Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes!
My newest release is an epic domestic thriller--CHARM ARTIST. Here’s what it’s about:
After the Portland terrorist attack, the kidnapping of his daughter, and the domestic violence case that almost killed him, Detective Wayne Deetz and his wife Joanie escape for a long overdue vacation in Sedona, Arizona, to make some monumental career decisions. When Joanie’s childhood friend, Suzanne, acts euphoric and distant, Deetz and Joanie become suspicious of her boyfriend, the beguiling millionaire artist Octavius Hunt. The more Wayne and Joanie dig into Octavius’s corrupt and scandalous background—and his shady partnership with Mayor Marsden Maddox and entrepreneur Timmy Kondore—the darker and more twisted Suzanne’s reality becomes. When Wayne and Joanie dare to venture one step too far into Octavius’s sinister world of drugs and pleasure to find answers, they find themselves square in the madman’s crosshairs. Although Octavius Hunt is a bad example of someone who thinks creatively and spontaneously—I’m a good example! HOW I COME UP WITH ‘WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT’—BY THE SEAT OF MY PANTS There are novelists who are plotters—plan the whole book out before they begin writing—and there are seat-of-the-pants authors—who write the book on the fly as they go. I’m the latter. So, I take just a seed of an idea for a few characters and what might happen—and start the writing journey. As the manuscript slowly grows, I type ideas of ‘what can happen next’ at the end of the book. As the book grows more, I add more and more ideas about what can happen next at the end. By the time I’m halfway finished, I’ve broken those ‘ideas’ into categories for each main character. I also add an ‘Ending’ category with various ideas about how the book can end. This process makes me a slower writer than many, but I believe the resulting organic story and chilling twists-and-turns make it worth it for you—the reader. If you’re interested, you can order Charm Artist on Amazon! Here’s the Stop #10 Basics: Clue to Write Down: (in the) Link to Stop #11, the Next Stop on the Loop: James L. Rubart’s site! Good luck!
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Hannah Corner
10/21/2021 01:53:02 pm
I just discovered your books in the last couple months and devoured Books 1-3 of your Signs of Life series. So excited about Book 4!
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Creston Mapes
10/21/2021 02:18:51 pm
Hey Hannah, I'm so glad my books have kept you occupied. Thanks very much for reading! cm
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Carrie Pierce
10/21/2021 04:57:09 pm
I have subscribed. Thank you.
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Creston Mapes
10/22/2021 08:55:49 am
Great Carrie!
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Rebecca Booth
10/21/2021 09:41:20 pm
Thanks for the chance!
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Creston Mapes
10/22/2021 02:09:02 pm
Good luck, Rebecca!
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10/22/2021 12:42:15 pm
Hi, Creston; I'm so glad that you were able to visit The Family Church for their book club meeting. Ginger Aster told me of your visits. Wish I could have been there. I live in Dawsonville now and work at the library there, telling everyone about great books to read! I'm excited you are part of this scavenger hunt! Blessings!
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Creston Mapes
10/22/2021 02:09:17 pm
Nora, great to hear from you!
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Kathy Crohn
10/22/2021 01:43:41 pm
I just discovered you thru the scavenger hunt! I look forward to reading your books!!
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Creston Mapes
10/22/2021 02:09:44 pm
Kathy, thanks for dropping by. I hope you'll enjoy my books. Let us know!
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Sonya Bowman
10/22/2021 02:19:15 pm
I'm looking forward to checking out your books! :)
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Creston Mapes
10/22/2021 02:22:14 pm
I'm looking forward to having a new fan, Sonya! Thanks for dropping by.
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Loraine
10/22/2021 05:23:44 pm
Just started your Crittendon Files, and you have hooked me.
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Creston Mapes
10/22/2021 07:40:08 pm
Hey Loraine, glad we have you hooked. Enjoy! Thanks for trying my books. cm
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Kerri Norrod
10/22/2021 06:25:07 pm
I subscribed. Your books sound like a real page turner. Look forward to checking out your books.
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Creston Mapes
10/22/2021 07:41:06 pm
Hey Kerri, thanks for dropping by and good luck on the Scavenger Hunt. Yes, let me know how you like my books if you try them. cm
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Debbie
10/23/2021 12:28:38 pm
Would love to add you to my list of fav authors
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Creston Mapes
10/23/2021 06:46:39 pm
Please do! Thanks Debbie.
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Teresa Warner
10/23/2021 02:27:03 pm
Subscribed
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Creston Mapes
10/23/2021 06:46:59 pm
Great, Teresa. Glad to have you on board.
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Gail Hollingsworth
10/23/2021 05:08:29 pm
Subscribed
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Creston Mapes
10/23/2021 06:47:13 pm
Excellent, Gail!
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Tina H.
10/23/2021 05:20:00 pm
Your books sound right up my hubby's alley. I'll be sure to mention them to him. I've subscribed to your newsletter.
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Creston Mapes
10/23/2021 06:47:36 pm
Tina, let me know how he likes them. Thank you. cm
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Caryl Kane
10/23/2021 10:12:39 pm
I enjoyed Fear Has a Name!
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Creston Mapes
10/25/2021 07:51:03 am
Thanks much, Caryl!
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Margaret Josey
10/24/2021 12:31:11 am
I started to read your books over the summer they are fantastic! Keep up the good work.
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Creston Mapes
10/25/2021 07:51:25 am
Margaret, thank you!
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Kathy Green
10/24/2021 01:13:17 pm
I subscribed!
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Creston Mapes
10/25/2021 07:51:45 am
Thanks, Kathy!
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Linda Rorex
10/25/2021 12:58:38 am
I have subscribed.
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Creston Mapes
10/25/2021 07:52:02 am
Got it, Linda!
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