With the arrival of The Chessmen in bookstores this February, Peter May’s dark and violent trilogy about Fin Macleod, an ex-detective from Edinburgh who returns home to the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, comes to a close. But May’s American beachhead is just beginning. The Glasgow-born writer, who now lives in France, builds a following here, led perhaps […]
Are you looking to learn how to finally write that private eye novel? Or do you want to figure out what’s wrong with the one you’ve already written? If yes, then it may be time to get schooled. And there’s never been a better time. The Crime Fiction Academy, part of The Center for Fiction, is offering a 10% tuition
Stuck on a blank page? Wondering how to build suspense in your story? Willing to travel to Boston? MWA University, the daylong writing seminar run by MWA national, will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Beantown this February 14. Scheduled instructors and classes include: ▪ Jess Lourey on “The Blessing and Curse of Genre Writing” ▪ Louis Bayard on
This article is the fourth and final in a series designed to help you stage more effective readings. Thank you to author Clare Toohey for sharing her wisdom, originally posted on Women of Mystery. DELIVERY You’re on! So you’ve practiced reading aloud–and you have, right? And your copy’s well-prepared–and it is, right? Once you’re in front of an audience, it’s
This article is the third in a series designed to help you stage more effective readings. Thank you to author Clare Toohey for sharing her wisdom, originally posted on Women of Mystery. PREPARING COPY I love e-books, and if you have a lot of capacity in your reading app for markup, a digital copy may be fine, but for public
This article is the second in a series designed to help you stage more effective readings. Thank you to author Clare Toohey for sharing her wisdom, originally posted on Women of Mystery. LENGTH Now everyone is a little different, of course, and I’ve often heard (and even told people before now!) to plan on reading about one MS page per
