A Blog for Readers and Writers of Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction
I always thought that the best kind of writing prompts are those that come from outside of my own mind and that are extremely minimal. Sometimes a single word given to me by a writing partner is all I need to get going.
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Last time we looked at unusual words and their origins. This time, I’m taking a look at words that our[…]
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Have you said that about a mystery series or a TV show? Is that right? Sure, some series have ties[…]
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“Words! Words! Words!” Eliza Doolittle sings in My Fair Lady. She wants Professor Henry Higgins to ‘show me’ how he[…]
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Authors have different avenues for research depending on the topic. I write contemporary fiction, and my preference is to interview[…]
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An Interview with Jeri Westerson I confess! I’ve been a Sherlock Holmes fan since before I could read (well). Also,[…]
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I’m thrilled to welcome Nancy Bilyeau to Miss Demeanors. Her latest novel, out now, delves into the glamour of Jazz Age New York and illuminates a time almost as liminal as our own. Society balanced between two world wars, between the Victorian Age and the modern one, between poverty and riches, with a malleable morality–look no further if you’d like to be swept away.
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Whenever I start a new novel, I buy myself a fancy notebook. Then, I spend the next month filling in[…]
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I was going to write about something else, but the news of Sinéad O’Connor’s passing hit me a bit hard,[…]
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I may be a full-time writer, but that doesn’t mean I can write full time. Here’s an overview of some of the stuff I had to do this week to keep my writing career going.
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