Category Archives: Mystery novels
Me and Raymond Chandler
Really good books are about a lot of things, some of them heavy social issues. Raymond Chandler’s novels are about crime and corruption in the 1940s in a place he called Bay City, in truth, Santa Monica. Myy first novel, … READ MORE »
Why We Write What We Write
I write police procedurals in the whodunit genre. I like the cerebral quality of following the detective in an investigation. With a thriller you know pretty soon who the evil villain is and his big stakes plan to take over … READ MORE »
Cop Talk
I also blog on a site called LadyKillers where the topic turned to favorite expressions of our characters. I’m not aware that the four main characters in my two series of mysteries have favorite expressions. I’m trying and trying to … READ MORE »
Posted in Editing, Mar Preston, Mystery eBooks, Mystery novels, Police, writing craft
Tagged cop talk, cops, crime fiction, mystery fiction, talking, writing craft
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Getting Published – A Long Story
I thought everyone could write if they just sat down and put their mind to it. As my facility for words came easily to me, I never thought it was important. A facility for manipulating numbers was more of consequence, … READ MORE »
Posted in Finishing, Giving Up, Mystery novels, writing craft
Tagged crime fiction, writing craft, Writing Your First Mystery
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Get Ready. Get Set. Write.
I’m the rank amateur in another blog that I contribute to called Ladykillers as far as making preparations to write. Even though I’ve published 6 well-received mysteries and 4 EBooks on the subject of “Writing Your First Mystery” since 2010, … READ MORE »
Escaping Winter
I’m escaping winter in my California mountain village. So I’m looking for a furnished rental place of some kind in Ventura, California. It’s not so easy because I want to bring my two cats along. Landlords have had bad experiences, … READ MORE »