Fiction Writing

by Paul D. Marks Does your writing ever interfere with your family life? Do the demands of your fiction ever create friction with those closest to you? The title of…

by John Floyd I have always admired writers who take risks and try new techniques and venture out of their comfort zone. That’s hard to do, and I respect them…

by John Floyd In November I attended my sixth Bouchercon mystery convention, in Dallas. My wife, Carolyn, and I drove from our home in Mississippi, partly because I don’t fit…

by Sandra Murphy On October 31 I flew to Dallas for the 50th anniversary of Bouchercon, the country’s largest mystery conference for readers, writers, editors, and publishers. Four days of…

by Sandra Murphy In October, A Murder of Crows, a twenty-one story anthology, went live on Amazon. The call for submissions remained out for three months. Surprisingly, no one sent…

by Jacqueline Seewald, reprinted with permission I’ve written well over a hundred original short stories, most of which have sold to paying markets and some of which have also sold…

by Marilyn Levinson aka Allison Brook, reprinted with permission Like many novelists who have been writing for several years, I write in several genres—mysteries, romantic suspense, and kiddie lit. Recently…

by Gila Green Like millions of other authors, I write because I have a message I’m passionate about; I want to express myself to the world. The problem with long…

by Jon Land Jessica Fletcher became part of my life back in May of 2017 when my agent called to ask whether I’d be interested in working with Don Bain…

by Jon Land The publication of Murder in Red marks the 35th anniversary of the eternal Murder, She Wrote series, which debuted on CBS in 1984. But did you know…