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Psychology Is Important For Motivation, But Your Characters Need More Than Diagnoses

Psychology Is Important For Motivation, But Your Characters Need More Than Diagnoses

"Evil and malice can exist without a backstory or a character-defining pathology. We do stupid shit because we are people, and people do stupid shit."

By Jeremy T. Wilson | November 9, 2023

Fighting Toxic Masculinity Through Young Adult Fiction

Fighting Toxic Masculinity Through Young Adult Fiction

"It’s time to rebuild our world for the better, and young adult fiction can be part of that journey of progress."

By Jordyn Taylor | November 8, 2023

How to Edit a Series of Crime Novellas with 30 Different Authors and Come Out the Other Side Feeling Grateful

How to Edit a Series of Crime Novellas with 30 Different Authors and Come Out the Other Side Feeling Grateful

Frank Zafiro reflects on 'A Grifter's Song' as the ambitious anthology series reaches a conclusion.

By Frank Zafiro | November 8, 2023

Lee Goldberg on Westerns, Crime Novels, and Writing A Genre Mash-Up

Lee Goldberg on Westerns, Crime Novels, and Writing A Genre Mash-Up

Some genres are just destined to be together.

By Lee Goldberg | November 7, 2023

Showing the Human in the Inhumane: Why Lindsay Hunter Loves True Crime

Showing the Human in the Inhumane: Why Lindsay Hunter Loves True Crime

On Crime Storytelling and Why Aiming for Closure Can Be Problematic

By Lindsay Hunter | November 7, 2023

From Sports Reporter to Crime Writer

From Sports Reporter to Crime Writer

Or, how athletes and thriller heroes have a surprising amount in common when it comes to mental, and physical, toughness

By Elise Hart Kipness | November 7, 2023

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By CrimeReads | November 6, 2023

Native American Novels, Recommended by Indigenous Booksellers

By Vanessa Lillie | November 6, 2023

Anatomy of a Fall Is a Stunning Experiment in Unknowability

By Julia Sirmons | November 3, 2023

The Real Life Marital Imbroglio of Ernie Sherry, Son of Crime Writer Edna Sherry

The Real Life Marital Imbroglio of Ernie Sherry, Son of Crime Writer Edna Sherry

Edna, Ernie and the Fabulous Baker Girls

By Curtis Evans | November 3, 2023

A Cultural History of the Erotic Thriller

A Cultural History of the Erotic Thriller

David Masciotra on the golden age of the erotic thriller and the direct-to-video pipeline that kept it all going.

By David Masciotra | November 2, 2023

James Kennedy:

James Kennedy: "Storytellers are manipulative cult leaders."

Or, a few useful pointers on how to brainwash your reader ahem...draw people into your narrative

By James Kennedy | November 2, 2023

Sudden Death and the Startlement of Absence

Sudden Death and the Startlement of Absence

On writing to exorcise "the tendrils of some horror we can’t quite process"

By Matt Phillips | November 2, 2023

The Ineffable Crimes of Lawrence Osborne

The Ineffable Crimes of Lawrence Osborne

A wide-ranging conversation with the British-born, Bangkok-based author of some of today's finest literary noirs.

By Paul French | November 1, 2023

How Unlikeable Characters Freed Me From Perfectionism

How Unlikeable Characters Freed Me From Perfectionism

Olivia Worley considers the psychological thriller as a space free from judgement.

By Olivia Worley | November 1, 2023

Confessions of a Serial Anthology Editor

Confessions of a Serial Anthology Editor

On the art of assembly and the pleasures of the short form

By Maxim Jakubowski | November 1, 2023

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