SleuthSayers: Writing the Unwriteable

SleuthSayers: Writing the Unwriteable: Twist Phelan It's a fine October morning in Texas and I hope you're as happy as I am to be here. I'm also honored today to int...

SleuthSayers: We are all apprentices

SleuthSayers: We are all apprentices: Ran across something enlightening on YouTube entitled  Ernest Hemingway's Favorite Writing Exercise  and figured writers would find is a...

Blood-Red Pencil: 2022 July to September Writers Conferences and Workshops

Blood-Red Pencil: 2022 July to September Writers Conferences and Wor...:   Whether a one day session, one week conference, or a month-long writing workshop, writing related events are a good way to commune with ot...

Blood-Red Pencil: 3 Tips For Creating More Creativity

Blood-Red Pencil: 3 Tips For Creating More Creativity:  “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” Maya Angelou That quote from the talented poet, performer, and activist...

SleuthSayers: My Rules of Mystery by Stephen Ross

SleuthSayers: My Rules of Mystery: Many writers have drafted up a set of "rules" for how to write and, specifically, how to write mysteries. I thought now would be a...

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s Ten Writing Tips (The Strand Magazine)

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s Ten Writing Tips (The Strand Magazine)

QueryTracker Blog: Five Query Mistakes That Make You Look Like An Ama...

A lot of this also applies to review queries....

QueryTracker Blog: Five Query Mistakes That Make You Look Like An Ama...: A query letter is a declaration, of sorts. It says your book is ready for the world and that you are ready to be its author. Whether you que...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: How NOT To Win A Writing Contest: 7 Deadly Story S...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: How NOT To Win A Writing Contest: 7 Deadly Story S...: by Dr. John Yeoman Have you ever entered a short story contest and failed to win? And wondered why? You may have made one or more of ...

Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 tips on how to write a good short story

Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 tips on how to write a good short story

Blog: The First Two Pages-- How I Hook ‘Em by Kaye George

Blog: The First Two Pages-- How I Hook ‘Em  by Kaye George

WRITERS ON WRITING: She Was Blond. She Was in Trouble. And She Paid 3 Cents a Word by ED McBAIN

WRITERS ON WRITING:  She Was Blond. She Was in Trouble. And She Paid 3 Cents a Word by ED McBAIN

Big time thanks to Barry Ergang for the lead.

News From Author BJ Bourg presenting at the Jambalaya Writers' Conference in Houma, LA

Anyone attending the Jambalaya Writers' Conference in Houma, LA on Saturday, April 11, 2015? I'll be presenting a lesson on interrogating fictional suspects that I've titled "Two Routes to the Truth". It's an extension of my efforts on the Righting Crime Fiction Blog, and it's the type of information I'd prefer to present in person to those I know are writers, rather than disseminate it online where anyone could have access to it.

If anyone from here is attending, it'd be nice to finally put some faces to the handles I've seen for years.

Take it easy,

BJ Bourg

Righting Crime Fiction

My Five Best Website Tips By Karen McCullough

My Five Best Website Tips By Karen McCullough

An Interview with the 2014 Agatha Best Short Story Nominee Authors

An Interview with the 2014 Agatha Best Short Story Nominee Authors

Righting Crime Fiction: Introduction to Interviewing

Righting Crime Fiction: Introduction to Interviewing: Welcome to the February 2015 edition of Righting Crime Fiction. I want to begin discussing interviews and why it is important for your fi...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: How to Write a Prize-Worthy Short Story: A Step-by...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: How to Write a Prize-Worthy Short Story: A Step-by...: by Editor Jodie Renner W riting short stories is a great way to test the waters of fiction without making a huge commitment, or to experi...

Via Blood-Red Pencil: Guidelines for Requesting Reviews

Also helps if you make sure the blogger reviews the type of book you write.....

Blood-Red Pencil: Guidelines for Requesting Reviews: Back in June 2013 here on The Blood Red Pencil , I offered some suggestions on taking a professional approach to being a book reviewer, so t...