Great Expectations
Talking about what your readers expect your story to be and how this can be used to create tension, add surprise, and entertain.
Read moreA Blog for Readers and Writers of Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction
Talking about what your readers expect your story to be and how this can be used to create tension, add surprise, and entertain.
Read moreReading three books a week means I have a towering ToBeRead Pile. Every writer will tell you they have authors[…]
Read moreYou might have heard Amy Lowell and George Sand both smoked cigars while writing. I thought it would be interesting[…]
Read moreI spent the last four days at the New York Write-to-Pitch Conference, helping a group of 15 fabulous authors write[…]
Read morePlease welcome our guest, J. Ivanel Johnson, who will share her wonderful story of a mystery that took 75 years[…]
Read moreWhat are we going to do when machines become better at all things creative than we are? When they dream for us?
Read moreLet’s talk about character bibles. When I took a screenwriting class years ago at NYU, creating a character bible, lowercase[…]
Read moreNot so long ago, I thought the perfect winter was one spent in a tropical paradise. After years of vacationing[…]
Read moreHappy Boxing Day! While Charles Dickens first used the term in The Pickwick Papers, the OED lists its first mention[…]
Read moreTradition is the means by which the vitality of the past enriches the life of the present. T. S. Eliot
Traditions are important, especially during the holidays. However we may celebrate, family traditions give us a sense of belonging to something greater than ourselves.