What Mystery Conventions Are You Going To in 2023?
2023 Mystery Convention Round-up. Can’t wait to see real people!
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2023 Mystery Convention Round-up. Can’t wait to see real people!
Read moreHappy Winter Solstice! Check out the timelapse video of sunrise-sunset in Anchorage from December 21, 2012.
Read moreThe inspiration for Implied Consent was ripped from the headlines.
Read moreA “pantser” writes the story as it comes to her. A “plotter” drafts an outline of the entire story and then fills in the meaty stuff. I’m more of a “plantser.” Here are some tricks I’ve learned over the years
Read moreIf your story includes a criminal prosecution, here is information you might find useful. Investigation Long before a case goes[…]
Read moreSleuths and sidekicks, then and now. A look at how McDonald and Dodds inverts tropes.
Read more1926 – 1922 We take this day to observe the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
Read moreNumerous times I’ve seen readers roll their eyes and say, “Oh, no, not another recovering alcoholic detective.” I get that.
Read moreOn occasion, someone tells me how wonderful it is that I’m a writer and they couldn’t ever come up with a story.
“Of course you can,” I say, “you make stuff up all the time. You just don’t realize it!”
Law in Faction: Factish or Fictiony – A Lawyer’s Review
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