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Craft
The Challenge of Coloring Inside the Lines
"[W]ithin the exercise of recrafting these well-known tropes, what possibilities for variation exist?"
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Ann McMan
| June 30, 2022
My Poison Snake: Erika Kobayashi on Growing Up in a Household of Sherlock Translators
"Papa and Mama would debate endlessly the best way to transliterate “Watson” into Japanese...Meanwhile, my sisters and I would discuss various ways to die..."
By
Erika Kobayashi
| June 29, 2022
We Need More Crime Novels In Which Women Make Choices About Reproduction
On reproductive choice, medical necessity, and breaking the law.
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Molly Odintz
| June 28, 2022
Why Samantha Allen Wrote A Lesbian Sasquatch Novel
"If what I ostensibly wanted to do was let my imagination wander away from fact, I might as well let it roam as far afield as it could."
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Samantha Allen
| June 28, 2022
On Nightmare Noir, Science Fiction, and the Lure of the Gothic
Gothic tropes informed much of the earliest science fiction, and now the gothic provides a fruitful path between genres.
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Eddie Robson
| June 28, 2022
7 Tips For Creating Pace and Propulsion in Psychological Thrillers
Lucy Clarke on finding your novel's perfect rhythm
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Lucy Clarke
| June 28, 2022
Best Reviewed
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Death Goes Drag: How the Queer Experiences of Mystery Writers Rufus King and Clifford Orr Influenced Their Golden Age Detective Fiction
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Curtis Evans
| June 23, 2022
On Writing Unlikeable Characters
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Kate Williams
| June 23, 2022
In Defense of Unsympathetic Protagonists
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Jon Bassoff
| June 22, 2022
Richard O'Rawe Talks Craft, Crime, and Irish History
"[W]hether you’re writing a heist book, or a thriller, the thought process is the same."
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Molly Odintz
| June 21, 2022
7 Great Crime Novels with First Person Narrators
Scott Blackburn on the intimacy, the excitement, and the potential for deceit that only a good first person narrator can conjure up.
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Scott Blackburn
| June 20, 2022
The Enduring Appeal of the Female Amateur Sleuth
"[T]he most singular characteristic that female amateur sleuths share is sheer persistence..."
By
Amy Pershing
| June 20, 2022
Want to Write a Great Mystery? Read a Great Romance.
Mindy Carlson on lessons learned from a pandemic-inspired turn toward romance novels.
By
Mindy Carlson
| June 16, 2022
My First Thriller: Steven James
How the bestselling author moves between serial killer novels and Sunday school stories.
By
Rick Pullen
| June 16, 2022
The Constellation of Possibilities: An Approach to Writing Historical Fiction
Matt Bondurant on a natural disaster, a discovered photograph, and the craft exercise that followed.
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Matt Bondurant
| June 15, 2022
A Real Desire to Write Fake Lawyers
Joey Hartstone always thought he wanted to be a lawyer. But maybe just wanted to be a lawyer in a story.
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Joey Hartstone
| June 15, 2022
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