Last week at the Golden Crown Literary Society’s annual conference my book, The Disappearance of Lindy James, won a Goldie for the[…]
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Category: #inspiration
Law in Fiction: Anatomy of a Scandal
Law in Faction: Factish or Fictiony – A Lawyer’s Review
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Mystery Writers: Why NaNoWriMo works
Words on the page. Most writers agree that this is the key ingredient to shift from wanting to be a writer to being a writer. It is certainly key to seeing your book in print. NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) was created with this in mind: words on the page. Fifty thousand words, ideally.
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Combining Inspiration
I asked the Miss Demeanors: where did your inspiration come from?
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Titles, the Torture Of
suffered so much over my first title. #amstillsuffering
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Where do you get book recommendations?
Fellow Miss Demeanors, where do you turn for a book recommendation?
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Distracted
I raised four kids, spent years taking care of my mother, have survived illness and grief and various other disasters,[…]
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The Secret Identity of…SECRET IDENTITY
Ideas come at you fast – and at weird times. Sometimes the best books take years to bake.
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A New Resource for the Aspiring Crime Writer: The Manuscript Academy
I just discovered a wonderful resource for the aspiring crime writer: The Manuscript Academy.
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What is your superpower?
Do you have superpowers? How about the characters in your mystery novels? I was reading mystery author and fabulous agent[…]
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