Assembling a Cast or Creating Characters?
I have two sons, born three years apart—raised in the same household by the same parents, attending the same schools,[…]
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I have two sons, born three years apart—raised in the same household by the same parents, attending the same schools,[…]
Read moreTurns out, broilers can be anywhere and nowhere, powered by gas or electricity, and mistaking a gas broiler for a storage cabinet can have…erm… torrid consequences.
Read moreRetreat? Recharge? Is there a difference and do writers need both? I’d argue yes. My fellow MissDemeanors shared their official Retreat thoughts last week, while I was on a Recharge trip. A recharge isn’t the same as a working trip where I’m running around researching a place, taking notes, jotting details on a map about smells and sounds, hoping to capture that perfect element that says “here.” My trip was a vacation.
Read moreA few nights ago I attended a virtual reading at Neo-Noir at the Bar. Got to hear a number of[…]
Read moreYesterday evening at 8pm, just as the sun in central Ohio was sinking below the horizon and the cicadas were[…]
Read moreI never set out to write a dog into my books, but I can’t help it. I can’t imagine life without my own Jack Russell terriers and can’t imagine my characters without their dogs.
Read moreLaunching a book feels a little like sending a child off to school for the first time.
Read moreA few years ago, I went to the Boucheron World Mystery Convention, when it was in Toronto. One thing led[…]
Read moreLast Monday, after a three-month-long writing marathon, I completed the draft of my fourth Kate Hamilton mystery and sent it[…]
Read moreWe here at MissDemeanors are a tough bunch. We write crime, which means we look into the dark side of human nature as a matter of business. But even for us there are topics not to be touched.
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