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There’s an important scene in my new novel that takes place in an antiquarian bookstore. I was working on the[…]
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There’s an important scene in my new novel that takes place in an antiquarian bookstore. I was working on the[…]
Read moreYou might have heard Amy Lowell and George Sand both smoked cigars while writing. I thought it would be interesting[…]
Read morePlease welcome our guest, J. Ivanel Johnson, who will share her wonderful story of a mystery that took 75 years[…]
Read moreMusic! From time to time I’d like to share my personal music discoveries with you. Warning, these are YouTube Links. I[…]
Read moreJim recently published Bombay Monsoon, a book which enchanted me. He kindly agreed to the following interview where you’ll see[…]
Read morePlease welcome multi-award-winning author and multi-EMMY award winning investigative reporter HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN, who is the only author to have[…]
Read moreBy Matt Witten. Here I was, two thirds of the way through the first draft of my mystery thriller Killer Story, and doubt held me in its iron grip. Had I chosen the wrong murderer?
Read moreLet’s talk about character bibles. When I took a screenwriting class years ago at NYU, creating a character bible, lowercase[…]
Read moreAnd then my publisher said something that took me completely off guard, “When can we expect the sequel?”
Read moreHappy Boxing Day! While Charles Dickens first used the term in The Pickwick Papers, the OED lists its first mention[…]
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