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After the Fall

I recently lost 30Kof a novel in progress and had to start again. What’s the biggest setbackyou’ve had in your writing and did you overcome it?

 

Just reading thefirst line of this question gives me the shivers. I would say that is my worstnightmare, except rats still roaming the earth freely, this would be a veryclose second. What to do after a situation like this? Well, after the cryingand puking and cursing the universe, there’s nothing to it, but to do it,right?

 

So, while I ha...

Memories of conferences past - by Harini Nagendra

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've never been to Bouchercon - indeed, I've never been to a mystery writer's conference in the US, though of course I've been to plenty of academic conferences in the country. I'd love to make it to Bouchercon or any of the big mystery writer even...

Remembrance of Bouchercons Past

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?

Alas, I am not able to attend Bouchercon this year, but I have so many wonderful memories of years past. My most memorable experience had to be in 2017 in Toronto, when HEART OF STONE won the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original and the Macavity Award...

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?

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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...