Nov 6, 2021 | A Word With The Author
Why do you write the genre that you write? I write what I most like to read. While I enjoy books from all genres, mystery and crime fiction have long been my favorites—I love trying to figure out the answers alongside the detectives in the story. Which works well for...
Oct 30, 2021 | A Word With The Author
Why do you write the genre that you write? Both of my grandmothers had stacks of mysteries next to their beds, so I grew up with this genre. I like the fact that in a mystery there are real problems, usually with consequences, that need to be handled. A good mystery...
Oct 23, 2021 | A Word With The Author
Why do you write the genre that you write?That’s a really good question. I like solving puzzles, but that’s not enough. It depends on how you define “the genre that I write.” If it’s mystery, it’s the puzzle thing and that you have an easy jumping-off point to start...
Oct 16, 2021 | A Word With The Author
Why do you write the genre that you write? At the macro level, I suppose I write crime fiction/mystery for the same reason we all do – it’s my first genre love as a reader. I often say I started on Nancy Drew, but that’s not true. I started with Encyclopedia...
Oct 9, 2021 | A Word With The Author
Why do you write the genre that you write?I’ve always read a lot of crime fiction (along with SF and horror), so I naturally gravitated toward those genres in my own writing. The stakes are high, and the heroes have to use all their tools (mental and physical) to...
Oct 2, 2021 | A Word With The Author
Why do you write the genre that you write?I love cozies and always have, from the time I read Nancy Drew, Agatha Christie, and Sherlock Holmes as a teenager. For me, they’re about the characters. Cozies can make me laugh (sounds insensitive since the subject is...
