Letters From Beyond the Grave: In Fiction and Real Life
Spoiler Alert! The Letter in Fiction In series six of the popular crime fiction television show, Shetland, Donna is on[…]
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Category: Tips and Tricks
You Wrote a Murder Mystery, Now What? Part Deux: Independent Publishers
Congratulations on writing your mystery! And you want the world to see it! Today we’re talking about independent publishers.
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Invent Your Own Rules
A few weeks ago I posted about novelizations and looking forward to Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”. Well, I got my paws on it and ladies and gentlemen, it’s a BLAST.
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Never, ever ever ever ever…
I don’t know who needs to hear this but… Churchill didn’t quit. Neither did Ray Kroc. Need some more inspirational[…]
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I Came, I Hosted, I Laughed
Thanks to ProWritingAid’s Crime Writers’ Week conference, I can check panel moderator off the list of things I’ve never done. I hosted a Thriller Panel Discussion with Karin Slaughter, Jennifer Hillier, Lisa Gardner, Ian Rankin, and Steve Berry. Was I nervous? Heck, yeah. Should I have been? Nope. All of the panelists were charming and witty and graceful, and a fabulous time was had by all.
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Are You Ready For A Change?
Spring has definitely arrived in my part of world. Not a moment too soon. Leaves are unfurling. Birdsong fills the[…]
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To Cut or Not to Cut #amediting
I’ve been rolling through the first revision of my WIP (work in progress) for a week or so, tweaking forty[…]
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Perfect! Well, Maybe Not…
My first time moderating a panel. Whoo boy. I know I won’t be perfect, but I’ll do my best to be good.
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Twitter Tips
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an intelligent woman who turns to Twitter for information will soon find herself[…]
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Crutch Words, Telling Details, #AmEditing
Crutch words: a search and destroy mission.
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