by Kassandra Lamb ~ Genre definitions and crime fiction sub-genres can be quite murky and confusing for both writers and readers. First there is the question of what is crime fiction. Some…
by Kassandra Lamb ~ Up until last Friday morning, I’d planned a completely different blog post for this week, one on mystery subgenres (which we’ll run next week). Then I realized there…
by Kirsten Weiss ~ While book cover design is certainly not the most stressful part of the publishing process, it has its quirks. A good cover doesn’t tell the story, but it…
By Kassandra Lamb ~ Over on our Facebook readers’ group today, Vinnie Hansen has a discussion going on “writing the other.” How do authors avoid stereotypes and unintended offensiveness when writing about…
by Kassandra Lamb ~ Writers find this quote amusing, because it’s sort of true. Ask a bunch of writers what the three most important rules of writing are, and you will get…
by Kassandra Lamb and K.B. Owen ~ Since Kathy (K.B.) is releasing her next audio book, Unseemly Honeymoon, this week, I figured it was a good time to do an encore of…
by Vinnie Hansen ~ Technology now offers us mystery writers some modern ways to kill our characters. I recently wrote about this on my own website. Check it out… Perfectly Modern Ways…
by Kassandra Lamb ~ Just like on TV, we mystery authors sometimes do spin-off series in our crime fiction. When we fall in love with a secondary character, or even sometimes a…
Wow, there are a LOT of special days in February. We started off the month with National Dark Chocolate Day on the 1st. Did you know that chocolate was first served as…
Just a couple of quick reminders during this off week for our blog. Since Valentine’s Day is not far away, it seemed like a good time to remind you all that we…