Joyce Tremel

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Welcome!

I have been writing for what seems like forever. As a child, I remember my mother writing poems, so I guess I inherited the “writing gene.” I’ve never been at a loss at putting pen to paper.

I’m also an avid reader. I spent many enjoyable summer vacations with my nose in a book. I still remember how it felt to be twelve years old, stretched out on the green and white glider on our front porch, mesmerized by Scarlett O’Hara’s schemes. Gone With the Wind was probably the first “grown-up” book  I read.

 

Eventually I took to writing my own stories. My first shot at writing a novel read a lot like Nancy Drew meets the Hardy Boys, and the female protagonist was way too much like myself. Fortunately, that manuscript no longer exists!

 

My next try wasn’t much better, but every step was, and still is a learning process. There are always new techniques, new plot twists, new insights into characters—the list is endless.

 

Writing is an adventure.

"Successful writers can't afford to wait for the muse, they have to go after her and tie her to the chair."

                                            --Joyce Tremel
 

What's New?

• Join me most Thursdays on the Working Stiffs blog as I talk (mostly) about law enforcement topics.