At our best-attended reading of the year, fourteen mystery fans heard Cynthia Webb read the first chapter of Blood, Salt, and the Sea; Ken Wishnia read a scene from From Sun to Sun; Carol Binkowski read from Research Can Be Murder; Michael Livingston read from his work-in-progress The Name of the Cat; and Elizabeth Crowens read from Hounds of the […]
Join us for a new session of MWA University! MWA-U 2024 will consist of six online classes taught by top-notch crime writers with live Q & A. Take your writing to the next level by attending these informative classes – free to MWA members (offered to nonmembers for $20/session). Classes will air via Zoom at 8 PM EDT / 7 PM
SAVE THE DATE! Connecticut’s own CrimeCONN is coming up fast. This is a hybrid event, with both in-person attendees and those of us joining virtually. Read about the event and speakers at the registration link. See you there! CrimeCONN Returns to the Ferguson Library this June. Join New York Times bestselling authors Megan Abbott and Reed Farrel Coleman with other
Looking for funds to support travel, classes, conferences or research? The Leon B. Burstein/MWA-NY Scholarship can help you complete your work of mystery. More information is available here. The deadline is Oct. 10.
How is a writer who’s struggling to complete a manuscript, probably juggling a full-time job with personal commitments, supposed to do all the work involved with social media? Your publishers, agents will tell you to use social media. Folks like me will all tell you to have a social media program. Yet another buzz word! What’s a writer to do?
This is #2 in a series, beginning with Is The Publishing Industry Dying? about how to cope as an author in the new world of media. As a writer, you hear it all the time from everyone, “You have to be on social media!” You may be asking yourself why and wondering if this is all just a fad and if
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
