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Evolving from a Pantser to a Plotter

April 29, 2025 Marni Graff #inspiration, Creating Characters, Fiction, Inspiration, Tips and Tricks, Writers, Writers habits

Please welcome Melissa Westemeier, who will tell us about her change of habit as she publishes the first in her[…]

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In Bowler Hat and By Bicycle, Harriet Morrow is On the Case!

February 10, 2025 Marni Graff #inspiration, Books, Creating Characters, Historical Mysteries, Inspiration, New Release, Writers, Writers inspirations

Please welcome Rob Osler, here to tell us about designing the protagonist of his new historical series, and its first[…]

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Crafting True Crime: Trial by Ambush

December 17, 2024 Marni Graff Inspiration, True Crime

For our readers, a Christmas present from the incomparable John Valeri, host of Central Booking podcast, a writer, readers and[…]

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On Writing Historicals: Celeste Connolly and her Lady Petra series

November 19, 2024 Marni Graff Books, Creating Characters, Fiction, Historical Mysteries, Inspiration, Mystery Community, New Release, Writers

I decided this year to challenge myself as a writer, and am attempting a stand alone historical between my Nora[…]

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Laura Essay: Side Effects Are Minimal

July 2, 2024 Marni Graff #inspiration, Creating Characters, Inspiration, Writers inspirations

Please welcome guest author Laura Essay, who will discuss her novel centered on the opioid crisis, and what inspired her[…]

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Tools of the Trade

May 27, 2024 MIss Demeanors #inspiration, Tips and Tricks, Writers, Writers habits

A very Happy Memorial Day to those who served, and those who still do~ I’m spread out over the end[…]

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Going to the Dogs

May 14, 2024 Marni Graff #inspiration, Fiction, Inspiration, Writers inspirations

It is to my chagrin what whenever I post a photo of my two admittedly adorable Australian Doodles, Seamus and[…]

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Lynda Allen: Flashes of Insight

April 18, 2024 Marni Graff #inspiration, Creating Characters, Inspiration, New Release, Writers habits, Writers inspirations

I was recently at the Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival in Suffolk, Virginia, a yearly event I enjoy attending because it[…]

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Sense of Scents

March 19, 2024 Marni Graff #inspiration, Creating Characters, Fiction, Tips and Tricks, Writers habits, Writers inspirations

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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Writing Fiction VS Non~

March 4, 2024 Marni Graff Uncategorized

I just received the cover of a new nonfiction book that includes an essay I wrote, and that had me[…]

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