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Sisters in Crime Worldwide – SINC into Great Writing – October 3, 2026
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SETTING BASED ON REAL LIFE by Valerie (V. M.) Burns
By Debra Goldstein | | Blogpost, Women Writers
People often ask me where I get my ideas for my books. A lot of my ideas come from real life. Yes, I write murder mysteries, but that doesn’t mean that I have been involved with murders. Sometimes a building or a house will spark my imagination. One of those buildings is a stone mansion […]
Why There? Because Settings Matter by Mary Lee Ashford
By Debra Goldstein | | Blogpost, Women Writers
Why is “Murder She Wrote” set in Cabot Cove, Maine? Probably first and foremost because the creators of the popular series wanted a charming backdrop that provided a plausible home for a retired teacher/mystery author turned amateur sleuth. And the small tight-knit community meant Jessica Fletcher had access to everyone and everything she needed to […]
TERROR IN THE RESEARCH RABBIT HOLE by Anne Louise Bannon
By Debra Goldstein | | Blogpost, Women Writers
“Relax,” said the librarian in the history department at the Los Angeles Public Library. “If you can’t find it, probably no one else can.” Probably. Hmmmmm. Probably doesn’t mean won’t, and knowing my luck, some self-important blowhard is going to find some uber obscure factoid that I missed in my latest historical mystery and work […]
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