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Eli Cranor
Edgar-Award-winning author Eli Cranor lives and writes from the banks of Lake Dardanelle, a reservoir of the Arkansas River nestled in the heart of True Grit country.
Shop Talk: Danya Kukafka Knits, Fills up Moleskins, and Writes a "Zero Draft"
Crime writers discuss craft, routine, and the publishing world.
Shop Talk: Kelly J. Ford Absolutely Can Wait for the Muse
Crime writers discuss Arkansas, outlines, rock walls, and not getting bogged down in the idea of writing every day.
Shop Talk: Wanda Morris Tears Through Those Yellow Legal Pads and Blue Pilot G-2 Gel Ink Pens
Crime writers talking craft, routine, and tools of the trade
Shop Talk: Josh Kendall on the Life of a Crime Fiction Editor
Mulholland's Josh Kendall sits down for the very first Shop Talk: editor edition
Shop Talk: How Nita Prose Wrote a Bestseller in Shifts, Working at Dawn and Dusk
Crime writers talking craft, routine, and balancing the work with day jobs.
Shop Talk: Brendan Slocumb Absolutely Does Not Listen to Music While He's Writing
Crime writers talk routine, revision, and what kind of background noise is right for the workday.
Shop Talk: Jane Harper Makes a Plan for Her Novels...Then Several Hundred Mugs of Tea
Crime writers talking routines, outlines, and editing in hard copy.
Shop Talk: The Year in Review
Eli Cranor reflects on a year of talking to crime writers, with the distilled wisdom, superstitions, and coffee recommendations to prove it.
Shop Talk: Yasmin Angoe Does a Lot of Thinking and No Outlines
Crime writers talking writing routine, tools of the trade, and getting in the right head space.
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