Category: winning screenplays

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

Hello writer bees! Some folks think murder mysteries are complicated to write. And they’re right. Mysteries involved many moving pieces. But once you understand the core elements of a mystery, writing in that genre won’t be as intimidating as it would appear. So, continuing with the May of Mystery theme, let’s go over the essentials […]… Continue reading 5 Deadly Essentials to a Great Mystery — Lady Jabberwocky

Robert Silverberg’s bibliography is massive. The guy wrote tons of stuff. In 1968, the year he published The Man in the Maze serialized in Worlds Of If, Silverberg released three other novels, 8 books of non-fiction and 8 short stories, according to this glowing review on Fantasy Literature. Ah, quality and quantity. Then again, this […]… Continue reading THE MAN IN THE MAZE – Robert Silverberg (1969) — Weighing a pig doesn’t fatten it.

Giada Colagrande’s latest film explores love after loss, in a richly musical and luminous story. via “Padre”: Film Review — KinoSelect

The Khajuraho temple complex has major instances of sculptures depicting same sex love, men entering men, women kissing women. The paintings of Mediaeval period of Indian history represent lesbians and gays in limelight and many times in the spotlight. Ramayana and Mahabharata both have major characters who are neither male or female, for example Shikhandi […]… Continue reading 10 indigenous books to read this Pride Month — A Hindu’s View

People are literally flying off balconies to their deaths as Lamont Cranston, aka the Shadow, tries to make sense out of a confusing jumble of murders, disappearances, jewels that aren’t … Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, Tom Dugan, Phil Rosen, William Beaudine via The Shadow Returns – 1946 legendary Crime, Mystery Movie — Blütensthaub

An impossible crime mystery via Goodnight Irene by James Scott Byrnside — The Book Decoder

Are you bored 🧐? If yes check out some ideas to pass your time. 1.Learning new languages Learning new languages can be very intresting just pick up any language of your choice and start learning it. 2.Drawing If you are not a good artist then you can try to make something funny, creative like this […]… Continue reading THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU ARE GETTING BORED — zara hasan

During the era of Pre Code Hollywood, gangster films proved to be big business for Warner Brothers. As those suffering during the Depression saw gangsters to an extent as folk heroes, it made sense they would want them on the big screen. Many of the gangster pictures during this era have gone on to become […]… Continue reading Retro Review: ‘Little Caesar’ — Funk’s House of Geekery