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    As Seen on Screen: The Horror of the Horror-Movie Writer

    "There are horror movies about writers, and then there is the horror of seeing the realities of the writing life rendered on the big screen."

    August 9, 2022  By Catherine Ryan Howard
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    Hold the Backstory: Or, How To Open Your Novel with a Bang

    "Now that’s what I call a thrilling, reach-out-and-grab-ya opening."

    August 9, 2022  By Laura Childs
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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    August 8, 2022  By CrimeReads 
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    The Art of Accidentally Writing a Thriller

    Tyrell Johnson on writing, respecting plot, and discovering a genre

    August 8, 2022  By Tyrell Johnson
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    Creating a Compelling Love Interest in a Suspense Novel

    "[A]sk yourself: What does my main character need most on her journey—and how can my love interest provide that?"

    August 8, 2022  By Elissa Grossell Dickey
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    The Veteran Experience in Speculative Fiction

    "[W]hen you think about it, [it] is somewhat unsettling. In order for writers to have authentic stories of fictional battlefields, they must first survive real world battlefields..."

    August 8, 2022  By Zak Topping
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    Bodies Bodies Bodies is a Vicious Parody of Online Culture and a Tight Little Murder Mystery

    Olivia Rutigliano on the new Gen-Z-focused whodunnit-slasher-comedy

    August 5, 2022  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    What Can Cooking School Teach a Mystery Writer?

    "Many of the skills taught in cooking school...are similar and parallel to those required to write a compelling story."

    August 5, 2022  By Leslie Karst
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    High Noon in Bedford Falls: 'Cop Land' at 25 

    The 1997 film from James Mangold was part western, part noir, and a deeply nuanced portrait of America.

    August 5, 2022  By Zach Vasquez
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    The Philosophy of Crimes Without Memory

    "How much are we being manipulated by our recollections? Are we our lives or our memories?"

    August 5, 2022  By Michael Paul Kozlowsky
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