Crime writing is a big book category in Britain and here are this year’s Dagger award winners. As always, I like to look to winners for inspiration. Daggers crime writing awards presented to ‘the best of the best’ | Books | The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/01/daggers-crime-writing-awards-crime-writers-association
Tag Archives: mystery
Go LIMCON
Having just got home from my first Love Is Murder conference in Chicago, I heartily recommend it to anyone writing (or reading) mysteries or thrillers of any type. I plan to go again. Check it out at http://www.loveismurder.net/. And be aware the are offering a great discount through Feb.14 on next year’s LIMCON.
Tips from Anne Perry
I’m at the Love Is Murder conference in Chicago this weekend. Yesterday we had a Skype session with the prolific and generous Anne Perry, who was in Great Britain. We also watched one of her two new “Put Your Heart on the Page” videos. (I took the photo from my seat while we watched.) YouContinue reading “Tips from Anne Perry”
Patience
“I can’t believe Becky even said,” that, Miriam growled, slamming her books onto her desk in the dorm room. “I mean, what business is it of hers whether I go out with Dick?” “Slow down,” her roommate Sandy said, surprising herself when she realized she was waving her hands in the air, as if sheContinue reading “Patience”