Good Bones
Just as your body needs a skeleton to give it structure, your novel needs a framework for its story. If you start with a solid, […]
Month: October 2021
Parameter / Perimeter
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: PARAMETER / PERIMETER While […]
Police Procedural The Drop
The Drop, by Michael Connelly LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch refuses to neglect his cold case assignment as instructed when handed a “high jingo” […]
Parallel / Tandem
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: PARALLEL / TANDEM These […]
Cozy Mystery Death by Darjeeling
Death by Darjeeling, by Laura Childs South Carolinian Theodosia Browning, proprietor of the newly founded Indigo Tea Shop, delights in catering Charleston’s historic Lamplighter […]
Oral / Verbal
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: ORAL / VERBAL In […]
Mystery Night and Day
Night and Day, by Robert B. Parker Obsession. It’s a killer. But voyeur Night Hawk can’t help himself as he escalates from Peeping Tom […]
One of the Few / One of the Only
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: ONE OF THE FEW […]
Mystery Black Cherry Blues
Black Cherry Blues, by James Lee Burke Former New Orleans homicide detective Dave Robicheaux copes with the horror of his wife’s murder and […]