Five Things You Should Never Say To A Writer

1. “So you’re a writer. Anything I might have read?” Unless you just handed me a list, how would I possibly know what’s in your personal library? People’s tastes are vast, varied and unpredictable. Some subsist on a focused diet of romances, or history, or celebrity memoirs. Some wouldn’t touch a book with pink in its cover art and others will go from Proust to Janet Evanovich and back again without a hiccup. […]

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Contest Winners

August 2026 Winners‘ Rebecca Ackerman won Revenge of the Crafty Corpse by Lois Winston and The Case of the Beguiling Brooch by Terry Ambrose. Our Let’s Talk Winner was Sandy Berg. July 2026 Winners Melissa Wilson won Flamed Out by Maggie Toussaint and Death a Sketch by Cheryl Hollon. Our Let’s Talk Winners were Dianne […]

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Writing What You Know

Most writers have heard the adage, “Write what you know.” It’s a good principle. If you’re writing about something you know the story will sound authentic and hopefully the passion and sincerity will ring through to the reader. But what if what you want to write is a murder mystery? […]

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