Michele Drier When I’m looking for a book to read, especially from a new-to-me author, I read the blurb, the…

L.A. Sartor Viking Gold is Book Two in the Carswell Adventure Series and is the story of Abby, twin sister…

Judy Alter I wrote my first novella, The Color of Fear, for two reasons: it had been over a year…

Laurel S. Peterson First, thank you B.K. Stevens for having me back on your fascinating blog. I’m so pleased to…

Joanne Guidoccio While deciding whether or not to start with a prologue, I recalled advice I had received from a…

Nancy G. West Aggie Mundeen, with her wry take on life, sees humor in most situations. She’s an advice columnist…

J. Marshall Gordon If you’ve ever written a story, you know how easily the first few paragraphs kind of write…

Linda Thorne When I was scheduled to appear on B.K. Stevens’ renowned First Two Pages today, I thought of using…

Janice Law I wrote The Centaur Project, published this spring in Enter the Apocalypse (Tanstaafl Press) many years ago. I…

Eleanor Cawood Jones The first thing I want to say is, it’s not my fault. Not my fault I really…

Peter DiChellis I was crazy-happy (still am) when I learned the editors at Level Best Books accepted my supernatural mystery…

Melissa Yi “I hate how Miss Marple solves murders and remains completely unaffected by them,” said my friend Jessica. “I…

Art Taylor I recently scanned through my story “Parallel Play,” looking for a short excerpt that would give readers a…

B.K. Stevens Conflict, we know, lies at the heart of fiction. That seems especially true of mystery fiction, where conflict…

Barb Goffman Long before I started writing crime fiction, I wrote about real crimes—and county council meetings and interesting school…