SleuthSayers: On A Winter's Night, A Writer... by Robert Lopresti

SleuthSayers: On A Winter's Night, A Writer...: At our house we usually keep the house pretty cool in the winter time, even more so at night.  The week I am writing this, in late December...

Criminal Minds: What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been by Paul D. Marks

Criminal Minds: What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been: Tell us about the first story/stories you ever wrote. First book, published or no. by Paul D. Marks I don’t really remember what the first s...

SMFS Members Publishing News: Writers and Publishers Network Newsletter: September 2020

SMFS list members are published in the September Newsletter of the Writers and Publishers Network. Those list members are:

Rabbi Ilene Schneider with “What Makes a Jewish Book Jewish?’

Lesley Budewitz with “Is PR a Necessary Evil?”

Both pieces can be read online at the links. One can also signup for the free newsletter at

https://writersandpublishersnetwork.com/ as well as a paid membership option.

SleuthSayers: Let’s Get Zoomier: Amazing Zooming Tips by Paul D. Marks

SleuthSayers: Let’s Get Zoomier: Amazing Zooming Tips: As a companion piece to my last SleuthSayers post The Next Best Thing to Being There  about Zooming instead of meeting in person, I thought ...

The First Two Pages: “The Dark House Down the Street” by Richard Helms

The First Two Pages: “The Dark House Down the Street” by Richard Helms

SleuthSayers: I Write Therefore I Am by Paul D. Marks

SleuthSayers: I Write Therefore I Am: Walking the dogs. Buster above.  Pepper (left) and Buster below. Sometimes—often—I get tired of the writing grind. A lot of blood, sweat...

SleuthSayers: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Writer —Solitude vs. Loneliness— by Paul D. Marks

SleuthSayers: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Writer —Solitu...: by Paul D. Marks There's a world where I can go and tell my secrets to, In my room, in my room, In this world I lock out all my worr...

SleuthSayers: Writers Blocks Build Stories by Steve Liskow

SleuthSayers: Writers Blocks Build Stories: Dennis Lehane is one of many successful crime writers who doesn't outline. He writes his novels on a legal pad (as did John Steinbeck) a...

SleuthSayers: Negotiating Writing Contracts by Paul D. Marks and Jacqueline Seewald

SleuthSayers: Negotiating Writing Contracts: by Paul D. Marks and Jacqueline Seewald A couple of months ago I read a blog post by Jacqueline Seewald that I really liked and thought c...

SleuthSayers: Community Standards by Michael Bracken

SleuthSayers: Community Standards: By Michael Bracken This year’s Malice Domestic in North Bethesda, Maryland, provided ample opportunity to spend time with several writers ...

Writers Who Kill: Readers, Writers and Offensive Language by KM Rcokwood,

Writers Who Kill: Readers, Writers and Offensive Language: What language will your readers find offensive? It varies. Offense is in the eyes of the beholder, not the producer, of the language. O...

SleuthSayers: To Flash or Not to Flash by Paul D. Marks

SleuthSayers: To Flash or Not to Flash: by Paul D. Marks Jorge Luis Borges Flash Fiction seems to be very popular these days. It’s short, it’s punchy. It usually ends with a ...

SleuthSayers: It Isn’t You by Michael Bracken

SleuthSayers: It Isn’t You: by Michael Bracken There’s a fiction writers tell one another, though the advice is aimed squarely at newcomers: Editors aren’t rejectin...

Criminal Minds: Character Incognito – Or: Revenge is a Dish Best S...

Criminal Minds: Character Incognito – Or: Revenge is a Dish Best S...: Do family and friends and their lives become fodder for your stories and, if so, do they ever recognize themselves and complain?  by Paul ...

Criminal Minds: A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE...

Criminal Minds: A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE...: How best do you manage your time and resources? What tools are helping you manage life while you complete your next work? Websites? Apps? Tr...

Victoria Weisfeld: What Writers Know – Part 2

Victoria Weisfeld: What Writers Know – Part 2

Victoria Weisfeld: What Writers Know – Part 1

Victoria Weisfeld: What Writers Know – Part 1