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The Yard Sale, by Karen ShughartTen years ago, we moved from the suburbs of an urban area in Pennsylvania to our vacation home on the south shore of Lake Ontario in New York...
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Guest Blogger ~ Laura Kelly RobbThe Audiobook Experience Like nearly every writer I know, I proof my manuscripts by reading them out loud. With my finger poised over the...
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Adventures in Anthology-Landby Janis Patterson I like the anthology format – a short (ca 20K words) length which is appealing to today’s sound-bite...
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Learning and SharingI have always been someone who likes to learn. In school even if I didn’t have homework, I would bring home a book from a subject I liked...
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Rejected! (A Fact of Life)by Margaret Lucke The other day I received word that a short story I’ve written has been turned down by the publication I submitted...
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Driving My Novel by Heather HavenI started a new novel a few weeks ago, Cleopatra Slept here , Book 11 of the Alvarez Family Murder Mysteries. All enthusiastic, I got...
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Recycle, Reuse, Throw it Out—MaybeI don’t consider myself a pack rat. Others may differ. Well, maybe I will admit to pack rat tendencies. But not the whole rat. I don’t have empty...
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Guest Blogger ~ Jacqueline DiamondI never thought of myself as a rule-breaker but… One “rule” prescribed for novelists is to establish your “brand” and stick to it....
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In Praise of EnvelopesScattered around the house, until I finally gathered them in one place, were a number of pretty, well-decorated pads of paper in...
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Coloring in CharactersI woke up in a cold sweat, dreaming that all the main male characters in my books were raven-haired and blue-eyed. Why raven hair; why blue-blue...
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Guest Blogger ~ Laury A. EganCreating Jack & I Ever since reading The Three Faces of Eve and Sybil (a case later reported to be a sham), I’ve been fascinated...
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Guest Blogger ~ Lois WinstonThe Importance of Character Arcs Every book needs two elements—a plot and characters. Most writers understand that their story is comprised...
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You Just Feel ItI finished book 12 in my Gabriel Hawke series two weeks ago. This is the first book that when I finished, I didn’t have any doubts that I...
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Following in the Path of Their (Gum)shoesby Margaret Lucke Jess Randolph, the star of my novels Snow Angel and A Relative Stranger as well as several short...
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Spring Has Sprungby Janis Patterson I have never had any trouble being lazy, which is a difficult thing for a writer to overcome. Our careers – to say...
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Get On With ItMy work-in-progress is a historical novel. It’s a first draft and I’m working on it in fits and starts, given the interruptions that life throws...
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Guest Blogger ~ Kate MichaelsonWhy Mysteries? When I set out to write my first novel, I knew without question that I would write a mystery. As a teen, I remember coming...
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Adapting Agatha and Other Greats by Heather HavenSeveral days after returning from the Left Coast Crime Conference, I came down with one of those upper respiratory bugs that are...
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Guest Blogger ~ Terri MaueKnife Edge is a traditional murder mystery. The entire story is told from the point of view of the amateur sleuth protagonist, Zee Morani. I...
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The Blank PageLike many writers before me, I get a deadline for an assignment and spend the days, weeks, or even months leading up to it thinking about...
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We All Have OneYou know what I mean, the one review that just sits in your brain and ferments. It doesn’t even have to be a negative review. In fact, there...
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EVERY SPARE MINUTESome of you know I lost my son, Derrick, to a sudden heart attack. The seventh anniversary of his death is coming up on May 11 th , a day I now...
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Guest Blogger ~ Keith YocumThis is how I came up with the mystery premise in “A Whisper Came,” book 1 in the Cape Cod Mystery series. There is something about the ocean...
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Killing PeopleAs a mystery author, I think about death much more than the average person. At least I hope I do. I’d hate to think that the family who lives next...
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Picking Up Steam by Karen ShughartI recently received an email from someone who has read all the cozies I’ve written. She said that while she enjoyed each of the books in my Edmund...
