Of Wizards, Witches, and Muggles
(when friends and family don’t understand you) by Eric Schumacher, reprinted with permission, first published at FlapperPress.com He shuffled upon the stage, nervous, looked at a crowd of diverse and…
Fiction Writing
Curio Fiction—Say What?
by Sandra Murphy Just when you think you know what’s going on in writing, up pops another genre, sub-genre, or blended genre. The latest is curio fiction, at least until…
Bestselling Mystery Author William Bernhardt
NY Times bestselling mystery author William Bernhardt is the guest for two episodes of Talking Book Publishing with Kathleen Kaiser and Afterhours. This marks the last episode of the 805…
A Pen Name for Your Thoughts
by Molly MacRae, first published in Mystery Fanfare, reprinted with permission New news on the pen name front! Did you know I also write books under the name Margaret Welch?…
Have Book Club, Will Travel
by Dawn Dixon “Home again, home again, jiggety-jig,” I mutter unhappily. I drive up to my friend Carol’s smart brick ranch house and cut the engine in the driveway. After…
Protect Your Inner Life
by Michael Bracken, Reacting to Lan Samantha Chang’s essay on LitHub.com, “Writers, Protect Your Inner Life,” Trey R. Barker (my Guns + Tacos co-creator/co-editor) posted on Facebook: “[The essay] at…
How We Hit the USA Today Bestseller List with a Multi-Author Anthology
by Sierra Simone, Joanna Shupe, Eva Leigh, Nicola Davidson, and Adriana Herrera (reprinted with permission) We are a group of romance authors—Sierra Simone, Joanna Shupe, Eva Leigh, Nicola Davidson, and…
Pay It Forward
by Michael Bracken Originally published at sleuthsayers.org on 10 August 2021 I owe the existence of one of my recurring characters to the kindness of a famous mystery writer. Dennis…
Sisters in Crime (SinC)
On June 1, 2021, Sisters in Crime (SinC) announced that the winner of the inaugural Pride Award for emerging LGBTQIA+ writers is C.J. Prince (she/hers) of West Orange, New Jersey.…
Finding Success in a Cozy Mystery
by Patricia Fry Writing about animals is nothing new to me. Throughout my forty-year career as a freelance article writer, I often wrote about two of my favorite animals: cats…