A Blog for Readers and Writers of Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction
Is the road to hell really paved with adverbs? Heavens! None of us wants to commit a mortal writing sin, and so new writers are advised to ruthlessly cut them out of our writing. Your writing will always be stronger without them, we’re told. But is this advice always true?
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Who said that about whom? Of course, that’s how F. Scott Fitzgerald, through Nick, described Daisy Buchanan’s voice in The[…]
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Whether it’s a bus belching fumes as it rounds a corner, or the sweet scent at the back of a[…]
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Having a school age kid has meant that my vacations generally rotate around school breaks. As a result, last week[…]
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Writing a book is hard. Getting published is harder. Finding readers and selling the book is even harder. And still[…]
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Note from Michele: I am excited to welcome talented and prolific writer and friend, Edith Maxwell, to Miss Demeanors. Her[…]
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A mystery is only as good as its villain. Have you ever heard that quote? I think it’s really good[…]
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You probably know by now that I love technology, so of course, I had to try out image generation AI.[…]
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Think back—way back—maybe to your childhood or high school days. And think of a person you remember vividly—someone other than your family or personal friends. I did this recently and immediately thought of an unexpected person—Mildred Rowley, one of my mother’s childhood friends.
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