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Keeping a Secret - A Great Backstory Technique

Readers are smart. Smarter than we authors give them credit for. They get where we’re going way before we think they do. I think that’s why it’s so hard to give them an ending that will shock them. I mean, think of the books you've read. How often have you been truly stunned by a […]

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What Make A Cozy Mystery "Cozy?"

by Linda O. Johnston I’m delighted to be back for another guest blog on Writers in the Storm.  Once again, I’m blogging about cozy mysteries. Do you know what makes a cozy mystery "cozy?" Well, they all star amateur sleuths, for one thing.  There are a lot of Jessica Fletcher types of characters out there who just […]

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