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Why We Kill
Originally posted on ladiesofmystery: by Janis Patterson It is not, as some of my friends have said, because I am an old grump who wants to do away with everyone who annoys me. Not all the time, at...
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ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
You might be surprised to learn a blue moon really does happen once in a blue moon. You should head out tomorrow night, (Friday, 31 July AEST) and catch this rare event. In case you miss it tomorrow...
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THE EARTH MOVED FOR ME
Photo supplied by Geoscience Australia. Yesterday afternoon I was at my writing desk in my house on the Gold Coast when I literally felt the earth move. My computer monitor shook and the house...
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Badass In Heels – Nerve Strikes
Originally posted on Crime Fiction Writer Sue Coletta: As a crime writer I often write my main character into and out of deadly traps. How I do that is to make her powerful. Incidentally, these...
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Getting Rid Of A Body Isn’t Easy
Originally posted on The Writer's Forensics Blog: Killers often think that disposing of a corpse is easy. And important. If there is no body surely they can’t be charged with murder. Right?...
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LIFE AS AN INDIE AUTHOR – THE SKY IS THE LIMIT!
Self-publishing has grown over the past decade, even high-profile authors such as Stephen King, are now choosing to publish some of their work themselves. A report last year by self-publishing...
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WHAT A LITTLE GEM
Tucked away between two imposing buildings in Pitt Street in up-town Sydney is the The Sydney Mechanics School of Arts (SMSA). I doubt many Sydney-siders even know this little gem of a place exists....
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death’s orchard
Originally posted on graveyards of Scotland: St. Mary’s Chapel yard in Inverness, an ancient burial ground right in the heart of the Highland’s capital, is but rarely visited, being somehow hidden...
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a rather unfortunate accident…..
gina amos:As a crime writer, I am always asking myself, ‘What if …?’ Originally posted on graveyards of Scotland: But what if it wasn’t?? This is the story of Donald Robertson who died at the age of 63...
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Signs of Spring
gina amos:Gail is a writer, I met on the Gold Coast. This post reminds me of why I love living there so much. Originally posted on a bike for all seasons: This post comes with a soundtrack :-) Recorded...
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If She Walks Like a Victim…– Sue Coletta
If someone walks like a victim, they could draw the wrong attention. By studying body language crime writers can add credibility to well-rounded characters. Thus, making our stories more believable....
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Escape to the Country- the power of words
‘My Obliging Significant Other’ (Moso) is more your arty type than your literary type so I wasn’t entirely convinced he’d want to accompany me to yet another writers’ festival, (especially as it had...
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Seeing the Big Picture
Tick, tick, tick… I need to be more patient so I try to look at the big picture, but it’s not easy. It’s probably harder now than in any other time in history to exercise patience. In a world where...
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THE NON-WRITING PART OF BEING A #WRITER
Originally posted on Write Note Reviews: I would like to thank Rachael Johns for this insight into the non-writing life of a writer. I had the pleasure of meeting Rachael at one of my Stories on Stage...
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All About the Girl
‘If a man truly desires to write, then he will. Rejection and ridicule will only strengthen him…The luck of the world. Go with it, send it. (Charles Bukowski) I haven’t had much time lately for...
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BACK TO THE FUTURE-2027
We’ve finally arrived in the future. At 10.29am this morning (AEDT) 22 October, 2015 (4.29pm 21 October, California time!) we reached the point in time when Marty McFly and Doc Emmett Brown arrived...
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Suicide By Text
Originally posted on The Writer's Forensics Blog: You can’t think about it. You just have to do it. You said you were gonna do it. Like I don’t get why you aren’t. So texted Michelle Carter to...
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‘£100 POUNDS REWARD – MURDER!’
‘£100 POUNDS REWARD – MURDER!’ What do you think of this as an opening line of a crime novel? The opening line is from The Mystery of the Hansom Cab written by Fergus Hume. Most writers know a great...
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Guest Blogger: Leonardo Wild: The Birth of Paradigm Shift Thrillers
gina amos:Scary statistics. Originally posted on The Writer's Forensics Blog: The Birth of Paradigm Shift Thrillers THE GALAPAGOS AGENDA By Leonardo Wild Ten years of writing commercially went by and...
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The 4 P’s
You may or may not have noticed but I’ve been missing in action for a few weeks. The reason? I’ve been busy putting the final touches to ‘Asylum,’ the third book in the Detective Jill Brennan Series....
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