Anne R. Allen's Blog... with Ruth Harris
Writing about writing. Mostly.
By Gary Braver Like other crime novelists, I keep a file of real cases. Not only do these serve as ideas to draw from, but they give authentic grounding while inspiring me to learn more about the perpetrators and their victims. What caught my attention at the onset of my latest novel, RUMOR OF […]
I have to admit that when Ruth Harris first talked to me about “writer masochism,” I cringed. I realized she was describing me. Not so long ago, I fell so deeply into the writer-masochism pit, I couldn’t see a way out. I gave exclusives, signed onerous contracts, accepted puerile assessments of my work as gospel truth, […]
