K.P. Gresham
Tell Me a Story! P.D. James, Talking about Detective Fiction, 2009
by Helen Currie Foster “Tell me a story,” begs the child. “Tell me a story about before you met me,” the lover entreats the loved one....
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K.P., along with her fellow ink-stained wretches, put out a weekly blog. Enjoy!
K.P. Gresham
- Jan 26, 2020
- 3 min
Death in Small Town Texas: Who Collects the Body?
Mystery authors deal in death. They must get the details correct when writing about the untimely demise of a character. Because laws for...
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K.P. Gresham
- Jan 25, 2020
- 4 min
What Makes a Good Story, Or, Is Joseph Campbell Bossing Me Around?
by K.P. Gresham Writers (or at least me) despise (rightly so) the idea of formulaic writing. I am creative! I have my own ideas! Ain’t...
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K.P. Gresham
- Dec 16, 2019
- 3 min
How to Submit Short Stories to Magazines, Anthologies, & Contests
The basic steps to submitting fiction manuscripts to magazines, anthologies, and contests are as follows: STEP 1: Find calls for...
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K.P. Gresham
- Dec 9, 2019
- 2 min
The New Girl Will Scare You Stiff
by K.P. Gresham It begins with the kidnapping of the Saudi Crown Prince’s daughter. Allon, head of Israeli intelligence, is directed by...
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K.P. Gresham
- Nov 19, 2019
- 6 min
BOOK REVIEW: FULL DARK, NO STARS by Stephen King
Written by Renee Kimball “From the start . . . I felt that the best fiction was both propulsive and assaultive. It gets in your face....
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K.P. Gresham
- Nov 11, 2019
- 4 min
Characters We’re Drawn To
By Helen Currie Foster Last week Big D hosted the Bouchercon book conference. Two sessions made me wonder why we’re drawn to particular...
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K.P. Gresham
- Nov 4, 2019
- 3 min
Bouchercon: It’s All About Community!
No one else in my family writes novels. When I talk about plotting and pacing, my husband gives me the same blank stare that I give him...
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K.P. Gresham
- Oct 21, 2019
- 2 min
New Mystery Series: Bullet Books Speed Reads at Texas Book Festival
No matter what they tell you, Texas isn’t all cowboys and cactus and bullets and brush. Texas Book Festival opens on the grounds of the...
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K.P. Gresham
- Sep 23, 2019
- 3 min
An Interview with Author Lois Winston
Lois Winston Award winning author, Lois Winston, has a new crafting mystery coming out for the holidays! She has kindly allowed me to...
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K.P. Gresham
- Aug 26, 2019
- 3 min
Recommended Reading: Pat Schneider’s Writing Alone and With Others
by Renee Kimball There are gems of wisdom in Schneider’s book for writers and would-be-writers. Each page speaks in a kind of firm...
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K.P. Gresham
- Aug 19, 2019
- 4 min
THE SCENT OF A WOMAN…THEATER…SEA
by Helen Currie Foster Even just thinking of certain smells can yank me straight back to childhood. Oil paints? Mama working on her...
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K.P. Gresham
- Aug 13, 2019
- 4 min
Writing an Academic Mystery
My books by Dorothy Sayers. Picture by N. M. Cedeño Academic mysteries are a timeless subgenre in crime fiction. Found on almost every...
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K.P. Gresham
- Aug 5, 2019
- 4 min
An Interview with Elizabeth Buhmann, Author of BLUE LAKE
[Notice: Typgress is not authorized to post content from this blog on its site.] When I began Elizabeth Buhmann’s BLUE LAKE, I was–I’m...
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K.P. Gresham
- Jul 29, 2019
- 3 min
PLAYING FOR PIZZA – by John Grisham
The master of suspense took a break from his usual mystery, crime, and thriller books to write Playing for Pizza; a football story...
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K.P. Gresham
- Jul 8, 2019
- 5 min
How Did She Think of That? And How Did Adamsberg Figure It Out?: Thoughts on Fred Vargas and her Pol
by Helen Currie Foster Fred Vargas by Marcello Casal/ABr, licensed under CC BY-3.0 BR. Via Wikipedia Her sheer imagination, her complex...
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K.P. Gresham
- Jul 1, 2019
- 3 min
Homicide Detective Speaks to Writers’ Group
Logo provided by Sisters in Crime- Heart of Texas Chapter At the June Sisters in Crime – Heart of Texas meeting, Detective Dave Fugitt...
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K.P. Gresham
- Jun 24, 2019
- 3 min
Well-Rounded Thrillers? Naw…Really?
By K.P. Gresham Sara Paretsky created quite a stir in the mystery writing community with her recent letter to the editor. (New York Times...
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K.P. Gresham
- Jun 17, 2019
- 4 min
One Pebble in a Shoe Can Change the Universe
It happened again. An author killed off a character I love. I hate that. I hate the author. I continue to like the book, but the author I...
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K.P. Gresham
- Jun 10, 2019
- 3 min
Building Character Profiles While Fighting the Battle of the Bulge
by Fran Paino The Battle of the Bulge, (December 16, 1944–January 16, 1945), was the last significant German effort to split the allies...
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