original music and sound effects. It will not be your “normal” audio book! Devon also created original music for me, came up with good additional sound effects and I’m so proud of the great work he did.

You can hear a recent interview on Golden State Media Concepts, about my books, my background and many other subjects, including my latest novella called “Deadly Misfire,” one of seven stories in a multi-author series called “Tawnee Mountain Mysteries.” Check out the podcast and blog cast at https://t.co/9WfsjTFBYw

For more details about my other novels, check out the “Novels” page above.

Equalizer cover by Tad Smith of The Design Idea

Fade Out cover by Tad Smith of The Design Idea

There’s additional information about my writing  on my Amazon Author Page at amazon.com/author/lauriefagen. I would greatly appreciate a short review there, as my publisher says “it’s all about the algorithms” on Amazon.

Make sure to sign up for my monthly newsletter so you stay informed about my speaking engagements, contests, and other details. Visit the “contact page” to sign up.

“Fade Out” and “Dead Air” are available at Chandler public libraries; Sibley’s West Gifts, Chandler; Dog-Eared Pages, Phoenix; Peregrine Book Company, Prescott Center for the Arts Gallery and Prescott Library, Prescott

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