• Essays

    Katrina Monroe on Eldest Daughter Syndrome

    Or, writing a psychological thriller as a both a love song to sisterhood and a reckoning with its uneven responsibilities

    August 13, 2024  By Katrina Monroe
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    Zoje Stage: My Quest for Realism in Genre Fiction

    From film to novels, a journey in search of character-driven story.

    August 13, 2024  By Zoje Stage
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    The Rockford Files and the Allure of the Shady PI

    Keith Roysdon remembers a favorite seriess, and the real-life PI who proved that ‘Rockford Files’ was practically a documentary.

    August 12, 2024  By Keith Roysdon
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    Dirty Diamonds: How Post-Soviet Kleptocrats Looted Russia's Deep Diamond Deposits

    For decades, diamond conglomerates paid the USSR to keep diamonds in the ground. Then, the Cold War ended.

    August 9, 2024  By David Junk
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    Sam Tschida: Write Like a Mother

    On finding the time and inspiration to spend "several hours a day with people you made up."

    August 8, 2024  By Sam Tschida
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    True West: Unwinding the Myths of an Iconic Setting

    Jamie Harrison on the Montana she knows and writes.

    August 8, 2024  By Jamie Harrison
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    Charlotte Vassell On Using Crime Fiction To Lampoon the Upper Crust

    "There’s one set of rules for one type of person and another set for the rest of us."

    August 8, 2024  By Charlotte Vassell
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    All These Houses Are Haunted: How (and Why) Horror is the Perfect Hybrid Genre

    "When taken from the right perspective, every story is a horror story"

    August 7, 2024  By Matthew Lyons
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    Why the Epistolary Format Works So Well in Crime Fiction

    "Letters are a great way to manipulate your vict—I mean, audience."

    August 7, 2024  By Joshua Chaplinsky
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    Mindy Mejia on Pain: How the Body Uses It, and How Writers Use It

    "There is no story without conflict, no character growth without pain."

    August 6, 2024  By Mindy Mejia
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