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I’m sitting here working on my couch with my dog Molly on my lap—which as you can imagine makes it[…]
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I’m sitting here working on my couch with my dog Molly on my lap—which as you can imagine makes it[…]
Read moreFor a Happy New Years gift, the wonderful and prolific Martin Edwards, crime novelist, savior of vintage crime, and one[…]
Read moreWe’re writers and readers so of course we love words. Maybe too much sometimes? I remember a New Yorker cartoon[…]
Read moreHappy New Year to all Miss Demeanors wonderful readers! Today I wanted to ring in 2024 by introducing you to[…]
Read moreI’ve been gathering research for a stand alone mystery set in 1926, for writing next year, while at the same[…]
Read more“What parts of yourself do you have to sacrifice to earn a killer’s trust?” That’s the question Cal Lovett, the[…]
Read moreRecently while working on a first draft, I realized that I had named several characters “TK” (To Come) which was getting confusing. So, when I ran into the fabulous Sybil Johnson, the author of Brush Up for Murder at Bouchercon, I asked her to guest write a blog post on the topic. And here is what she said:
Read moreI just turned in the manuscript for A Collection of Lies, Book 5 in the Kate Hamilton Mysteries, and I’m in mourning. The book actually took eleven months to write, but the final three months were intense. I spent almost a year with those people in Devon, England. How can I blithely say, “Goodbye—nice knowing you?”
Read moreNo, not Cagney and Lacey, although they remain a very popular team from television. Norwegian crime writer Anne Holt (ret.[…]
Read morePlease welcome Kim Herdman Shapiro to Miss Demeanors. Kim’s roots in journalism and poetry, in print, broadcast, and video, took[…]
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