A Blog for Readers and Writers of Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction
“Surely, moving to Columbus is all Gerald and Annette Reed need to start a new life and escape their demons…”
Mercedes King is the author of “An Agreeable Wife For A Suitable Husband,” one of the stories in the newly published Columbus Noir anthology by Akashic Books. Columbus Noir was the 101st installment in the series—and the first for Ohio.
We all know there are different paths in publishing. Some writers love not only the actual writing but also the full production of a book, from formatting the pages, producing cover art, and developing publicity materials to setting pub dates and generally seeing things through from plotting to launch and beyond. Eileen Curley Hammond is such a person.
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This spring semester, for my Gotham Writers novel class, I decided to use Easy Rawlins for our character study. Usually[…]
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“I hate writing. I love having written.” –Dorothy Parker
One aspect of writing is pure joy for me, though–romancing the words.
Novelist Alice Hoffman said once, “Place matters to me. Invented place matters more.” Creating a world is one of the joys of writing fiction.
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Dr. Fisher found time to write “one of the most popular and ingenious” crime novels of 1932 while working as a radiologist, essayist, playwright, and musician
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A History Center creates a digital archive documenting daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Doctors, real and literary, fight to save the world. Honor them on National Doctors Day.
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No, not those old ladies…as far as I know we’re fine. What I’m talking about are the lovely old houses of the past–especially the “grand old ladies” of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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One of my husband’s favorite scenes in Steve Martin’s movie The Jerk takes place in the office of an extravagant[…]
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