A Cure for Writer's Block
I’ve had a hard time writing my ninth novel, the fifth in the 90s Club cozy mystery series. I’ve felt stale and bored and a bit...
Pitfalls in Writing Police Procedurals
In January, the Chessie Chapter of Sisters in Crime presented a panel of former law enforcement officers who write mysteries and...
On Banning Books
In 2019, the total number of books published in the U.S. exceeded 4 million—including both self-published and commercially published...
What Makes Marketing Easier?
We’ve heard that the three businesses people dream about owning are a restaurant, a bookstore, and a B&B. There’s no way I’d ever want to...
What I’ve Learned Writing Mysteries
Mystery authors often joke about what someone might think who happened to see the cache of websites they’ve visited on their computers....
Lost Treasure Tales
When I was in eighth grade, my parents gave me a book called Lost Treasure Trails by Thomas Penfield. I was enthralled as I read of...
Critique Groups for Better Rewriting
The important fact to embrace as you join a critique group is to know without equivocation that you are a writer and like all writers,...