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Category Archives: Writing About Writing
Why Crime Fiction Academy Matters
About a year and a half ago Noreen Tomassi, the Director of Manhattan’s Center For Fiction, came to me with the idea of creating a place for crime fiction. A place where unpublished writers could come to finish the crime novel they’d started but stalled, Read more…
Posted in Writing About Writing
Tagged classes, crime, Crime Fiction Academy, learning how to write
The Plight of Crime Fiction Or Why Crime Fiction Writers Always Feel Bad
People often ask me why I choose to write crime fiction and I say it’s because it encompasses all the big human emotions – love, hate, greed, revenge, fear — as well as the basic moral questions of good and evil, and that’s more than Read more…
Posted in Writing About Writing
Tagged Dostoyevsky, Hardy Boys, Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Child, Richard Ford's Canada, Yaddo
Crime Fiction Lover Blog – What Does It Take?
This past September I was guest columnist for the Crime Fiction Lover blog talking about how one can become a crime writer. Here is an excerpt: “Today we’re honoured to present a guest column by one of the most respected names in crime fiction – Read more…
Posted in Articles, Writing About Writing
Tagged advice, Crime Fiction Lover, fiction, learning about writing
You Are What You Read – Ellery Queen
The mystery writing magazine Ellery Queen asked me to contribute a blog post about writing the short story. Here is an excerpt: “More and more the short story has become an important part of my writing life. The other day I was thinking about the Read more…
Posted in Writing About Writing
Tagged Edgar Allen Poe, Ellery Queen, short stories
