Miss Demeanors | Writing Mysteries and Plotting Thrilling Tales
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Miss Demeanors | Writing Mysteries and Plotting Thrilling Tales
6d ago
Who said that about whom? Of course, that’s how F. Scott Fitzgerald, through Nick, described Daisy Buchanan’s voice in The[...]
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Miss Demeanors | Writing Mysteries and Plotting Thrilling Tales
1w ago
Having a school age kid has meant that my vacations generally rotate around school breaks. As a result, last week[...]
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Miss Demeanors | Writing Mysteries and Plotting Thrilling Tales
1w ago
Writing a book is hard. Getting published is harder. Finding readers and selling the book is even harder. And still[...]
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Miss Demeanors | Writing Mysteries and Plotting Thrilling Tales
2w ago
A mystery is only as good as its villain. Have you ever heard that quote? I think it’s really good[...]
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Miss Demeanors | Writing Mysteries and Plotting Thrilling Tales
2w ago
You probably know by now that I love technology, so of course, I had to try out image generation AI.[...]
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Miss Demeanors | Writing Mysteries and Plotting Thrilling Tales
3w ago
Think back—way back—maybe to your childhood or high school days. And think of a person you remember vividly—someone other than your family or personal friends. I did this recently and immediately thought of an unexpected person—Mildred Rowley, one of my mother’s childhood friends.
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Miss Demeanors | Writing Mysteries and Plotting Thrilling Tales
3w ago
I just received the cover of a new nonfiction book that includes an essay I wrote, and that had me[...]
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Miss Demeanors | Writing Mysteries and Plotting Thrilling Tales
3w ago
I’m currently writing book three of my art thriller trilogy. The other day I was writing away, minding my own[...]
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Miss Demeanors | Writing Mysteries and Plotting Thrilling Tales
1M ago
No, I’m not writing about college presidents and billionaire wives’ dissertations. I’m writing about plagiarism as plot in some of[...]
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Miss Demeanors | Writing Mysteries and Plotting Thrilling Tales
1M ago
Miss Demeanor blogger C. Michele Dorsey wrote a post earlier this week titled, Writers Who Left a Hole in My[...]
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