• Craft

    Shop Talk: Kellye Garrett Finds a Character, Finds a Murder, and Starts Filling up the Notebooks

    Crime writers talking craft, routine, and finding the perfect twist.

    April 7, 2022  By Eli Cranor
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    On Time Travel and Metafiction

    Every time traveler has something they want to fix – and something they can't help but risk destroying.

    April 6, 2022  By Rachel Barenbaum
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    Meryl Streep as Muse: How Secrets Fuel Crime Narratives

    Amanda Eyre Ward explains why keeping secrets is a writer's greatest craft tool.

    April 6, 2022  By Amanda Eyre Ward
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    Forget Frankenstein. It's Time To Read The Mummy!

    Lisa Tuttle on The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century, arguably the first novel to use now-common scifi tropes.

    April 5, 2022  By Lisa Tuttle
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    Guillermo Martínez: When Crime Fiction Lives in Crime Fiction

    On the long tradition and curious effects of introducing real-life literature into a mystery novel.

    April 5, 2022  By Guilllermo Martínez
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    On Cowriting and Mourning

    A mother's illness spurred her family to write a novel—together.

    April 1, 2022  By Timothy David Mack
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    Use Yourself

    In Tell Me Everything, Erika Krouse becomes a private investigator and lands in a complex sexual assault case

    March 31, 2022  By Lisa Levy
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    Funny Girls, Dangerous Women: Humor in the Modern Crime Novel

    "[T]he tonal shift created by humor also allows for a brief respite, a safe space of contemplation..."

    March 30, 2022  By Candice Wuehle
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    Everyone Is The Hero Of Their Own Story

    Exploring the intersection of writing darkly flawed protagonists and rebelliously virtuous villains.

    March 30, 2022  By Sarah Kades
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    Novels, Screenplays, and the Writers Who Do Both

    Screenwriting teaches you structure and brevity, perfect for reigning in the giant canvas of your imagination.

    March 24, 2022  By Annie Ward
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