The world-famous Crime Writers’ Association has announced a new sponsor for its annual international writing competition for unpublished writers. The CWA Debut Dagger is to be sponsored by ProWritingAid, a platform that operates as a grammar checker, style...
CrimespreeTV is chats with authors of stories set in Alaska, Marc Cameron, Megan Crane, and Elizabeth Heiter
The first sentences of novels have rightly received a lot of attention for their ability to hook readers and to establish the novel’s voice. But what about last sentences?
I am a noir and humor enthusiast, so my writing tends to blend the two. But, as the adage says, “Write what you know.” My recent novel, Blood Will Have Blood, is no exception.
Readers are introduced to compelling characters. Each of the characters have private wounds. Sam Easton is a veteran returning from Afghanistan with PTSD. He is the sole survivor of a car bomb that has left him with horrible nightmares and blackouts. Medication has not seemed to help, but he has found a psychiatrist, Dr. Lynette Frolich, who has some helpful suggestions.
Although Left Coast Crime can’t be celebrated in person, there are some fine books nominated for the Left Award. Including our own Erica Ruth Neubauer for Murder at the Mena House! LEFTY for BEST HUMOROUS MYSTERY NOVEL: Murder in the Bayou Boneyard by Ellen...
