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Who You Gonna Ask?

Terry Shames here. Our question this week is about Craft:  When you have craft questions, where do you go for answers? A particular website? A book? Podcasts? Writer friends?

 

Craft is a particularly personal subject for writers. Ask a writer how he or she writes, and you’ll get answers all over the place. One writes straight through without much thought to sentence and paragraph structures, whether scenes work or not, whether they’ve chosen the proper words, whether they’ve gotten descriptions r...

Getting Crafty by Brenda Chapman

When you have craft questions, where do you go for answers? A particular website? A book? Podcasts? Writer friends?

 Like all writers, I’m constantly on the look out for any new information that will advance my craft, be it improvements on writing style, story arcs, character development, building suspense, or pretty much anything. I can’t say that I have one website or one writer friend to turn to when I have questions. My method for acquiring knowledge is more of a shotgun approach — I’m const...

Writers to Read

Please recommend an author who may not be widely known to readers and tell us about them and their book(s). In addition, what books are on your bedside table for July and why did you select them for summer reading?

by Paul D. Marks

I’m not sure these authors are “widely unknown” to readers, but I also don’t think they’re widely known, at least in the larger realm. And I’ll stick with crime writers here, with one exception at the end.

Carol O’Connell:

On the Penguin Random House page it calls Carol O...

Six of the best, by Catriona

Reading: Please recommend an author who may not be widely known to readers and tell us about them and their book(s). In addition, what books are on your bedside table for July and why did you select them for summer reading?
I miss bookshops this year. So I'm trying to make this blog post into a random browse for you, with the jackets, some blurbs, the first line or so. And me walking on as the bookseller pressing things into your hands and guaranteeing you'll love them.
PINE, by Francine Toon, is ...

I don't know what you don't know by Cathy Ace

Reading: Please recommend an author who may not be widely known to readers and tell us about them and their book(s). In addition, what books are on your bedside table for July and why did you select them for summer reading?

The first part of this week’s questions is tough to answer – because I don’t know which authors you know of, and which you don’t…and, let’s be honest, most of us are totally unaware of MOST crime writing because there’s such a lot of it about (which is a good thing!). I read ...

What You Should Be Reading

Reading: Please recommend an author who may not be widely known to readers and tell us about them and their book(s). In addition, what books are on your bedside table for June and why did you select them for summer reading?

From Frank

My first answer is going to seem a little self-serving. That's because the author I am recommending who is not widely known and should be is Colin Conway. The reason is might seem self-serving is because Colin and I write a series of procedurals together (see the bot...

At least we have books

Q: Please recommend an author who may not be widely known to readers and tell us about them and their book(s). In addition, what books are on your bedside table for June and why did you select them for summer reading.- from SusanI really enjoyed Kate Ross’s four crime fiction novels (she wrote some short stories too). They’re good mysteries set in the time of fops and dandies – great fun. Sadly she died in 1998, so her creative output is limited. Here’s her Wikipedia entry:Katherine Jean "Kate" ...

With a Little Help From My Friends

By Abir

Writing is a lonely pursuit but the community is strong and supportive. There are many unsung acts of kindness and generosity going on behind the scenes. Tell us who has mentored you in your writing career or gone above and beyond to help you get a leg up in the business.

Welcome to Friday. I smiled when I saw this week’s topic, because it gives me a chance to say thank you to all the wonderful people who’ve supported my career over the last six years, from the publishing team (editors, pu...

Imagine Your Parents and Children Are Watching Everything You Do by James W. Ziskin

Writing is a lonely pursuit but the community is strong and supportive. There are many unsung acts of kindness and generosity going on behind the scenes. Tell us who has mentored you in your writing career or gone above and beyond to help you get a leg up in the business.

From Jim

With apologies to Melville: “Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul,” I take a look at some of the nice things people I like and respect have said about my...

Behind the scenes

Writing is a lonely pursuit but the community is strong and supportive. There are many unsung acts of kindness and generosity going on behind the scenes. Tell us who has mentored you in your writing career or gone above and beyond to help you get a leg up in the business.

by Dietrich

Solo maybe, but never lonely.

I first noticed the generosity of the writing community soon after I signed the contract for my first novel. Months before the book was released I traveled to Albany to my first Bouchercon...