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Guest Blogger: Charlotte Hunter – Looking for a Crime? Grave-Robbing

8 Comments / research, Uncategorized / By Debra Goldstein

Looking for a crime? Grave-robbing by Charlotte Hunter For me, grave-robbing used to conjure thoughts of 18th-century resurrection men prowling moonlit cemeteries for fresh corpses to sell to medical schools. Then I began research for my current work-in-progress and, to my surprise, discovered grave robbery remains a thriving crime throughout the United States. Some of …

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Guest Blogger Linda Lovely – Giving a Villain a First-Person POV

4 Comments / Characterization, Characters, Uncategorized / By Debra Goldstein

Giving the Villain a First-Person POV by Linda Lovely If the villain in a novel is intelligent, resourceful, and relentless, the heroine needs the same attributes—in spades—to outwit her opponent. An evil versus good see-saw offers an excellent suspense-building tool. This is especially true if authors give readers a peek at what evil deeds the …

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Guest Blogger: Judy Penz Sheluk – Paying it Forward

2 Comments / author's thoughts, Uncategorized / By Debra Goldstein

Moonlight & Misadventure – a new crime anthology edited by Judy Penz Sheluk featuring stories by authors including K.M. Rockwood, Joseph S. Walker, and John M. Floyd – is a testimonial of quality to Judy paying it forward.

Mysteryrat’s Maze Podcast features Pig Lickin’ Good!

Leave a Comment / News, Uncategorized / By Debra Goldstein

King River’s Life’s Mysteryrat’s Maze Podcast features Pig Lickin’ Good, which was a 2020 Derringer Short Story Award finalist. Debra’s story originally was published in Malice Domestic’s Mystery Most Edible (2019).

Guest Blogger: Diane A.S. Stuckart – Living the Dream…Or Not

8 Comments / Uncategorized / By Debra Goldstein

Living the Dream…Or Not by Diane A.S. Stuckart Running a bed and breakfast inn has been my dream business for a couple of decades, even before I wrote the first chapters of what would become my Georgia B&B mystery series. It was the late 1990s, and I didn’t much care for the daytime job anymore. …

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Guest Blogger: Sophy Smythe – Corruption in the Medical World

7 Comments / Uncategorized / By Debra Goldstein

Guest blogger: Sophy Smythe – Corruption in the Medical World Sophy Smythe is my pen name. I am a Dutch doctor living in Antwerp, Belgium. After more than thirty years of medical practice, I reinvented myself and pursued my long-lived dream: writing fact-based mystery-thrillers about what I know best, the medical and pharmaceutical world. The …

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Guest Blogger: Maggie Toussaint – Staying in Character

8 Comments / Uncategorized / By Debra Goldstein

Staying in Character by Maggie Toussaint When writing a series mystery, writers should strive for all their characters to “stay in character” throughout the series. A deviation in characterization is a red flag for editors and readers alike. Some writers use programs such as Scrivener to keep track of character traits. I must admit it …

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Guest Blogger: Lynn-Steven Johanson – The Cat in the …Book

14 Comments / Uncategorized / By Debra Goldstein

The Cat in the…Book by Lynn-Steven Johanson I’m a cat lover as well as a dog lover. I live with dogs…and one cat. I should say, “my cat.” I admit to being owned by my cat, and he knows it. “Boris” is a Russian Blue, and he’s my best buddy. So, I guess it was …

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Storytelling and the Ides of March

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By Debra Goldstein

Storytelling and the Ides of March by Debra H. Goldstein Today is the Ides of March. Originally thought of as a day to settle debts, it became a day of notoriety because of it being the date Julius Caesar was killed. Its significance is that it is believed to have changed the fate of the …

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There’s Cooking and There’s Baking by Kaye George

5 Comments / Uncategorized / By Debra Goldstein

There’s Cooking and There’s Baking by Kaye George I know Sarah Blair doesn’t like to cook, but I’m not sure about baking. I’d guess that’s a no to that domestic art also. I’m totally with her on the cooking. But, for some reason, I’ve always loved to bake. My start was Home Ec in …

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Guest Blogger: Charlotte Hunter – Looking for a Crime? Grave-Robbing

Guest Blogger Linda Lovely – Giving a Villain a First-Person POV

Guest Blogger: Judy Penz Sheluk – Paying it Forward

Mysteryrat’s Maze Podcast features Pig Lickin’ Good!

Guest Blogger: Diane A.S. Stuckart – Living the Dream…Or Not

Guest Blogger: Sophy Smythe – Corruption in the Medical World

Guest Blogger: Maggie Toussaint – Staying in Character

Guest Blogger: Lynn-Steven Johanson – The Cat in the …Book

Storytelling and the Ides of March

There’s Cooking and There’s Baking by Kaye George

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