Crimereaders Spotlight: Author Jean Rabe
Today on Crimereaders.com, we have a guest post by author Jean Rabe. We’ll talk about Jean’s debut mystery, The Dead of WInter, her first crime novel. It’s far from her first novel, since she’s got 35+...
View ArticleA Chat Among Friends
A Beautiful Chai For a long time, I wasn’t sure what to write on this blog, but a bookseller whose opinion I respect said that readers want to know about writers’ personal lives and that you really...
View Article2018 Appearances
January 13 – Author Event at Manchester Library (Multi-author event, cancelled due to snow) April 6-7 – 2018 Blue Ridge Writers Conference Friday – workshop on point of view Saturday – Keynote speech...
View ArticleOn Breaking Through Writer’s Block
If you struggle with writer’s block–or resistance, or whatever you call that thing that happens when you’re spinning your wheels, trying to write and not getting anywhere–you might find this article I...
View ArticleLive Q&A: Mondays at Noon
On Monday, Jan. 7, I started doing Facebook Live sessions on Mondays at noon (Central) on my Jaden Terrell author page. I’ve received quite a few questions from both readers and writers, and I’ve been...
View ArticleTaking the Leap: Monday Videos on the Craft of Writing
So… Our Monday Facebook Live sessions have been going on for several months now. We’ve talked about several different aspects of the writing craft, including point of view, dialogue, and short stories....
View ArticleGet Those Words Rolling
It’s the #1 question I get from aspiring writers. How do you center yourself and clear your head before you write? What do you do when you sit down to write, and it feels like swimming through a vat...
View ArticleTalking Suspense on Miss Demeanors
Author D.A. Bartley Earlier in the summer, I was honored to talk to the New York chapter of Sisters in Crime as part of SinC’s Speaker’s Bureau. I did a short workshop on editing and revision, then...
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