Tag Archives: Deadly Edits series

Mikki Lincoln Edits a Memoir (and a giveaway)

Posted on June 30, 2020 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett here, on release day for A Fatal Fiction, the third entry in the Deadly Edits Mysteries. When this one opens, Mikki Lincoln’s freelance editing business is doing quite well. One of her current clients is eighty-six-year-old Sunny Feldman, … Continue reading →

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Setting as a Character in A FATAL FICTION

Posted on June 24, 2020 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett here, today writing about setting. In most cozy mysteries, the amateur sleuth and his or her friends live in a small town. Creating that environment in a believable way is essential. By the time there are several books … Continue reading →

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How One Author’s Quirks Show Up in her Characters

Posted on June 15, 2020 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett here, sharing a little of how I go about developing at least one of my characters. A Fatal Fiction, the third entry in my “Deadly Edits” series (in stores June 30, 2020), opens with a scene at a … Continue reading →

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A Cure for a Slow-Moving Plot: Add Conflict

Posted on October 18, 2019 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, today writing about conflict. Most people aren’t crazy about encountering conflict in real life. It’s much more pleasant to avoid acrimonious clashes. But in fiction, especially mystery fiction, a plot without conflict is apt to … Continue reading →

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Plans, as in Floor

Posted on September 26, 2019 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, today talking about one of the things I always do during the planning stages of a novel. Even if I’m going to be writing about a fictional place, I collect maps of the real surrounding … Continue reading →

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A Baker’s Dozen

Posted on August 16, 2019 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett here, today celebrating the fact that all twelve of my Liss MacCrimmon mysteries published to date are on sale this month in e-book format. Yes, I know that a “baker’s dozen” is actually thirteen. Number thirteen in the … Continue reading →

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Milestones

Posted on July 1, 2019 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, reflecting on milestones, those markers in our lives, writing or otherwise, that are for some reason memorable and worth noting. I hit one of the professional biggies on June 25 of this year with the … Continue reading →

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The Founding of Lenape Hollow

Posted on June 18, 2019 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, today writing about incorporating the history of a real place into fiction, something I get to do with my “Deadly Edits” series set in the part of New York State where I spent my formative … Continue reading →

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Whether or not to use the Weather

Posted on May 16, 2019 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, mulling over another of those questions that writers come up with to drive themselves crazy. If your book—which, remember, is FICTION—is set in a certain time and place and you know what the weather was … Continue reading →

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Off to Malice

Posted on May 1, 2019 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, about to depart on my annual pilgrimage to Bethesda, Maryland, where hundreds of mystery lovers gather every spring to celebrate “Malice Domestic.” This is Malice 31. The first one I attended was Malice 3, way … Continue reading →

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