Art Taylor I recently scanned through my story “Parallel Play,” looking for a short excerpt that would give readers a…
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Dropping Hints, Building Conflict
B.K. Stevens Conflict, we know, lies at the heart of fiction. That seems especially true of mystery fiction, where conflict…
Continue reading →Sweating the Lede–or the First Two Pages of Barb Goffman’s “The Best-Laid Plans”
Barb Goffman Long before I started writing crime fiction, I wrote about real crimes–and county council meetings and interesting school…
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