• Essays

    When Literary Legends Meet

    Stories of great (and petty, and sometimes just plain odd) encounters between authors.

    April 11, 2023  By Rick Mofina
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    Mystery, Magic and Misdirection: Illusionists in Crime Fiction

    Why magicians make great sleuths 

    April 11, 2023  By Elizabeth Held
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    Vet’s Wife, Vet’s Life

    Margaret Mizushima on the life of a veterinarian's spouse...who also writes animal mysteries.

    April 10, 2023  By Margaret Mizushima
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    The Inherent Subversiveness of Romantic Suspense

    Michelle Cruz on finding her genre and her community.

    April 10, 2023  By Michelle Cruz
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    5 Key Tips for Writing About the Neurodivergent Without Stereotyping

    A neurodivergent psychotherapist (and author) offers up guidance on creating your ND characters

    April 6, 2023  By Harper Kincaid
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    The Case for Complex Characters of Color

    Disha Bose wants a world in which morally complex women of color in novels are as common as the Lisbeth Salanders and Amy Dunnes.

    April 5, 2023  By Disha Bose
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    Ling Ling Huang On Body Horror, Identity, and Makeovers

    Performance helps us live in the world. Body horror helps us acknowledge what's underneath.

    April 4, 2023  By Ling Ling Huang
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    How An Obsession with Raptors and An Obscure Event From History Inspired an Environmental Thriller

    "Eagles hunting wolves?...Even at the time, I knew this was the seed of a story."

    April 4, 2023  By James A. McLaughlin
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    A Family Vacation, A Mysterious Discovery, and the Beginning of a Novel

    "How had this phone survived two weeks in the sea? How had it ended up washing right back up on our beach? Who doesn’t have a password screen?"

    April 4, 2023  By Megan Miranda
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    Jennifer Banash On The Lady Gaga Conspiracy Theory That Inspired Her Novel

    "I became fascinated by the depths that some of these online threads went to discredit Gaga, to paint her as a literal Fame Monster."

    April 3, 2023  By Jennifer Banash
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