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  • Wildlife and Wonderlands in Mysteries

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    Iโ€™m a city girl, but I really enjoy reading stories set in state parks and forests and islands and other areas where there is less population, and the environment…

  • The Importance of the Plot Twist

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    Who doesnโ€™t love a superbly executed plot twist? One that completely takes you by surprise and turns the story on its head. One that makes you gasp out loud…

  • The Amish Fence

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    Youโ€™ve seen the Amish culture in books, movies and even in exaggerated โ€œreality shows.โ€ Without electricity, automobiles, TV, radio or other modern conveniences, the Amish drive horse drawn buggies,…

  • What Makes a Forest Such a Seductive Setting for Fiction?

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    The woods have been a popular setting in literature for centuries, from the Grimm Brothers to todayโ€™s bestsellers, but what makes a forest such a seductive setting for fiction?…

  • How to Write Fiction about True Crime

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    If you are going to write a sensational, news-worthy crime story into your fiction, you have a few models for how to proceed. First, there is the Gone Girl…

  • 10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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    Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Vanessa Chan, The Storm We Made (Marysue Ricci/S&S) โ€œAn intricate puzzle in which [Chan] deftly…

  • The Rise of โ€œMom-Noirโ€

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    It was a few weeks in that I realized why I was finding motherhood such a shock to the system. As I leaned over the sink to tearfully rinse…

  • How to Corral Your Nightmares for Use in Your Next Novel

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    Will robots dream of us in the same way that we dream about them? They say that AI can โ€œhallucinateโ€, right? Hadnโ€™t Philip K. Dick warned us about all…

  • 10 Crime Movies Set at New Yearโ€™s Eve

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    You might remember our series โ€œ10 Crime Movies You Forgot Take Place During Christmas.โ€ We have six installments: one from 2018, one from 2019, one from 2020, one from…

  • The Best Traditional Mysteries of 2023

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    For me, there are few things more enjoyable than a good, old-fashioned whodunnit. Or a good, new-fashioned whodunnit. I say it a lot on this website, but, to me,…


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