crime writers Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/tag/crime-writers/ Wed, 14 Dec 2016 20:08:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Chasing the Muse https://booksbywomen.org/chasing-the-muse-by-amanda-reynolds/ https://booksbywomen.org/chasing-the-muse-by-amanda-reynolds/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2016 19:34:11 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=17143 Writers are often asked where they find their inspiration. ‘How on earth did you come up with that idea? I wouldn’t know where to start!’ For me, the ideas don’t flow until I begin writing, one thought then leading to another. I don’t know everything before I start, how could I? And would I still […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/chasing-the-muse-by-amanda-reynolds/feed/ 1 17143 Connecting With Writers In The Real World https://booksbywomen.org/connecting-with-writers-in-the-real-world-by-june-taylor/ https://booksbywomen.org/connecting-with-writers-in-the-real-world-by-june-taylor/#respond Sat, 26 Nov 2016 13:14:20 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=17139 Why joining a writing group is so important.. When I originally had the dream of becoming a writer it was back in the days when you could hide away in your garret with your typewriter, go under a clever pseudonym, and no one need ever know!  These days the life of a writer is very […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/connecting-with-writers-in-the-real-world-by-june-taylor/feed/ 0 17139 My Eight Book Deal https://booksbywomen.org/my-eight-book-deal-by-angela-marsons/ https://booksbywomen.org/my-eight-book-deal-by-angela-marsons/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2016 06:52:48 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=16908 I can honestly say that I spent the first fifteen to twenty years of my writing life constructing stories that burned inside me but using characters I thought publishers and agents would like. Over the years the majority of rejections stated ‘we liked it but we just didn’t love it’. This comment caused me to […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/my-eight-book-deal-by-angela-marsons/feed/ 3 16908 The Crime Writer’s Choices https://booksbywomen.org/crime-writers-choices/ https://booksbywomen.org/crime-writers-choices/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2014 04:22:07 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12159 I really want to write crime fiction. I can’t help it. It may be an over-crowded field but I want to join the crowd and see what I can do. It may be a risk, but at my time of life you don’t hang around, so I’m going to give it a go. Or at […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/crime-writers-choices/feed/ 2 12159 Women Vs Thrillers https://booksbywomen.org/women-vs-thrillers-by-susi-holliday/ https://booksbywomen.org/women-vs-thrillers-by-susi-holliday/#comments Thu, 22 Aug 2013 04:00:10 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=9173 All writers need inspiration. For me, it’s the “what if” scenario: What if your neighbour turns out to be a serial killer? What if the supermarket at the end of your street is a cover for an international drugs cartel? What if the old man who owns the second-hand bookshop is actually a ghost? It’s […]

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