Great Expectations and Bad Breakups
Great Expectations and Bad Breakups: How writers craft endings that justify the means and means that justify the ends. See also: Miss Scarlet, in the Conservatory, with a Knife.
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Tag: crime fiction
crime fiction
Why Write Now?
I’m honored to join the fabulously talented and hard-working authors who are the Miss Demeanors, and I’m especially looking forward[…]
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Is it Contagious? COVID and Crime Fiction
The COVID conundrum in crime fiction
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Deadly When Disturbed!
New Domestic Suspense Novel, discounted today, Jan 21st! My new domestic suspense novel, Deadly When Disturbed, launched on January 14th,[…]
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On Writing: Casting Spells and Making Magic
Are you a good witch or a bad witch? When Dorothy crash lands in Oz, she answers Glinda’s baffling question[…]
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A Coroner’s Guide to Writing Autopsy Scenes: Dr. Christina VandePol
The banner shows a modern autopsy table. If your crime book contains an autopsy scene, you want to get it[…]
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Interview with Robyn Gigl
Today I’m chatting with Robyn Gigl, the author of the award winning attorney Erin McCabe mystery series. Robyn, TIME Magazine[…]
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A primer on Death Notification Teams
I’m currently writing book three of my art thriller trilogy. The other day I was writing away, minding my own[…]
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International Mystery-Writing Conferences
Last year, the ten winners of the prestigious Emirate Literary Fellowship came to Gotham Writers in NYC, where I work.[…]
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