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The Gentle Muse
By Kait Carson Writers are famous for their love of animals. There’s John Steinbeck and Charley. Not every dog goes on a field trip with his owner and returns immortalized in print and film. E. B. White’s dog Minnie didn’t … Continue reading
Talking Shop—Who’s your victim?
“Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences.” Robert Louis Stevenson I write murder mysteries. Although they don’t all start out that way, and sometimes aren’t meant to be about murder at all. The story may begin … Continue reading
The Long Goodbye
Last month I wrote about sagging middles. You will be happy to know I’ve been working out, so there is hope the problem…. Oh, sorry, wrong middle. Back to the blog. This month, I’m talking about endings. Not mine—hopefully — … Continue reading
Sagging Middles
Talk about life imitating art! Sagging middles describes it all. Some of you, of a certain age, are nodding in agreement. Others are scratching their heads. Stick with me here. I’m a runner. Not a competitive one, but one who … Continue reading
The Summer I became a Writer
There are two questions often asked of writers. The first, where do your ideas come from? The second, when did you know you wanted to write? My dad, and one very magical summer, serves as my reply. We learned cursive … Continue reading
Memorial Day
Today is Memorial Day. A day to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of our country. My uncle and my brother were two of those. My Uncle Karl died in 1942 on the USS Quincy in … Continue reading
Did I Hear That Right?
By Kait Carson I have a mug that reads, “Careful or you’ll end up in my novel”. I have another that reads “Writer’s Block when your imaginary friends won’t talk to you”, but that’s another blog. Writers don’t have to … Continue reading
Deception—Or how I figure out who done it
Writers specialize in sleight of hand. Mystery writers in particular. Playing fair is part of the canon of mystery writing. We plant clues in plain sight and give the reader all the tools necessary to solve the mystery, but we … Continue reading
Beware the Location by Kait Carson
I love reading books with a strong sense of place. Last week our own Rob Kelley blogged about the importance of place, real and imagined, in novels. You can read his blog here in case you missed it. Rob’s blog … Continue reading
Have you seen my muse?
Creativity and productivity have never been a problem. Early in my writing career, I decided that writer’s block was a myth. I had it on good authority from a fellow writer. One who made her daily bread writing romance novels … Continue reading
