S. 8, Ep. 24: Interview with Crime Writer Lorie Lewis Ham The Crime Cafe
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This episode of the Crime Cafe podcast features my interview with crime writer, podcaster, and journal editor/publisher Lorie Lewis Ham.
Join us for a discussion of her new novel that takes place in Fresno, California! In the Tower District! :)
Not to mention her podcast and literary journal. Oh, my!
Before I bring on my guest, I’ll just remind you that the Crime Cafe has two eBooks for sale: the nine book box set and the short story anthology. You can find the buy inks for both on my website, debbimack.com under the Crime Cafe link. You can also get a free copy of either book if you become a Patreon supporter. You’ll get that and much more if you support the podcast on Patreon, along with our eternal gratitude for doing so.
Check us out on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crimecafe
Debbi (00:54): But first, let me put in a good word for Blubrry podcasting.
I’m a Blubrry affiliate, but that’s not the only reason I’m telling you this. I’ve been using Blubrry Podcasting as my hosting service for my podcast for years and it’s one of the best decisions I ever made. They give great customer service, you’re in complete control of your own podcast, you can run it from your own website, and it just takes a lot of the work out of podcasting for me. I find for that reason that it’s a company that I can get behind 100% and say, “You should try this.” Try Blubrry. It doesn’t require a long-term contract, and it’s just a great company, period. It also has free technical support by email, video, and phone, so you can get a human being there. Isn’t that nice?
If you want to podcast, try out Blubrry. No long-term contract, excellent distribution, and great technical support, too, by email, video, and on the phone. I’ve included an affiliate link on this blog.
I’ve included an affiliate link on this blog.
Download a copy of the PDF transcript of this episode here.
Debbi: Hi. Our guest today had her first song and poem published when she was 13, so she got a real early start. Since then, she's published many articles, short stories and poems, six mystery novels, and written for a local newspaper. Those are still around, you know, and it's a great thing. And furthermore, she has been for 13 years, editor-in-chief and publisher of Kings River Life Magazine, and she produces Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast, where you can hear an excerpt from her latest book, One of Us, a story that takes place in Fresno, California, a place near and dear to my own heart. It is my great pleasure to introduce my guest, Lorie Lewis Ham. Hi, Lorie. How are you doing today?
Lorie: Hi. Okay. Thank you for having me. I've been fighting some allergies this week. If you remember Fresno about this time of year, there's blossoms everywhere.
Debbi: Yeah. Oh my gosh. Agriculture all over the place as I recall.
Lorie: Yes, definitely.
Debbi: Wow. Yeah, because I moved there from New York, so it was quite a change.
Lorie: Oh, wow. Yeah, that would be.
Debbi: It was. It was almost like heaven by comparison. Isn't that funny to say about Fresno? I don't know.
Lorie: It is.
Debbi: It's very. So tell us about your book, about Roxi, the podcaster/private eye, as I understand it. What a great combination!
Lorie: Well, the podcasting and the private eye part kind of take place a little further into the book. At 35, she was a children's book author and lived on the coast of California, and she lost her publisher. They dropped her series and she is like, okay, well now what am I going to do? And she has a cousin who's a P.I. who lives in Fresno, and he said, well, hey, come stay with me for a while, and so that's what she did. Then he talks her into helping out with a local community theater and someone's murdered during a rehearsal. He's hired to investigate and she helps him out, so that's kind of where the P.I. part starts,
This episode of the Crime Cafe podcast features my interview with crime writer, podcaster, and journal editor/publisher Lorie Lewis Ham.
Join us for a discussion of her new novel that takes place in Fresno, California! In the Tower District! :)
Not to mention her podcast and literary journal. Oh, my!
Before I bring on my guest, I’ll just remind you that the Crime Cafe has two eBooks for sale: the nine book box set and the short story anthology. You can find the buy inks for both on my website, debbimack.com under the Crime Cafe link. You can also get a free copy of either book if you become a Patreon supporter. You’ll get that and much more if you support the podcast on Patreon, along with our eternal gratitude for doing so.
Check us out on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crimecafe
Debbi (00:54): But first, let me put in a good word for Blubrry podcasting.
I’m a Blubrry affiliate, but that’s not the only reason I’m telling you this. I’ve been using Blubrry Podcasting as my hosting service for my podcast for years and it’s one of the best decisions I ever made. They give great customer service, you’re in complete control of your own podcast, you can run it from your own website, and it just takes a lot of the work out of podcasting for me. I find for that reason that it’s a company that I can get behind 100% and say, “You should try this.” Try Blubrry. It doesn’t require a long-term contract, and it’s just a great company, period. It also has free technical support by email, video, and phone, so you can get a human being there. Isn’t that nice?
If you want to podcast, try out Blubrry. No long-term contract, excellent distribution, and great technical support, too, by email, video, and on the phone. I’ve included an affiliate link on this blog.
I’ve included an affiliate link on this blog.
Download a copy of the PDF transcript of this episode here.
Debbi: Hi. Our guest today had her first song and poem published when she was 13, so she got a real early start. Since then, she's published many articles, short stories and poems, six mystery novels, and written for a local newspaper. Those are still around, you know, and it's a great thing. And furthermore, she has been for 13 years, editor-in-chief and publisher of Kings River Life Magazine, and she produces Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast, where you can hear an excerpt from her latest book, One of Us, a story that takes place in Fresno, California, a place near and dear to my own heart. It is my great pleasure to introduce my guest, Lorie Lewis Ham. Hi, Lorie. How are you doing today?
Lorie: Hi. Okay. Thank you for having me. I've been fighting some allergies this week. If you remember Fresno about this time of year, there's blossoms everywhere.
Debbi: Yeah. Oh my gosh. Agriculture all over the place as I recall.
Lorie: Yes, definitely.
Debbi: Wow. Yeah, because I moved there from New York, so it was quite a change.
Lorie: Oh, wow. Yeah, that would be.
Debbi: It was. It was almost like heaven by comparison. Isn't that funny to say about Fresno? I don't know.
Lorie: It is.
Debbi: It's very. So tell us about your book, about Roxi, the podcaster/private eye, as I understand it. What a great combination!
Lorie: Well, the podcasting and the private eye part kind of take place a little further into the book. At 35, she was a children's book author and lived on the coast of California, and she lost her publisher. They dropped her series and she is like, okay, well now what am I going to do? And she has a cousin who's a P.I. who lives in Fresno, and he said, well, hey, come stay with me for a while, and so that's what she did. Then he talks her into helping out with a local community theater and someone's murdered during a rehearsal. He's hired to investigate and she helps him out, so that's kind of where the P.I. part starts,