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Hell or High Water — Anchovies Included

It's Bouchercon week where crime writers from all over will gather. We've talked a lot about the pros and cons of conferences, but what’s your most memorable conference experience, good and bad. What's the conference moment you'll never forget?

by Dietrich

My first Bouchercon in 2013 was a wild ride. My publisher, Jack David, kindly arranged for me to travel from Toronto to Albany, New York, with a favorite Canadian writer, John McFetridge. I was thrilled to meet an author I admired and grateful f...

Best Of Bouchercon

I love Bouchercon and have attended the conference many times. So many memorable moments! 
Meeting authors I long admired, attending panels that had big effects on my writing, getting to know other authors struggling with the same things I struggled with. Not to mention getting to visit cities I probably never would have visited, getting to explore and enjoy. For example, being shown around the city of Toronto by a native who took me to “the spots.” 
 Probably the night my first book was awarded t...

Bouchercon Memories - by Matthew Greene

 It’s Bouchercon week where crime writers from all over will gather. We’ve talked a lot about the pros and cons of conferences, but I want to know your most memorable conference experience- good and bad. What’s the conference moment you’ll never forget?

I’m not usually the FOMO type, but I have to admit this question got me feeling all nostalgic for Bouchercon. And I’ve only been once!

As a publishing newbie last year, I got my feet wet with Malice Domestic—since it was just a quick Acela ride fro...

The strange and wondrous beauty of the quiet-in-between by Poppy Gee

CRAFT:  Let’s talk about the quiet business: how do you maintainyour writing life during the “in-between” seasons?  How do you keep going between book deals, day jobs, drafts, or deadlines? Whatsystems or habits help you stay connected to your work when there’s no externalvalidation?

The paradox of my writing life is that I prefer the ‘inbetween’ seasons between book deals and publicity commitments to those intense, heady,long-yearned for days of celebration and achievement.

I found the pu...

Here in the Upside Down, by Catriona

How do you maintain your writing lifeduring the “in-between” seasons? How do you keep going between book deals, dayjobs, drafts, or deadlines? What systems or habits help you stay connected to yourwork when there’s no external validation?

Attention librarians, reviewers
booksellers and bloggers!
This is on

The blog title is because I really feel this question is the wrong way round for me. Or, maybe, I don't understand the idea that the bit where there's no publishing business going on ...

How to Keep Writing When the Publishing World Hits Snooze

How do you maintain your writing lifeduring the “in-between” seasons? How do you keep going between book deals, dayjobs, drafts, or deadlines? What systems or habits help you stay connected to yourwork when there’s no external validation?

 

Ah, the “in-between” seasons — thatcurious stretch of time when you’re not riding the wave of a book deal, noshiny deadline is flashing on your calendar, and your day job is demanding allyour attention. It’s literary Purgatory where motivation takes a...

Of George MacDonald and Lewis Carroll - by Harini Nagendra

Who's a writer—past or present—you believe deserves more attention? Whatmakes their work meaningful to you, and how has it influenced your own?

Rather than talk about contemporary published writers, I'm going to speak of two older writers, writers whose language entranced me, who made me fall in love with books when I was much younger. Both writers wrote prose that was like poetry, prose that transported me into worlds of romance and adventure, through tales of daring and intrigue. They are know...

Lynne Raimondo from James W. Ziskin

Shine a light on another writer. Who's a writer you believe deserves more attention?

What a bittersweet question. Or rather my answer to it is bittersweet. But more on that in a moment.

Lynne Raimondo

Let me tell you about Lynne Raimondo, a brilliant writer who richly deserves more attention. She’s the author of three wonderfully complex, smart crime novels featuring blind psychologist Mark Angelotti.

Before she became a writer, Lynne Raimondo was a trial lawyer at a major Chicago law firm, the gene...

Guest post by Lisa de Nikolits

Shine a light on another writer. Who's a writer you believe deserves more attention?

In order to answer this week's question, I've invited Lisa de Nikolits to write a guest post. She's the award-winning author of twelve novels, as well as numerous short stories and poetry, garnering five-star reviews and a strong international fanbase. She lives and writes in The Beaches of Toronto, and she's definitely an author that deserves more attention.

Crushing on Gangsters — by Lisa

Writing a gangster novel...

Shining a Light

 

Terry here with our question of the week: 
 Who's a writer you believe deserves more attention? What makes their work meaningful to you, and how has it influenced your own? 
 Alas, this week’s question stymied me. A writer I think deserves more attention? You mean ONE? No, that’s impossible. There are many little-known writers who grab my attention as much or more than well-known authors. Occasionally I’ll be blown away by a famous author and I return to their books again and again. But just ofte...