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4 Things Book Clubs would like writers to know

August 1, 2022 Susan Breen Uncategorized

Writers spend a lot of time talking to other writers. We have to. They’re the only people who understand the[…]

What All Writers Can Learn From Mysteries

July 19, 2022 Susan Breen Uncategorized

No one gets murdered in my new novel. It’s a mainstream story, with plenty of action and fun. Just no[…]

Mystery Writers: Why NaNoWriMo works

July 12, 2022 Tracee de Hahn #inspiration, Fiction

Words on the page. Most writers agree that this is the key ingredient to shift from wanting to be a writer to being a writer. It is certainly key to seeing your book in print. NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) was created with this in mind: words on the page. Fifty thousand words, ideally.

He did what?

July 6, 2022 Susan Breen Uncategorized

When you’re a mystery writer, you’re always trying to figure out why people do what they do. Sometimes you can[…]

Combining Inspiration

July 1, 2022 Keenan Powell #inspiration, Writing

I asked the Miss Demeanors: where did your inspiration come from?

Titles, the Torture Of

June 20, 2022 Keenan Powell #inspiration, Writing

suffered so much over my first title. #amstillsuffering

Memorial Day Reading List

May 30, 2022 Susan Breen Books

I was going to draw up a list of great books to read for Memorial Day, and then I happened to wander over to the American Writers Museum and saw that they had already compiled a wonderful list. So I thought perhaps I might just borrow/steal/be inspired by it.

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