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Mainstream humor with a dash of mystery... A throwback to Hollywood’s film noir reporters, Jock Stewart is out of touch with the looming world of digital journalism. While he goes out of his way to mock those in authority by pretending to kowtow to them, he admits he does his best work by “being an asshole.” A mix of Don Rickles and Don Quixote, Stewart is the man for the job when the skirts are up and the chips are down... Hard-boiled reporter Jock Stewart wakes up on the morning after the Star-Gazer office party with a hangover and an old flame in his bed and he cuddles up with the mayor’s wife in the back seat of a 1953 Desoto. Between these defining moments, he investigates the theft of the mayor’s race horse Sea of Fire and the murder of his publisher’s girl friend, Bambi Hill. Stewart discovers the truth for his news stories via an interview style based on lies, pretense and audacious behavior...

Smoky Trudeau has been a writing coach and editor for the past ten years. Along the way, she has helped hundreds of aspiring authors achieve their dreams of becoming published writers. Her book, Front-Word, Back-Word, Insight-Out: Lessons on Writing the Novel Lurking Inside You from Start to Finish (ISBN 978-0-9796545-8-9, Vanilla Heart Publishing, 2008) is the first in her series of Writer’s Workshop books and tools. Episode 2, Smoky will be live on Books with Heart Radio, chatting with listeners about the nitty gritty of writing well, including tips and hints, exercises to free creativity and develop skills that can help writers improve and enjoy writing, question and answer periods, and more… Introducing Smoky's latest release: Left Brained, Write Brained: 366 Writing Prompts and Exercises to Free Your Creative Spirit, Awaken Your Muse, and Challenge Your Skills - Every Day of the Year Each and every Write Well Episode is available in a self-contained Ebook in multiple formats, including Sony Reader and Kindle, PDF and rich text format, epub, and more, and includes the lesson material, exercises, author development tools, resource information and valuable lessons from Smoky Trudeau, Editor and Book Doctor.