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writerswhokill

writerswhokill

Dee Gatrell ― http://writerswhokill.blogspot.com

I write on Tuesdays at this blog. We're all members of Sisters in Crime and the Guppy chapter.

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Listed: Feb 2, 2011

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Phatism, White Space, and Villanelles. Oh My!

Phatism, White Space, and Villanelles. Oh My!

writerswhokill ― There’s always something new to learn about the craft of writing. Last week I encountered the word phatism while reading a blog by John Yeoman. I looked it up in the dictionary but couldn’t find it—not even in the urban slang...

Tags: Kara Cerise, Writing Techniques, Phatism, Villanelle, White Space

Dee Gatrell ― 8 hr ago

The Louise Penny Book You've Never Heard Of

The Louise Penny Book You've Never Heard Of

writerswhokill ― ∙ Louise Penny is one of the world’s most beloved mystery authors. At the recent Malice Domestic conference, where she won the coveted Agatha Award for Best Mystery, fans flocked to her signing, most carrying her recent best seller, ...

Tags: Louise Penny, The Hangman, Shari Randall, Literacy

Dee Gatrell ― 1 day ago

Trials and Tribulations of an Author Newsletter

writerswhokill ― On Monday I sent out my second quarterly newsletter to everyone who signed up to receive it. I haven’t harvested email addresses; everyone had to click on a link and sign up with Tinyletter (a free service to manage newsletters), so the list ...

Tags: Writing Life, Jim

Dee Gatrell ― 2 days ago

MY FAMILY THINKS I’M CRAZY

MY FAMILY THINKS I’M CRAZY

writerswhokill ― Sasscer at Gulfstream Park ∙ Today's guest blogger on Salad Bowl Saturdays is Sasscer Hill, author of the Nikki Latrelle mysteries. I first met her in person at Malice Domestic. Tomorrow she, Susan M. Boyer and I are appearing at the SC ...

Tags: Salad Bowl Saturdays, Writing

Dee Gatrell ― 3 days ago

Review of W. Soliman's LETHAL BUSINESS

Review of W. Soliman's LETHAL BUSINESS

writerswhokill ― When retired Inspector Charlie Hunter receives a frantic message over the radio that the motor vessel, Mistral, a 62 foot Azimut, has an uncontrollable fire in its engine room, he finds himself close enough to see it and another craft on the ...

Tags: Warren Bull, Book Review

Dee Gatrell ― 4 days ago

Writers Who Kill at Malice 2013

Writers Who Kill at Malice 2013

writerswhokill ― Writers Who Kill at Malice 2013 Shari Randall, Gloria Alden, Paula Gail Benson and Jim M. Jackson in the back. ∙ Rather than have each of us who attended Malice Domestic in Bethesda this year write our own blogs about the experience, I...

Tags: Writing Conferences

Dee Gatrell ― 5 days ago

An Interview with Barb Goffman

An Interview with Barb Goffman

writerswhokill ― --> ∙ Few writers are nominated for an Agatha Award for their first published story. Barb Goffman’s fame precedes her collection Don’t Get Mad, Get Even, recently released from Wildside Press. The collection contains...

Tags: E. B. Davis, Book Promotion, Short Stories, Welcome Wednesday.

Dee Gatrell ― 6 days ago

A Visit to Alcatraz, by Carla Damron

writerswhokill ― “Why do you want to go to Alcatraz, for heaven’s sake?” This question came over the phone from my eighty-four year old mother. My husband had a conference in San Francisco and I tagged along because, well, it’s SAN ...

Dee Gatrell ― 1 week 8 hr ago

Casual Guidelines for Mystery Writing

Casual Guidelines for Mystery Writing

writerswhokill ― I’ve read a lot of lists of rules for mystery writers. Everyone wants to tell us what to do, but I’ve discovered by reading through these lists that large swathes of them are either misguided or simply false. So this is my set of ...

Tags: Writing Techniques, Linda Rodriguez

Dee Gatrell ― 1 week 1 day ago

Two Weeks, Two Firsts

writerswhokill ― Hello and Happy Mother's Day, WWK bloggers and readers! I’m honored and excited to be joining your ranks on this special day. I’ll be blogging every other Sunday, alternating with Jim Jackson. I just hope I can be half as entertaining ...

Tags: Malice Domestic, Elaine Will Sparber, Short Stories

Dee Gatrell ― 1 week 2 days ago

My new mystery series!

My new mystery series!

writerswhokill ― Our guest blogger Kaye George joins us again on Salad Bowl Saturdays, but this time talking about music and how it informed her newest novel, which has been recently released. I met Kaye at the recent Malice Domestic, where she had the perfect...

Tags: Book Launch, Salad Bowl Saturdays, Book Promotion

Dee Gatrell ― 1 week 3 days ago

Gold, Silver or Bronze

Gold, Silver or Bronze

writerswhokill ― ∙ Gold, Silver or Bronze ∙ Did you notice the happiest people at the last Olympic Games? Besides the parents of the athletes, I mean. Winners of the Gold and the Bronze medals celebrated their victories. Winners of the Silver; not ...

Tags: Writing, Warren Bull

Dee Gatrell ― 1 week 4 days ago

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