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Fellow Miss Demeanors, where do you turn for a book recommendation?
Read moreI raised four kids, spent years taking care of my mother, have survived illness and grief and various other disasters,[…]
Read moreIdeas come at you fast – and at weird times. Sometimes the best books take years to bake.
Read moreI just discovered a wonderful resource for the aspiring crime writer: The Manuscript Academy.
Read moreDo you have superpowers? How about the characters in your mystery novels? I was reading mystery author and fabulous agent[…]
Read moreSpoiler Alert! The Letter in Fiction In series six of the popular crime fiction television show, Shetland, Donna is on[…]
Read moreI spent last weekend at the NY Pitch Conference, working with authors who were pitching their books to publishing agents[…]
Read moreI finally got to travel last week, and I loaded my kindle with plenty of reading material. Four in one week is not my personal best, that is reserved for the vacation where I read a book a day, ran out of books, and had to find a bookstore in a panic before the flight home. Obviously before kindles. I read a mystery novel (times 2), a memoir, and a sliver of vampire fiction by Octavia Butler, who never disappoints in the “taking a trope and turning it inside out, on its head, and sideways” department.
Read moreAlthough many living things communicate with each other (my dog certainly feels a burning need to let me know the mail has arrived the very moment it does), humans, at least on this planet, are the only ones who have language. And novels. And stories. And Instagram.
Read moreSome years back the Mystery Writers of America had an open call for stories about odd partners. I came up[…]
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