Author: crimemysteryfestival

By Nate Hendley Vanity Fair magazine’s online series about cons and con artists examines the astonishing life of Anthony Gignac (part one). Born into extreme poverty in Colombia, Gignac was adopted as a boy by a family living in Michigan. Growing up in America, Gignac proved to be both very smart and prone to telling […]… Continue reading Vanity Fair Series on Con Artists Looks at Fake Saudi Prince Anthony Gignac (Part one) — CRIME STORY

The Study of Secrets (Lila Maclean Academic Mysteries #5) finds Lila on sabbatical in a charming Victorian mansion, where she is drawn into a new mystery. In keeping with the title, I’m going to share a few secrets… First, although the covers in the series look alike at first glance, do you notice that each… Continue reading Cover Reveal: The Study of Secrets — Chicks on the Case

Becky here. One of my favorite things about cozy mysteries are the punny titles. Heather writes two different series, and when I saw that her latest Charles Dickens title was Grave Expectations, I laughed out loud. But today I’m excited she’s talking about her new series … it sounds grave, er, great too! Hello, Chicks! […]… Continue reading Guest Chick—Heather Redmond — Chicks on the Case

As most of you know, I write the Crazy Cat Lady cozy mystery series featuring Lynley Cannon, a sixty-something cat shelter volunteer who finds more trouble than a cat in catnip. I write every day; never have writers’ block; and often work with a cat on my lap. Last summer I participated in a […] via… Continue reading FICTION WRITING Part 1: CAPTURING THE FICTIONAL WORLD — Mollie Hunt: Crazy Cat Lady Mysteries and more

Hi Bookworms! A while ago, I wrote a post about Nancy Drew, but I wanted to write a better one. 🙂 Nancy Drew Mystery Stories My Stars: 4 Nancy Drew is a teenage detective living in River Heights- a city in the United States. Her father, Carson Drew, is a famous lawyer and often requests […]… Continue reading (Updated) Nancy Drew Mystery Stories — Diary of a Nerdy Bookworm

It’s been less than a week since American Horror Story wrapped its hellish trip back to 1984, which means it’s time to do what fans of this show do best: wildly theorize about what next season will be about! via American Horror Story Season 10: Clues and Theories About the Mystery Theme — TVLine

takes time but it’s worth it. I wrote “The Sandalwood Killer” in the midst of our move from Taos to Hobbs —August 2017. I remember writing the last five pages in my iPad because both computers (Gary’s and mine) were still in boxes. In early 2018 I sent it to Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine because, […]… Continue reading Getting a short mystery story published… — Teresa Dovalpage: a Cuban writer’s blog

by Janis Patterson While The Husband loved the TV show Seinfeld and still occasionally watches DVDs of it, I found it stultifyingly boring and even more uninteresting. It was heralded as a show about nothing, and as far as I am concerned it definitely succeeded. However, it was undeniably popular. (Does that say something about […]… Continue reading If Seinfeld Can, Why Can’t I? — Ladies of Mystery

In the middle of my current WIP I noticed that once again I’d fallen prey to my particular weakness in writing. I’m not the only one with this flaw but I have been working on correcting it. What is it? The tendency is something so obvious that I even wondered if I should write about […]… Continue reading The Neglected Senses — Ladies of Mystery

Those are the two biggest mystery conventions and both will be fairly close to me this year, Sacramento and San Diego. For years, my husband and I went to every Bouchercon and Left Coast Crime. We visited wonderful cities all over the U.S., places we would never have gone otherwise. When these two conventions were […]… Continue reading Bouchercon and Left Coast Crime — Ladies of Mystery