On Writing Competitions
About Writing Contests
About anthologies
On writing great mysteries
25 things about Mysteries
What IS a mystery story?
Mystery Subgenres
Firearms Tutorial
Fighting and Gender
Make Great Characters
The Lester Dent Formula
On Critiquing
Critiquing Terms
Do this after publication
How to Make an Editor Happy
8 rules for killer stories
Writing “Living” History
Why do I keep failing?
Choosing the right title
Character Flaw Index
Glossary: hardboiled slang

Writing Links Two

Writing Links 3
Writing Links 1
Sleuthsayers
Writing-World
Mensa's CALLIOPE

It's still under construction

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