February 2024 - Miss Demeanors

A primer on Death Notification Teams

February 27, 2024 Lane Stone Creating Characters, Uncategorized

I’m currently writing book three of my art thriller trilogy. The other day I was writing away, minding my own[…]

Plagiarism

February 26, 2024 Emilya Naymark Books, Contemporary Culture, Fiction

No, I’m not writing about college presidents and billionaire wives’ dissertations. I’m writing about plagiarism as plot in some of[…]

Five Reasons I Stop Reading an Author

February 23, 2024 Catherine Maiorisi Uncategorized

Miss Demeanor blogger C. Michele Dorsey wrote a post earlier this week titled, Writers Who Left a Hole in My[…]

WRITERS WHO LEFT A HOLE IN MY HEART

February 21, 2024 C. Michele Dorsey #inspiration, Inspiration, Writers

I am a reader who looks forward to new releases by my favorite authors. I know Tana French has[…]

Teaching Writing in Dubai

February 19, 2024 Susan Breen Conferences

Earlier this month, I traveled to Dubai to teach a Novel-Writing boot camp at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature.[…]

Technology as Writing Aid

February 16, 2024 Sharon Ward Writing

Apple Vision is a terrific productivity tool, but you need some patience

Love, Romance, and…Murder?

February 14, 2024 Connie Berry Fiction, Holidays

It is a truth universally (well, maybe generally) acknowledged that romance in a good crime novel must be relegated to a sub plot. If solving the mystery is primary, we’re told, the book is a crime novel. If the outcome of the romance is primary, the book is a romance. Makes sense. But what if the romance is the mystery? What if the romantic relationship between two people creates or solves the crime? Because it’s Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d mention five crime novels where the heart of the plot (pun intended) is romance.

Month: February 2024