Category Archives: Novel

mystery/suspense novels

Book Review: The Secret Life Of Lucy Bosman

I love history. I strongly believe that historical fiction is one of the creative ways in which we can teach it without being distant from it or placing it into a box for such so called learning requirements such as … Continue reading

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Rewriting The Presentation of Women of Color in Women’s Literature

She is often treated in 19th Century literature as a product of sin or a whore to be saved or dismissed, but the story of the mulatto woman is much grander than this. In my newest novel, The Secret Life … Continue reading

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The Edutainment Value of Writing Historical Fiction

Happy New Year! Yes, I know I am almost 30 days late, but it’s better late than never, right? Well, I have started off 2014 with a lovely bang. Towards the end of 2013, I published my first historical fiction … Continue reading

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Write a novel in 30 days? Are you nuts? What NaNoWriMo Taught Me about Being a Writer

Writing off the top of my head is one of the hardest things for me to do. You see, I’ve been trained to always have an outline before writing; that’s what I teach my students because, well, I’m an English … Continue reading

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The Power of the Perfect Pitch

My mystery novel, Murder on Second Street, was selected as a “Pitch Perfect Pick” for Underground Book Reviews recently. According to their website, “We choose Pitch Perfect titles on the basis of originality and professional appear…ance. Basically, Pitch Perfect Picks are books … Continue reading

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Murder on Second Street by Rebekah L. Pierce

“Writing is the only solitary experience that ends in a public beating.” Excited to share with you this 5 star review from Long & Short Reviews on my historical fiction novel, Murder on Second Street: The Jackson Ward Murders. If … Continue reading

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Interview with The Phantom Writer

Hello, all. Sharing with you today my interview with The Phantom Writer where I discuss my love of reading, my novel, Murder on Second Street and Jaffa cakes (I’m down for anything cakeish). 🙂 Check out @ThePhantomWrite’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/ThePhantomWrite/status/374112719802097664 Links … Continue reading

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The Key to a Successful Self-Publishing Career: Hire an Editor

I am just going to keep it real with you all because I know of no other way to be. One of the biggest struggles I face in cross promoting the works of other self-published authors is that the work … Continue reading

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Tweet from Rebekah L. Pierce (@rebekahpierce)

Rebekah L. Pierce (@rebekahpierce) tweeted at 7:23 PM on Sun, Jun 09, 2013: Murder on Second Street: The Jackson Ward Murders (Death Comes to the Ward) by Rebekah L. Pierce, ht… – http://t.co/NtoQqL9irQ #noir (https://twitter.com/rebekahpierce/status/343871000582172672) Get the official Twitter app … Continue reading

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