Partners and Sidekicks: The Power of a Dynamic Duo
Dynamic Duos: Batman and Robin or Lewis and Hathaway?
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Category: Mystery Community
Conferences are part of a writer’s life.
From April 25-27, 2025 Bethesda, Maryland was where you wanted to be. Malice Domestic is a fan conference celebrating the[…]
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It’s Showtime! Tips for Moderating Author Panels
I was starstruck the first time I moderated a panel of writers at a local library. I hadn’t finished the[…]
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Buried Treasure: Easter Eggs and Red Herrings
Easter eggs and red herrings are the buried treasure of crime fiction. One enlightens and the other obscures. Both reward the sharp-eyed reader.
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Great Expectations and Bad Breakups
Great Expectations and Bad Breakups: How writers craft endings that justify the means and means that justify the ends. See also: Miss Scarlet, in the Conservatory, with a Knife.
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Why Write Now?
I’m honored to join the fabulously talented and hard-working authors who are the Miss Demeanors, and I’m especially looking forward[…]
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Is it Contagious? COVID and Crime Fiction
The COVID conundrum in crime fiction
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Self care for Writers
Let’s start with your skin. I apply a moisturizer that “helps shield blue light exposure” once or twice during a[…]
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Writing the Culinary Mystery: Recipes for Death and Detection
With or without the addition of poisonous compounds, fabulous meals and delicious desserts have a long history in crime fiction.[…]
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On Writing Historicals: Celeste Connolly and her Lady Petra series
I decided this year to challenge myself as a writer, and am attempting a stand alone historical between my Nora[…]
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