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Elvis, the American Dream, & Transformation in Storytelling

May 6, 2025 Emilya Naymark #inspiration, Uncategorized

Elvis is Everywhere The year I came to the United States, Elvis was everywhere. He died three days after I[…]

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The Faux Gothic Castle that Started It All

April 17, 2025 Nancy Bilyeau Historical Mysteries, Inspiration, New Release

Today, April 17th, is the publication day for my eighth historical thriller, The Versailles Formula. Seeing my novel out in[…]

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Fiction vs. Nonfiction: 5 Differences in an Author’s Eye

April 10, 2025 Dawn Barclay Editing, Fiction, Nonfiction, True Crime, Writers

As an author of fiction and nonfiction, I’m often asked which I prefer to write. It’s not that easy a[…]

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The Mystery of Desire in Writing

April 1, 2025 Emilya Naymark #inspiration, Creating Characters, Tips and Tricks, Uncategorized

And how to structure it As I continue to writhe in the throes of my edit (YES, still editing the[…]

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Write Your Back Cover Blurb First

March 11, 2025 Mally Becker #inspiration, Writers, Writers inspirations

There are endless ways to write a story. Some authors pen their prose early in the morning or only at[…]

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Great Expectations and Bad Breakups

February 27, 2025 Lori Robbins #inspiration, Editing, Fiction, Inspiration, Language, Mystery Community, Reading, Writers, Writing

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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Flash Fiction for Novelists

February 20, 2025 Susan Breen #inspiration, Fiction, flash fiction

I’ve been intrigued by flash fiction since reading an interview with Shelby van Pelt, author of the lovely novel Remarkably[…]

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Standing Up to My Inner Critic

February 18, 2025 Nancy Bilyeau Conferences, Historical Mysteries, Uncategorized, Writers habits

Among the high points of 2012, my first year as a published novelist, was the Debut Authors breakfast held in[…]

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Is it Contagious? COVID and Crime Fiction

January 23, 2025 Lori Robbins Contemporary Culture, Mystery Community, Publishing, Setting, Uncategorized, Writers, Writing

The COVID conundrum in crime fiction

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Hemingway’s Tips for Writers

January 14, 2025 Marni Graff #inspiration, Books, Editing, Fiction, Inspiration, Tips and Tricks, Writers, Writers habits, Writers inspirations

Happy 2025! As many of us start new writing projects, I came across these seven tips for writers from Ernest[…]

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