An Author's Perspective:

Mystery Writers Share Their Secrets in These Exclusive Essays

~ Bradley Spinelli Explains Why "I Keep Thinking About Bananas"

~ What If I Never Wrote the Same Book Twice? by Seth Margolis

~ Larry D. Sweazy Advises Mystery Authors to Write "Where" They Know

~ V. Sanjay Kumar Tells Us Why He Holds His City Accountable in His Latest Noir Novel

~ Randall Silvis Tells Us Why He Can't Remember How His Books Were Born

~ Craig Parshall Scared the Wits Out of Himself - and Out Came a Novel

~ Brainstorming: Creating a Worthy Antagonist, by Janice Cantore

~ Gunsmoke, Poachers and Dreams, by Michael Allen Dymmoch

~ Women of the 1910s: From Movie Heroines to News Reporters, by Radha Vatsal

~ From Initial Scene to Complete Novel, by Dietrich Kalteis

~ Folklore, Superstition and Self Deception, by Dan Newman

~ Write Your Mystery in Eight Easy Steps, by Lily Gardner

~ The Evolution of a Book, by Kerry Schafer

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