• Craft

    We Need More Crime Novels In Which Women Make Choices About Reproduction

    On reproductive choice, medical necessity, and breaking the law.

    June 28, 2022  By Molly Odintz
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    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."

    June 28, 2022  By Samantha Allen
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    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.

    June 28, 2022  By Eddie Robson
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    7 Tips For Creating Pace and Propulsion in Psychological Thrillers

    Lucy Clarke on finding your novel's perfect rhythm

    June 28, 2022  By Lucy Clarke
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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

    Skilled at switching gender roles in masquerade, King and Orr translated their college drag experiences into queer-coded fiction.

    June 23, 2022  By Curtis Evans
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    On Writing Unlikeable Characters

    (And Falling in Love with Them)

    June 23, 2022  By Kate Williams
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    In Defense of Unsympathetic Protagonists

    Jon Bassoff on Camus, Thompson, Highsmith, and a long line of authors writing protagonists who win bring us to the dark side.

    June 22, 2022  By Jon Bassoff
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    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."

    June 21, 2022  By Molly Odintz
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    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.

    June 20, 2022  By Scott Blackburn
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    The Enduring Appeal of the Female Amateur Sleuth

    "[T]he most singular characteristic that female amateur sleuths share is sheer persistence..."

    June 20, 2022  By Amy Pershing
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