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…
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…
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.…
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…
by Molly MacRae First published on May 2, 2021 in Writers Who Kill, reprinted with permission Interruptions happen. To anyone, in any job. There you are, at home or at…
by Delia Pitts Recently a reader asked me if I write #ownvoices crime fiction to instruct, to share my experiences as a woman of color in America, or to improve…
by Michael Bracken At the time I wrote “Rejected!” in 2018, I had received 2,552 rejections. I have no idea how many more I’ve added since then, and I don’t…
This is a reprint of an article from the Wicked Authors blog by Sherry Harris. The contest closed for this year, but will reopen again next year. There aren’t many…
by Karen S. Wiesner Characters: Do your characters have no obvious signs of life, nothing that gives them unique personality, perspective, and passion? Does it seem like their conflicts are…
by Claire M. Murray The call came for a crime story revolving around a song from the ’60s. There were so many from which to choose. What inspired me to…
by Sharee Stover Christian mystery, suspense, and romance are my favorite genres to read, so when I began writing, I felt most at home with those. As Will Smith in…