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Greg Tenorly Series vs. Ginger Lightley Series
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The chart below is a comparison of my Greg Tenorly Mystery Series and the new Ginger Lightley Mystery Series I am now working on.
| Name of Series | Greg Tenorly Mystery Series | Ginger Lightley Mystery Series |
| Books | Bicycle Shop Murder, Hideaway Hospital Murders, Illusion of Luck, Fly the Rain. | Sweet Ginger Poison (working title for first book in the series). |
| Main Character | Greg Tenorly - He’s in his mid-thirties, and is part-time music teacher, part-time church music minister. | Virginia “Ginger” Lightley - She’s a widow in her early 60’s. Owns and operates Coreyville Coffee Cakes. |
| Home Town | Coreyville, Texas - a small East Texas Town near Longview. | Coreyville, Texas - a small East Texas Town near Longview. |
| Genre | Mystery. I classified these four books as mysteries, but they’re really suspense. Bicycle Shop Murder comes the closest to being a whodunit, which is what most people expect when they read a mystery. | Cozy Mystery. These books will be whodunits, with an amateur sleuth: Ginger Lightley. You’ll be gathering and analyzing clues right along with Ginger, and you might not know who the killer is until the very end. |
| Foul Language | None. | None. |
| Violence | Intense, but not extremely graphic. | Not graphic at all. |
| Sexual Situations | Bicycle Shop Murder has none, but the other books do, although it’s not very graphic. | Only mild innuendos. |
| Writing Method | Very little planning done before writing commenced. (Nonetheless, I was pleased with the result.) | Detailing of character profiles. Meticulous layering of plot, subplots, motives, interrelationships, etc., until an intricate mesh is created. |
| Point of View & Style | Third person. Keep the reader guessing what’s next. Interesting characters the reader cares about. | First person, through the eyes of Ginger Lightley. Keep the reader guessing, trying to stay a step ahead of Ginger. Interesting characters the reader cares about. Give the reader a chance to solve the crime before Ginger, but don’t make it easy. |
| Where to Find the Books | Free to read online or download. | I will be seeking an agent and then a publishing deal. Hopefully the first book will be available at your local bookstore in the not-too-distant future. |
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