• Craft

    Laurie R. King On Returning to Her San Francisco Roots During Lockdown

    After the pandemic began, King scrapped her Paris-set novel draft and set out to capture her hometown.

    September 9, 2022  By Laurie R. King
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    A Change in Perspective: Writing for Adults, After a Career Spent Writing for Children

    Kathryn Lasky reflects on what it means to write a mystery for adults

    September 8, 2022  By Kathryn Lasky
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    Impossible Murders In Crime Fiction

    Or, how to use locked-room mysteries and other devilish puzzles to take your novel to a new level.

    September 7, 2022  By A. G. Riddle
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    Five Steps to Writing a Crime Novel Inspired by Your Family (Without Making Everyone Hate You)

    You're going to want to get really riled up. Then, prepare to sustain that fire for several months, to years.

    September 2, 2022  By Cody Luke Davis
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    The Psychology of Fandom

    "What qualities in a book are likely to inspire fandom?"

    September 1, 2022  By Jennifer Lynn Barnes
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    Don’t Turn My Book into a TV Series 

    Jason Mosberg on Hollywood's IP craze and the dream of an original idea (and an original script).

    August 30, 2022  By Jason Mosberg
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    Six Things I’ve Learned About Writing In My Sixties

    "I’m old enough to know that writing is a privilege."

    August 30, 2022  By Rosalind Stopps
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    Relating to Diverse Characters: The Common Denominator

    Unless you're reading an autobiographical novel, you won't find a character exactly like you. But as humans, there are shared experiences that unite us.

    August 29, 2022  By V. M. Burns
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    The Gospel According to Flannery O’Connor, Harry Crews, Toni Morrison and Donald Ray Pollock

    These authors "each extend Poe’s Gothic sensibility to show us the frailty of our superficial, quotidian existence."

    August 29, 2022  By Jonathan Woods
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    Hungry Like a Dog: James Ellroy Will Not Stop Being James Ellroy

    A conversation with the author (and now podcaster) who has no intention of pulling back his writing or his personality.

    August 26, 2022  By M.R. Allan
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