Accidentally In Love – On Series Characters By Angel Colon There’s a kind of magic that happens when a character finally “clicks”. Dialogue and action are second nature—of course he/she would do this because this happened. There’s a familiarity present that feels nearly physical, as if the character were a friend that hasn’t called in a while. That attachment lends […]

What Are the Elements of a Great PI Series? by Alex Segura I didn’t think I was writing a series when I started working on my debut novel, Silent City. At that point, I was flying blind, toying with the idea of writing my very own crime novel in the same vein as the books that inspired me. But as

Five Bits of Writing Advice That May or May Not Work For You By Rob Hart   I want to open this with a caveat: Not all writing advice is good advice. Because it’s all subjective. Like how some people will tell you the only way to be successful is to write every day. I don’t believe that. I don’t

This post appeared in slightly different form on the crime fiction site Do Some Damage on April 3, 2018. *** I remember reading years ago that Jerzy Kosinski had an unusual writing routine. During every twenty four hour period, he would sleep twice for four hours.  This allowed him to work during the quietest times of the night and early

This piece appeared in slightly different form on Criminal Element. The opening of Robert Benton’s private eye film The Late Show is chock-full of deception. We first see the Warner Brothers logo, but it’s not the Warner logo of 1977, the year the film was released. It’s a sepia colored 1940’s era Warner logo, and right away we hear soft 40’s style piano music