TSUNDOKO: The Practice of Buying More Books Than You Can Read. This is a real word with a history. Are you guilty? I know I am. Read more at Treehugger
TANA FRENCH on How to Write a Red Herring. Vulture
Tana French is an author of murder mysteries who is less concerned with whodunit than with the inner lives of her detectives. In her first book, In the Woods, which came out in 2007, she let what actually happened to a pair of vanished children remain a mystery because she didn’t think her detective was equipped to face the truth.
BOOKSELLING is the most over-romanticized job in the World by Sian Cain. The Guardian.
Readers around the world cooed last month when a Welsh bookseller announced he was giving away his shop to a regular customer. It was a lovely story, but as an ex-bookseller of five years, I could only dwell on the harsh realities this unsuspecting man would inherit: slow days, stocktaking and, unavoidably, a few regular oddballs.
MARY SHELLEY'S OBSESSION WITH THE CEMETERY by Bess Lovejoy. JStorDaily
The author of Frankenstein always saw love and death as connected. She visited the cemetery to commune with her dead mother. And with her lover.
5 HAUNTING MYSTERIES SET IN THE FAR NORTH by Susanne Jannson. CrimeReads
There’s a certain kind of thriller, or detective story, or other kind of mystery, that doesn’t focus on violence or the Whodunnit?—aspect. At times, there isn’t even a clear “it.” Instead, the story draws the reader in by creating a haunting atmosphere. Often it seems this is done through usage of the suggestive qualities of things like memory, identity, or nature—or perhaps rather the boundlessness between a human being and her surroundings—as well as a more obvious spiritual presence.
TV Writers Who Started Out as Novelists. Includes video clip of Megan Abbot. Vanity Fair
At Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit, the scribes described the writers’ room learning curve: “invisible rules,” advocating for “female characters,” and endless licorice.
I'm a big fan of The Rap Sheet. One of my favorite themes is Revue of Reviewers.
Critiquing some of the most interesting recent crime, mystery, and thriller releases. Read more HERE.
8 ESSENTIAL SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY CROSSOVER THRILLERS by Claire O'Dell. CrimeReads
HOW 11 WRITERS ORGANIZE THEIR LIBRARIES by Emily Temple. LitHub.
There’s a secret war raging on the internet. The stakes are high. The warriors are fierce. The battleground is your bookshelf. Do you alphabetize? Do you color-code? Do you have no system at all? You’ll have to pick a side.
And a 'hypothetical' solution to a disappearance. HOW JAMAL KHASHOGGI'S APPLE WATCH COULD SOLVE HIS DISAPPEARANCE Wired.
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Okay, I have to get these posts. What fascinating fidbits.
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