Geeking Out on Research
Authors have different avenues for research depending on the topic. I write contemporary fiction, and my preference is to interview[…]
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Category: Books
Female Detectives to Die For
No, not Cagney and Lacey, although they remain a very popular team from television. Norwegian crime writer Anne Holt (ret.[…]
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Introducing Rosalie Spielman!
Vanity Fair, which I love, has a “Proust Questionnaire” at the end of each issue. I thought we would pose[…]
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4 Anthologies to Submit to NOW
Submitting to anthologies is a great way to showcase your work. You can find your story side-by-side with a story[…]
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An Interview with Holly West, editor of KILLIN’ TIME IN SAN DIEGO
A warm welcome to Killin’ Time in San Diego’s editor, Holly West, who shares with us a little of how an anthology is made. Killin’ Time in San Diego features twenty of today’s best crime and mystery writers and is published in conjunction with Bouchercon 2023.
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Some cozy advice from S.A. Kaslow
Cozy mystery author S.A. Kazlo is a retired teacher living in upstate New York with her husband and two very[…]
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What do old books smell like?
There’s an important scene in my new novel that takes place in an antiquarian bookstore. I was working on the[…]
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J. Ivanel Johnson: A Mystery 75 years in the Making
Please welcome our guest, J. Ivanel Johnson, who will share her wonderful story of a mystery that took 75 years[…]
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Welcome Terrie Farley Moran, Co-Author of Murder, She Wrote Mystery Book Series
‘m so excited about Terrie’s new book, Murder, She Wrote Death on the Emerald Isle. In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, I asked her to tell us about it.
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Four Tips for Writing a Series
Recently, an author friend preparing to teach a class on writing a series asked me what advice I’d give to an[…]
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