Would you like to add some fun holiday-themed mysteries to your reading pleasure? Do you have mystery lovers on your gift list? These wonderful titles, written by my fellow Sisters In Crime members, will fill your stockings with delightful, and sometimes diabolical, entertainment.
Category: What Writers Read
Reading, Writing, and … please, not Arithmetic
Reading, Writing, and … please, not Arithmetic. I’m just not a numbers person. Thankfully, this post has nothing to do with that. In fact, it has nothing to do with pretty much anything, other than letting the world (as if anyone actually reads this blog) know I’m still breathing.
When A Writer Reads
When a writer reads, it’s hard not to read as a writer.
My Annual Read: A Christmas Carol
If you have yet to read Scrooge’s story in the original … please do. It is an experience that everyone needs to enjoy, if only so they can watch the next movie version and say, “That’s not how it happened in the book!”
Taking Life Bird by Bird
It’s a classic, Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird. Most writers of my generation know the book. Some know it backwards and forwards. Some will pick it up (like yours truly) on occasion, just to help remind us of who we are, what we do, and why we do it. It’s been many years for me,…
So, Who is Your Mystery Inspiration?
How about you? Who are your favorite mystery writers? They can be ancient, classic or modern. They can be well known or (probably even more fun) obscure. What books or stories turned you on to them? What about their writing inspires you to create? If you’re not a writer yourself, what inspires you, period?
Gayle Nastasi 