• Craft

    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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    Want to Write a Great Mystery? Read a Great Romance.

    Mindy Carlson on lessons learned from a pandemic-inspired turn toward romance novels.

    June 16, 2022  By Mindy Carlson
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    My First Thriller: Steven James

    How the bestselling author moves between serial killer novels and Sunday school stories.

    June 16, 2022  By Rick Pullen
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    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.

    June 15, 2022  By Matt Bondurant
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    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.

    June 15, 2022  By Joey Hartstone
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    The Disposable Spy: Or, How To Get Away With Revealing Agency Secrets In a Novel

    The trick is to have your spies embrace "techniques that used to be valuable, but are probably hardly ever employed these days."

    June 14, 2022  By Richard A. Clarke
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