How to Write a Mystery
Over the next few days, I’ll be teaching a class on “How to Write a Mystery” at the Cape Cod[…]
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Category: Conferences
Part One: What happened at Malice …
…doesn’t have to stay at Malice. My panel was “International and Off the Beaten Path Settings. Here’s the low down[…]
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Should I Go or Should I Stay?
I’m talking about writers’ conferences, not relationships! Returning last week from Left Coast Crime in Bellevue, Washington, I found a flurry of comments in my inbox, addressing the question: was it worth it? It’s a good question to ask.
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A new conference
I’ve been addicted to short stories since reading Shirley Jackson’s, “The Lottery.” Although only 3,400 words long, that story has[…]
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Teaching Writing in Dubai
Earlier this month, I traveled to Dubai to teach a Novel-Writing boot camp at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature.[…]
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International Mystery-Writing Conferences
Last year, the ten winners of the prestigious Emirate Literary Fellowship came to Gotham Writers in NYC, where I work.[…]
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What Mystery Conventions Are You Going To in 2024?
Last year was spectacular for crime fiction conventions. Left Coast Crime in Tuscon, Arizona, was like living in a dream state.
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Clay Stafford and Killer Nashville
Please welcome Clay Stafford, the Renaissance man who has developed KILLER NASHVILLE with its Silver Falchion Award into an international[…]
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A New Conference in Town
This Aug. 12-13, Gotham Writers will launch a brand new Genre Fiction Conference, which will focus on writing and selling novels[…]
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DOES YOUR PROTAGONIST HAVE A MUSIC ID?MAYBE SHE SHOULD.
Michael Connelly, author of the Harry Bosch series, spoke about his career and this protagonist in particular, at ThrillerFest earlier[…]
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