By Melodie Campbell Many of you know that in addition to being a writer of mob heist novels, I’m also the past Executive Director of Crime Writers of Canada. (For my sins. Of which I’ve lost count…) I’m just coming up for air after serving as a judge for the Crime Writers of Canada Awards […]
The Dirty Dozen: 12 Ways Not to Write a Mystery Novel
by Jacqueline Diamond Today we have an amazing guest. Jacqueline Diamond is the author of 101 novels! Yup. You read that right. Jackie writes in many genres, and she’s recently returned to writing cozy mysteries. She read a lot of contemporary mysteries to prepare, and discovered what made her—as a reader—put down a book. […]