Welcome to fellow Canadian/Ontario writers Liz Lindsay and Pam Blance aka Jamie Tremain!
Enjoy this double feature interview!
Jamie Tremain was “born” in the summer
of 2007. A collaborative effort brought about by two fledgling authors Liz Lindsay and Pam Blance. Pam and Liz
met at their place of work and once a mutual interest in reading (and writing!)
was discovered, there was no stopping them! To date Jamie Tremain has published
the Dorothy Dennehy Mystery Series and has now released the first book
in a new Grant’s Crossing Series – Death on the Alder
Even before their first book, The
Silk Shroud, was published, they had been actively building their brand.
One of their fortes was, and still is, interviews on their blog with other
authors – and readers. Networking within the supportive writing community
continues to be a priority. A recent “Author Survival Network” private group
was established on Facebook, to offer fellow authors a place to meet via Zoom,
share experiences and offer encouragement to each other.
Jamie Tremain belongs to Crime Writers
of Canada, International Thriller Writers, and are proud to be part of the Genre5
Writers group in Guelph, Ontario.
Links:
Web:
www.jamietremain.ca
Blog: https://jamietremain.blogspot.com
Email: jamietremainJT@yahoo.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamietremainwrites
Twitter: @PamLizWrites
Instagram: Liz and Pam (@jamietremain_mysteryauthor) • Instagram photos
and videos
HOW MANY HOURS A
DAY DO YOU WRITE?
Liz: Pam has answered this well! Per week, we
probably average four to six hours a day each but have a schedule as Pam notes.
Pam: We have a schedule of writing three days a week and two for bookkeeping,
and paperwork, marketing, researching etc. We never keep to it! We are very
flexible as family and life sometimes get in the way. Liz is an early riser, so
she works well in the mornings. I rise later and often have ideas in the
evening. Yes, we are here on the weekend as well. That's the beauty of
collaborating. One of us is always writing.
WHAT IS YOUR
FAVORITE CHILDHOOD BOOK?
Liz: It was any book in the Nancy Drew series.
Family always knew for Christmas or birthday, there’d best be another Nancy
Drew (or Trixie Belden or Hardy Boys!).
Pam: Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. Loved the book,
although not so fond of horses now.
WHAT IS THE MOST
DIFFICULT PART OF YOUR ARTISTIC PROCESS?
Liz: Fighting distraction! And by distraction,
I mean the internet. It starts out innocently enough – the need to verify
details on a weapon, or geographical location, for example. Next thing you
know, a couple of hours have disappeared and not a single written word has been
added to the manuscript!
Pam: Giving
in to the many distractions of the day. Also, staying with POV.
FIVE YEARS FROM
NOW, WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF AS A WRITER?
Liz: Good
question! I’d like to see Jamie Tremain well established with at least six
books in each of our two current series. Personally, I’d like to see some of my
short stories published – perhaps as my own collection.
Pam: That
is a loaded question! In five years, Liz, and I, as Jamie Tremain will still be
writing and doing what we love best. If our readers wish to put us on the best
sellers list, we will accept.
HOW MANY
UNPUBLISHED AND HALF-FINISHED BOOKS DO YOU HAVE?
Liz: Jamie
Tremain has one full-length novel we wrote more than ten years ago, sitting on
a shelf, waiting for us to come back. It was our first completed work and
because we have learned so much over the years, we’d like to re-visit this
work, applying what we have now gained in experience. We are hoping to publish
the next Grant’s Crossing story – Resort to Murder – early in 2022. Pam and I
are also writing a book with another author, Gloria Ferris, and we’re more than
halfway through the first draft.
Pam: As Jamie Tremain, we only have one. It’s
waiting to be revised and changed as we have learned so much along the way.
Someday, we will get back to work on “Madelaine”.
WAS THERE A
PERSON WHO ENCOURAGED YOU TO WRITE?
Liz: Until Pam and I met and decided to
partner-up as writers, I really had no specific source of encouragement,
although the urge to write has been with me since childhood. On the other hand,
no one ever actually discouraged me from writing either.
Pam: When
starting on this journey, I attended workshops and writing classes. I was at a
book festival and met Louise Penny. I so admired her style of writing and we
corresponded for a while. Her encouragement was invaluable going forward.
Beholden to None
Third in the Dorothy Dennehy Mystery Series
P.I. Dorothy Dennehy takes on her first major case since the death of
her fiancé, and partner, Paul Webster. The case takes her to Detroit and
involves on of her own team. There are life threatening implications for all.
Corruption at City Hall and a prestigious law firm lead to murder.
Can she save her top investigator from an unrepentant criminal’s thirst
for revenge?
On Amazon: Beholden to None: A Dorothy Dennehy Mystery : Tremain,
Jamie: Amazon.ca: Books
UBL: Jamie
Tremain (books2read.com)
Google Play: Beholdento None: A Dorothy Dennehy Mystery - Jamie Tremain - Google Books
GRANT’S CROSSING – DEATH ON THE ALDER
This is the first in Jamie Tremain’s
Grant’s Crossing series.
Imagine you’re 28 years old - carefree, career undecided, and your last
surviving family member has bequeathed you a renovated farmhouse, which is now
home to 8 senior citizens. You no sooner arrive, when a suspicious death throws
a heavy shadow over two of the residents. It’s your decision – turn down the
inheritance or stay. What would you do?
This is Alysha Grant’s dilemma when she inherits Leven Lodge – and its
residents!
On Amazon: Grant'sCrossing: Death on the Alder eBook : Tremain, Jamie: Amazon.ca: Books
UBL: Jamie
Tremain (books2read.com)
Google Play: Deathon the Alder: Grant's Crossing - Jamie Tremain - Google Books
