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On January 4th, 2012 Tyler R. Tichelaar andVictor R. Volkman spoke with regional mystery maven Nancy Barr.  Nancy served as news editor at the Daily Mining Gazette in Houghton for three years and now works at Michigan Technological University, where she recently earned a masters degree in Rhetoric and Technical Communication.  Her novels include Page One: Hit and Run(July 2006), Page One: Vanished (May 2007), and Page One: Whiteout (November 2009), all from Arbutus Press. She spoke with us on all the particulars of regional mystery writing including: Challenges of writing about real locations in rural areas Character development deciding who deserves a repeat appearance and who is a one-book wonder Plotting versus characterization.  Each book has been different for me. Other mysteries worth reading that feature the rural upper Midwest. The pros and cons of small, regional publishing houses. Marketing