POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS

Sharon Wildwind My husband and I try to keep up. Honest we do. We hang around his college-age cousin, and have several college-age and 30-so...

by Julia Buckley I had no idea what a feeble person I was until I embarked upon that rarest of adventures (for me): the road trip. My niece...

After our Women of Mystery quiz, it was suggested by several readers--all male by the way--that we should do a male version. Ta da! Here it...

By Lonnie Cruse Yes, my step-mother--the teacher--did teach me not to use the word "ain't." But sometimes I need that word. ...

Elizabeth Zelvin In my panel on "Tackling Social Issues" at the recent Malice Domestic, every one of us considered avoiding preach...

Sandra Parshall When anyone asks where I get ideas for mysteries – and people do ask, with surprising frequency – I reply, “All I have to do...

Sharon Wildwind Here’s the perfect critiquing scenario: A writer asks me to critique a reasonable amount of her work. We exchange a couple o...

by Julia Buckley Now that I teach existential literature, I have a whole different interpretation of my childhood favorites, the Peanuts gan...

Beth Groundwater (Guest Blogger) The relationship between mothers and daughters is one of the strongest and most loving of human connections...

By Lonnie Cruse After me hinting around, suggesting, and finally outright begging, my family chipped in for my birthday last fall, Christmas...