#Katie Tietjen

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REVIEW

Death in the Details by Katie Tietjen

With a mother who loved dollhouses, had more than one of her own, and took me to see a famous one in Chicago AND a father who loved mysteries, suspense, and crime stories – How could I not read this book? Finding out this is based on a real person who made miniatures to solve murders and teach the skill to others is just an additional bonus. I am hoping this will be a series but haven’t found out yet if it will or not.

The setting is a small town in Vermont just after the end of WWII. Mable “Maple” Bishop finds out she has less to fall back on than she thought and will need to earn a living. Little does she know that her hobby of creating miniature dollhouses might lead to a very interesting future.

An argument overheard, a murder scene stumbled onto, and realizing she sees what others have not, she recreates the murder scene in a miniature “nutshell”. She then uses her mental skills, legal knowledge, her husband’s medical books and her belief in justice and finding the truth to the best advantage and uncovers more than she or anyone else thought she would.

This story reminded me of stories I had heard about the scrimping and saving, rationing, donating items needed for the war effort, victory gardens, loss, and other issues that were real when my parents were young. I felt a part of the story and loved meeting characters that I hope will show up in a future book. Will Maple and Ben continue to spend time together in his hardware shop? Will Charlotte have more children? Will Kenny grow into his own and perhaps take over the sheriff’s department from his uncle?

This had some darkness to it with the mention of verbal and physical abuse, black market smuggling, murder, fraud and other crimes but it also talked of purpose, joy, and moving forward in a positive manner even when times are not easy.

I am glad I read this book and would recommend it to those who enjoy historical fiction and cozy mysteries.

Thank you to NetGalley and Crooked Lane for the ARC – This is my honest review.

4-5 Stars

BLURB

Inspired by the real life Frances Lee Glessner and featuring a whip-smart, intrepid sleuth in post-WWII Vermont. Maple Bishop is ready to put WWII and the grief of losing her husband Bill behind her. But when she discovers that Bill left her penniless, Maple realizes she could lose her Vermont home next and sets out to make money the only way she knows by selling her intricately crafted dollhouses. Business is off to a good start—until Maple discovers her first customer dead, his body hanging precariously in his own barn. Something about the supposed suicide rubs Maple the wrong way, but local authorities brush off her concerns. Determined to see “what’s big in what’s small,” Maple turns to what she knows best, painstakingly recreating the gruesome scene in death in a nutshell. With the help of a rookie officer named Kenny, Maple uses her macabre miniature to dig into the dark undercurrents of her sleepy town, where everyone seems to have a secret—and a grudge. But when one of her neighbors who she never got along withher nemesis goes missing and she herself becomes a suspect, it’ll be up to Maple to find the devil in the details—and put him behind bars. Drawing inspiration from true crime and offering readers a smartly plotted puzzle of a mystery, Death in a Nutshell is a stunning series debut.

#Katie Tietjen #Crooked Lane #NetGalley #Murder #Crime #Historical Fiction #miniature houses #crime nutshells #Post WWII fiction #PTSD #Small town #widow

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#NetGalley #BookReview Death in the Details, A Novel by Katie Tietjen #Cozy #Mystery #HistoricalMystery

Review  Death in the Details A Novel by   Katie Tietjen Release date: April 9th, 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐ (4.5 rounded up) I received a complimentary ARC copy of Death in the Details, A Novel by Katie Tietjen from Net Galley and Crooked Lane Books in order to read and give an honest review.  …This book was a unique, well written and cleverly plotted cozy mystery which had it all, an amazing…

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FSC • Day 6

In your own space, create a list of at least three fannish things you'd love to receive, something you've wanted but were afraid to ask for - a fannish wish-list of sorts. 

Podfic? I don’t have any kind of good theatrical ability, so I can’t really do it myself, but I think there’s some dramatic, emotional, atmospheric oneshots I have written that might make good podfic: Liv Goes Inside (Moonlight) or Oblivion (Venom). Or, since this is a dream wishlist, a chapter from one of my long Peaky Blinders fics: The Bride, A Battle Joined, or The Phoenix Will Rise.

Manips, gifsets, or fanvids based on one of my fics? I don’t have Photoshop and my fanvidding skills are atrocious. But I love a good movie-poster-looking manip, or a gifset with a strong palette, or a fanvid that’s gorgeously in sync with its backing music.

Crossover pairing fic? Like. I literally have so many absurdly, absurdly out-there pairings, both romantic and platonic, that I thought up for Crossover Exchange but will probably never see the light of day. Greatest hits: 

Ainsley Hayes (The West Wing) & or / Elle Woods (Legally Blonde)

Ainsley Hayes (The West Wing) & or / Sloan Sabbith (The Newsroom)

Bridget Jones (Bridget Jones’ Diary) & Mindy Lahiri (The Mindy Project) & Elle Woods (Legally Blonde)

Cassian Andor (Rogue One)/Isabella Bautista (Narcos Mexico)

CJ Cregg (The West Wing) & Kirsten (Set It Up) & Anne Weying (Venom)

Don Keefer (The Newsroom)/Dan Rydell (Sports Night)/Sloan Sabbith (The Newsroom)

Eddie Brock (Venom 2018 movie) & or / Neal Sampat (The Newsroom)

Edmund Pevensie (The Chronicles of Narnia)/Sansa Stark (Game of Thrones)

Frank Castle (The Punisher)/Blanca Evangelista (Pose)

Jessica Tang (Southland)/John Wick (John Wick Movies)

Katy (Letterkenny) & Angel Evangelista (Pose)

Lara Jean Covey (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before)/Rilla Blythe (Anne of Green Gables)

Malcolm Tucker (The Thick of It) & Toby Ziegler (The West Wing)

May Carleton (Peaky Blinders) & or / Mary Crawley (Downton Abbey)

Mindy Lahiri (The Mindy Project) & Donna Moss (The West Wing)

Stella Gibson (The Fall TV)/John Luther (Luther TV)

Susan Pevensie (The Chronicles of Narnia)/Brienne of Tarth (Game of Thrones) Susan Pevensie (The Chronicles of Narnia)/Sansa Stark (Game of Thrones)

Sybil Crawley (Downton Abbey) & Valentine Wannop (Parade’s End)

The Splendid Angharad (Fury Road)/Sansa Stark (Game of Thrones)

Tommy Shelby (Peaky Blinders)/Sylvia Tietjens (Parade’s End)

#FSC 2019 #Fandom Snowflake Challenge #wishlist

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GEICO Ads From The Vault – Easy As Pie

Our new series of digital ads for GEICO imagines what the insurance company’s video advertising might have looked like in the golden age of theatrical cartoons. Not only did the concept provide a rich visual space to play in, but it was an opportunity to remind audiences of the company’s history, which started in the 1930s.

Paying homage to classic cartoons meant paying close attention to classic humor tropes when writing storylines and the animation process itself. Characters needed to have a playful kinetic bounce, so we used cel animation to capture the physical comedy that makes these classic cartoons so endearing to audiences of all ages.

Client: GEICO Agency: Demo Duck Campaign “Ads From the Vault”

ACD: Kelsie Ozamiz Producer: Theresa Brooks Lead Writer: Jarrett Hothan Art Director: Nicky Mazur Design: Katie Trayte Animation: Rohan McDonald, Zak Tietjen Music + Sound Design: Clark Rhee Likes: 12 Viewed:

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Demo Duck 2018 Reel | Video Production Agency from Demo Duck on Vimeo.

We’ve been evolving quite a bit here at Demo Duck. From expanding our production capabilities to growing our internal creative team, so it felt long overdue to show you, our friends, what we’ve been up to lately.

Proudly presenting, Demo Duck’s Capabilities Reel - 2018. A huge thanks to our creative partners, both far and near, for making awesome things with us.

Music by Ed Godsall

Check out more of our work at: demoduck.com

Credits: 0:03, 0:41 - Discovery Education / Heave-Ho Productions (Director) 0:04, 0:30 - Sportscastr / Manu Correa Soto (Design, Animation) 0:05, 0:33 - Follett Book Rental / Adam Rosenbaum (Design, Animation) 0:06, 0:26, 1:00 - Blue Cross Blue Shield: Healthy Lunches - nöbl TV (Director) 0:08 - SlickText / Duo Team (Design & Animation) 0:10 - ZocDoc: Reviews / Daniel Cordero (Design & Animation) 0:12, 0:29, 1:07 - IBM + Watson / Allen Laseter (Director) 0:13, 1:04 - Surge / Dmitry Stolz (Design), Vladimir Marchukov (Animation) 0:13 - Bionic: This is Bionic / Justyna Szczepankiewicz (Design) Fede Cook (Design, Animation) 0:15, 0:35 - Demo Duck: Video For Any Mission / Jorge R Canedo (Director) 0:16-0:17 - Wheels for Wishes: ‘Roadmap to Wishes’ / Ale Pixel Studio (Design, Animation) 0:18 - IFIC Foundation: Aspartame / Hippie House (Design & Animation) 0:24-0:25 - Northwestern Mutual: Your Money Minute Series / Carolina Carballo (Design), Juan Rodriguez (Animation) 0:31 - ZocDoc: Anytime, Anywhere / Katie Trayte (Design), Zak Tietjen (Animation) 0:32, 0:58 - Girls Leadership - Asking / Eugenia Mello (Design), Monique Wray (Animation) 0:34, 0:51-0:53 - This is Demo Duck / Rebecca Barbarek, Alex Solis, Daniel Cordero (Animation) 0:35-0:36, 0:57 - HCSC 'Hug It Out’ / Ale Pixel Studio (Director) 0:38 - PhoneSoap / StoryStudio (Design, Animation) 0:39 - TraQtion - Zublime (Design, Animation) 0:42 - Google Domains / Heave-Ho Productions (Director) 0:43 - GEMS Academy / Heave-Ho Productions (Director) 0:44-0:45 - World Poker Tour / Heave-Ho Productions (Director) 0:47 - ASCP Patient Champions / Heave-Ho Productions (Director) 0:48 - 8th Light Software / Heave-Ho Productions (Director) 0:49 - CCFA: Biosimilars / Furnace FPS (Director) 0:56 - Hope For The Day / Eugenia Mello (Design, Animation) 0:59 - NVFC: Serve Strong Series / StoryStudio (Design), Ale Pixel Studio (Animation) 1:01, 1:05 - Microsoft IT / Zublime (Design, Animation) 1:02 - ITG - SmartLimit / Linetest (Director)

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Zocdoc: Anytime, Anywhere from Zak Tietjen on Vimeo.

I had an absolute blast working on this with the wonderful team at Demo Duck. The turnaround had me pulling a few late-nighters, but it was time well spent.

Studio: Demo Duck Producer: Cody Benefiel Creative Lead + Script: Kelsie Ozamiz Design: Katie Trayte Animation: Zak Tietjen Voiceover: Gavin Duncan Scott Sound: Humberto Corte (Parlante Sound)

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Miss America 2018: Road to Crown!

Miss America 2018 will be the 97th edition of the Miss America pageant. It will be held in Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 10, 2017. During the conclusion of the pageant, Savvy Shields from Arkansas will be passing on her crown to her successor. The pageant would be hosted by Chris Harrison and Sage Steele, who would be returning to co-host the Miss America pageant for the second year in a row.

Miss America 2018 contestants will be judged on the basis of talent performances and interview. The event will be broadcast by ABC in the United States, the first in the network’s newest agreement to carry the pageant until 2019, with Dick Clark Productions producing the ceremony.

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Alabama- Jessica Procter

Alaska- Angelina Klapperich

Arizona- MaddieRose Holler

Arkansas- Maggie Benton

California- Jillian Smith

Colorado- Meredith Winnefeld

Connecticut- Eliza Kanner

Delaware- Chelsea Bruce

District of Columbia- Briana Kinsey

Florida- Sara Zeng

Georgia- Alyssa Beasley

Hawaii- Kathryn Teruya

Idaho- Taylor Lance

Illinois- Abby Foster

Indiana- Haley Begay

Iowa- Chelsea Dubczak

Kansas- Krystian Fish

Kentucky- Molly Matney

Louisiana- Laryssa Bonacquisti

Maine- Katie Elliott

Maryland- Kathleen Masek

Massachusetts- Jillian Zucco

Michigan- Heather Kendrick

Minnesota- Brianna Drevlow

Mississippi- Anne Elizabeth Buys

Missouri- Jennifer Davis

Montana- Maddie Murray

Nebraska- Allison Tietjen

Nevada- Andrea Martinez

New Hampshire- Lauren Percy

New Jersey- Kaitlyn Schoeffel

New Mexico-Taylor Rey

New York- Gabrielle Walter

North Carolina- Victoria Huggins

North Dakota- Cara Mund

Ohio- Sarah Clapper

Oklahoma-Triana Browne

Oregon- Harley Emery

Pennsylvania- Katie Schreckengast

Rhode Island- Nicolette Peloquin

South Carolina- Suzi Roberts

South Dakota- Miranda Mack

Tennessee- Caty Davis

Texas- Margana Wood

Utah- JessiKate Riley

Vermont- Erin Connor

Virginia- Cecili Weber

Washington- Nicole Renard

West Virginia- Tamia Hardy

Wisconsin- McKenna Collins

Wyoming- Cheyenne Buyert

Who do you think will succeed Savvy Shields as next Miss America?

Picture Credits: Official Account of the Contestants and Miss America Organization

Vote For Your Favourite for Miss America 2018!

Miss America 2018: Meet The Contestants! Miss America 2018: Road to Crown! Miss America 2018 will be the 97th edition of the Miss America pageant.

#Miss America #Miss America 2018 #Savvy Shields #United States #United States of America #USA