Mystery and Thriller Discussions (12)

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Desperate Measures wins Smart Writ Book Awards The Smart Writ Book Awards reviews have been posted. I'm so honored Desperate Measures won the mystery/thriller category and speechless rea… Started by Cindy Cromer	0	Feb 1
How many mystery writers does it take to screw in a light bulb? Two. One to screw it almost all the way in, and the other to give it a surprising twist at the end. Can you think of any other clever myst… Started by Deborah Herman	0	Sep 10, 2012
DO VIOLENT BOOKS GENERATE VIOLENCE? We want to write what people will read and what we enjoy writing, but are we sometimes causing unwanted consequences? Started by jeff herman	1	Aug 27, 2012 Reply by Gail A. Laursen
WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU CAN'T GET AN AGENT OR PUBLISHER? Let's say you wrote the entire manuscript; don't want to self-publish, and can't get arrested trying to sell it to agents and publishers? D… Started by jeff herman	6	Jul 24, 2012 Reply by jeff herman
HOW DO YOU CREATE A FAN BASE? Most successful genre writers have loyal fans. How do you build that? Started by jeff herman	2	Jul 17, 2012 Reply by Patricia Gligor
THE VALUE OF EBOOK AWARDS There are a few new annual "indie" awards for ebooks, including Day Poynter's Global Ebook Awards. I believe most of them accept self-nomi… Started by Ruth E. Donald	0	Jul 5, 2012
DO YOU USE SET FORMULAS? Instructors will often advise following certain proven story structures. Do you? Jeff Started by jeff herman	3	May 7, 2012 Reply by jeff herman
CAN MYSTERIES BE NONFICTION? Most of us might think of formulaic fiction writing for mysteries, otherwise it gets classified in a different category (true crime, invest… Started by jeff herman	0	Apr 26, 2012
SERIES OR ONE-OFFS, WHAT'S BETTER? Do you think it's better to write self-contained works, or to developing an ongoing series with same characters and features? Jeff Herman Started by jeff herman	4	Apr 25, 2012 Reply by Ruth E. Donald
DO YOU LIKE THE LIFETIME CHANNEL? It seems that a lot of mysteries and thrillers get made into Lifetime Movies/ Started by jeff herman	1	Apr 12, 2012 Reply by Mary T. Firmin