by Sue | Sep 22, 2025 | Books & Writers
My husband once said if I wrote a murder mystery it would be: They discovered the body in the library. The butler did it. The end. Well, I’m not that bad, but I learned the value of succinct writing when I wrote articles with a 750-to-1000-word count for The Good News...
by Sue | May 30, 2021 | Books & Writers
This week, I introduce Pat Embury, a cozy mystery writer (among other talents). I asked her to share why this genre attracts her. Here is what she had to say. Pat Embury I generally write cozy mysteries, although I am branching out into some sci-fi and fantasy, as...
by Sue | Oct 18, 2020 | Books & Writers
My husband was a forensic chemist in our county crime lab for forty years. People used to ask, “What is a forensic chemist?” Now we simply reply, “CSI.” At first the lab had only three scientists, and they worked on every kind of case — murder, DWI, hit and run, you...
