https://ladiesofmystery.com/feed/
-
![]()
Scams and Cheats and Crooks, Oh My!by Janis Patterson Okay, I am officially livid. How long are people going to have to put up with such blatant criminality? To explain...
-
![]()
Pantsing and Plotting to the FinishPantser or plotter? Well, I’m somewhere in the middle, but probably closer to pantser. A plotter is a writer who plots before...
-
![]()
Guest Blogger~ Sally CarpenterScots, kilts and crime By Sally Carpenter Thanks to Paty for this opportunity to guest on Ladies of Mystery. When I created the...
-
![]()
Bewitched, Bothered, and Befuddled Am I by Heather HavenI’ve lost my mind. Again. I have begun a new novel on a subject about which I know absolutely nothing. Zip. Nada. I did it again....
-
![]()
Keep It or Toss It?Like many other writers, I make a lot of notes and keep files on all sorts of things that I’m sure I’ll get to someday. But...
-
![]()
Writing Good GriefI was recently reminded by my own ineptness that the grief of loss has no timelines. Nor should it in telling a tale, most especially a tale of...
-
![]()
TIME FOR ENDINGSI’ve been busy the past month taking care of all the paperwork that is associated with someone’s death. My husband died on April 1, wasn’t...
-
![]()
Vindication Among the VolcanoesI was on a tour of steamy Central America recently, traveling to ancient Mayan archaeology sites and present-day Mayan towns in El Salvador,...
-
![]()
So Many Blogs…. by Karen ShughartThis is my 45 th blog for Ladies of Mystery. I started writing at this site in September, 2019, and I’m proud to say I haven’t duplicated a...
-
![]()
Guest Blogger ~ Susie BlackLike the protagonist in my Holly Swimsuit Mystery Series, I am a ladies’ swimwear sales exec in the greater Los Angeles area. From the beginning...
-
![]()
Accidents, Agents and Other Disastersby Janis Patterson People always ask me why I self-publish. Isn’t it a lot more work? Yes, it’s a lot more work, but the upside is that...
-
![]()
Thoughts on a Book TourI am back home after spending last week driving around western Oregon and stopping at 5 bookstores. Backstory: Last summer I attended a talk...
-
![]()
On The Writing of Percy Cole, an Off-beat Heroine by Heather HavenBear with me if I’ve said this before, but The Persephone Cole Vintage Mysteries were born out of a challenge by my then-publisher to write...
-
![]()
Throw Spaghetti at the WallI want to write. That’s what I really want to do every day. Butt in the chair, fingers on the keyboard—write. That’s what leads, in fits,...
-
![]()
Guest Blogger ~ John DeDakisFICTIONALIZING PERSONAL EXPERIENCE On the night of December 20, 1959, I was sitting in the left front seat of the Vista-Dome car of the...
-
![]()
My adventures with AI or …The movie War Games has been stuck in my mind for, what? Forty years? And having worked in the nascent modeling of meteorological data, I know...
-
![]()
WHEN FICTION IS TOO MUCH LIKE FACTRecently my little town of Springville hit the national news when one storm after another caused the Tule River to flood and fill houses...
-
![]()
Books and MoreLike many others in my circle, I am in constant conflict with the standards of my culture. Collecting. But then disposing. ...
-
![]()
Cluttered Brain, Cluttered OfficeI don’t understand how I became so disorganized. I take that back. If I’m honest, I know exactly what happened. During the COVID quarantine with...
-
![]()
Is April the Cruelest Month? by Karen ShughartIn the poem, The Wasteland , T.S. Eliot writes, “April is the cruelest month….” The month of April is a time of birth and renewal, and a...
-
![]()
Guest Blogger~Terri KarstenPeople often ask where I get my ideas. The answer seems simple—ideas come...
-
![]()
Even More Adventures in Self-Publishingby Janis Patterson As promised (threatened?) last month, today I’m going to talk about the traditional Vanity Press and the less well-known...
-
![]()
Beating Fear with KnowledgeI think most writers are worriers. Will the readers like the story? Did I have typos/mistakes? Does the plot make sense? Am I not offending the...
-
![]()
Writing, Housework and Cat HairI hate doing laundry. It ranks high on my list of onerous household tasks. But needs must, as the Brits will say. When household tasks loom,...
-
![]()
Guest Blogger ~ Barbara ProninSPINNING TALES BY CONNECTING THE DOTS I confess I have an odd history...
