November 24 marks my debut as a published author!!! My “crime bit” was chosen for CrimeBits 3. Published by @blackspringpressgroup and distributed by @simonandschuster. So excited!! #crimewriter #crimefiction
October 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM
November 24 marks my debut as a published author!!! My “crime bit” was chosen for CrimeBits 3. Published by @blackspringpressgroup and distributed by @simonandschuster. So excited!! #crimewriter #crimefiction
Author Insight: My Writing System — I Plot As I Write
I don't plot the whole novel before I start writing.
I start with the basic idea and perhaps the first three chapters.
Then the characters come alive, the plot develops.
I discover it as I write.
#AuthorInsights #WritingProcess #CrimeWriter
I don't plot the whole novel before I start writing.
I start with the basic idea and perhaps the first three chapters.
Then the characters come alive, the plot develops.
I discover it as I write.
#AuthorInsights #WritingProcess #CrimeWriter
October 16, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Author Insight: My Writing System — I Plot As I Write
I don't plot the whole novel before I start writing.
I start with the basic idea and perhaps the first three chapters.
Then the characters come alive, the plot develops.
I discover it as I write.
#AuthorInsights #WritingProcess #CrimeWriter
I don't plot the whole novel before I start writing.
I start with the basic idea and perhaps the first three chapters.
Then the characters come alive, the plot develops.
I discover it as I write.
#AuthorInsights #WritingProcess #CrimeWriter
Delighted to have spoken to crime writer #MichaelDylan this month. He shared writing insights, author inspirations, discusses the new DI Wise book, & how a man called Mr Pickles taught him about hacking MI5.
#booksky #author #crimewriter #writing
#reading
www.maxelwoodauthor.com/post/the-boo...
#booksky #author #crimewriter #writing
#reading
www.maxelwoodauthor.com/post/the-boo...
October 14, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Delighted to have spoken to crime writer #MichaelDylan this month. He shared writing insights, author inspirations, discusses the new DI Wise book, & how a man called Mr Pickles taught him about hacking MI5.
#booksky #author #crimewriter #writing
#reading
www.maxelwoodauthor.com/post/the-boo...
#booksky #author #crimewriter #writing
#reading
www.maxelwoodauthor.com/post/the-boo...
Join us on Oct 21 for Inside the Mind of a Criminologist: Building Crime Fiction Through Authentic Human Behavior, with Susan Magestro.
All welcome, register at: desertsleuths.com
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #CrimeWriter #Mystery #Criminology #Thriller #SINC
All welcome, register at: desertsleuths.com
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #CrimeWriter #Mystery #Criminology #Thriller #SINC
October 12, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Join us on Oct 21 for Inside the Mind of a Criminologist: Building Crime Fiction Through Authentic Human Behavior, with Susan Magestro.
All welcome, register at: desertsleuths.com
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #CrimeWriter #Mystery #Criminology #Thriller #SINC
All welcome, register at: desertsleuths.com
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #CrimeWriter #Mystery #Criminology #Thriller #SINC
**Author Insight: My Writing System — My Secret Weapons**
Two simple things make my writing system work:
✏️ Coloured stickers
📎 Treasury tags
Crime novels evolve. My system lets them.
#AuthorInsights #WritingProcess #CrimeWriter
Two simple things make my writing system work:
✏️ Coloured stickers
📎 Treasury tags
Crime novels evolve. My system lets them.
#AuthorInsights #WritingProcess #CrimeWriter
October 9, 2026 at 5:04 PM
**Author Insight: My Writing System — My Secret Weapons**
Two simple things make my writing system work:
✏️ Coloured stickers
📎 Treasury tags
Crime novels evolve. My system lets them.
#AuthorInsights #WritingProcess #CrimeWriter
Two simple things make my writing system work:
✏️ Coloured stickers
📎 Treasury tags
Crime novels evolve. My system lets them.
#AuthorInsights #WritingProcess #CrimeWriter
#Intrigue, #mystery, #suspense and sometimes #humour. Who wants to read a #novel with a #CrimeWriter at its core? Here are 4 to choose from...
@anthonyhorowitz.com @dianejeffreyauthor.bsky.social Ragnar Jónasson and moi ☺️
@anthonyhorowitz.com @dianejeffreyauthor.bsky.social Ragnar Jónasson and moi ☺️
October 6, 2026 at 7:04 AM
#Intrigue, #mystery, #suspense and sometimes #humour. Who wants to read a #novel with a #CrimeWriter at its core? Here are 4 to choose from...
@anthonyhorowitz.com @dianejeffreyauthor.bsky.social Ragnar Jónasson and moi ☺️
@anthonyhorowitz.com @dianejeffreyauthor.bsky.social Ragnar Jónasson and moi ☺️
Just a crimewriter taking some time out to slow down and connect with her surroundings in Whitby. Sights, sounds, texture, and sun's warmth on my skin ... all of this is an intentional grounding exercise for me.
#groundingtechniques #mentalhealth
#groundingtechniques #mentalhealth
September 30, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Just a crimewriter taking some time out to slow down and connect with her surroundings in Whitby. Sights, sounds, texture, and sun's warmth on my skin ... all of this is an intentional grounding exercise for me.
#groundingtechniques #mentalhealth
#groundingtechniques #mentalhealth
Sad to hear of the passing of @authorpetermay.bsky.social
A Scottish author whose books I thoroughly enjoyed.
RIP Peter May.
#PeterMay
#Author
#ScottishWriter
#ScottishAuthor
#CrimeWriter
A Scottish author whose books I thoroughly enjoyed.
RIP Peter May.
#PeterMay
#Author
#ScottishWriter
#ScottishAuthor
#CrimeWriter
September 28, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Sad to hear of the passing of @authorpetermay.bsky.social
A Scottish author whose books I thoroughly enjoyed.
RIP Peter May.
#PeterMay
#Author
#ScottishWriter
#ScottishAuthor
#CrimeWriter
A Scottish author whose books I thoroughly enjoyed.
RIP Peter May.
#PeterMay
#Author
#ScottishWriter
#ScottishAuthor
#CrimeWriter
Author Insight: My Writing System — Why I Stopped Using Notebooks
Many writers swear by notebooks. I tried them too.
But it didn't work for me.
So notebooks went out.
No folders. No notebooks.
So what next?
My bundles of paper...
#AuthorInsights #WritingProcess #CrimeWriter
Many writers swear by notebooks. I tried them too.
But it didn't work for me.
So notebooks went out.
No folders. No notebooks.
So what next?
My bundles of paper...
#AuthorInsights #WritingProcess #CrimeWriter
September 25, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Author Insight: My Writing System — Why I Stopped Using Notebooks
Many writers swear by notebooks. I tried them too.
But it didn't work for me.
So notebooks went out.
No folders. No notebooks.
So what next?
My bundles of paper...
#AuthorInsights #WritingProcess #CrimeWriter
Many writers swear by notebooks. I tried them too.
But it didn't work for me.
So notebooks went out.
No folders. No notebooks.
So what next?
My bundles of paper...
#AuthorInsights #WritingProcess #CrimeWriter
Friday Author Insight: Part 2: My Writing System: Why Folders Never Worked For Me
The problem?
Once something was filed away, my brain thought it was finished.
But a novel needs to stay alive throughout writing and revision.
#AuthorInsights #WritingProcess #CrimeWriter
The problem?
Once something was filed away, my brain thought it was finished.
But a novel needs to stay alive throughout writing and revision.
#AuthorInsights #WritingProcess #CrimeWriter
September 18, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Friday Author Insight: Part 2: My Writing System: Why Folders Never Worked For Me
The problem?
Once something was filed away, my brain thought it was finished.
But a novel needs to stay alive throughout writing and revision.
#AuthorInsights #WritingProcess #CrimeWriter
The problem?
Once something was filed away, my brain thought it was finished.
But a novel needs to stay alive throughout writing and revision.
#AuthorInsights #WritingProcess #CrimeWriter
Author Insight: My System of Writing – Part 1
Every writer finds their own.
There isn't one right system of writing a novel. Here I talk about why discovering your own way of working is so important — and why another writer's system may not work for you.
#AuthorInsights #WritingTips #CrimeWriter
Every writer finds their own.
There isn't one right system of writing a novel. Here I talk about why discovering your own way of working is so important — and why another writer's system may not work for you.
#AuthorInsights #WritingTips #CrimeWriter
September 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Author Insight: My System of Writing – Part 1
Every writer finds their own.
There isn't one right system of writing a novel. Here I talk about why discovering your own way of working is so important — and why another writer's system may not work for you.
#AuthorInsights #WritingTips #CrimeWriter
Every writer finds their own.
There isn't one right system of writing a novel. Here I talk about why discovering your own way of working is so important — and why another writer's system may not work for you.
#AuthorInsights #WritingTips #CrimeWriter
The law degree that author Thorne Moore (@ThorneMoore) refused to get as a young adult -- but later earned -- has turned out to be a huge benefit to her. And no, she doesn't write legal thrillers ... ow.ly/KSiK30luSy4 #authorQA #psychologicalcrime #crimewriter #crimeauthor
September 1, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The law degree that author Thorne Moore (@ThorneMoore) refused to get as a young adult -- but later earned -- has turned out to be a huge benefit to her. And no, she doesn't write legal thrillers ... ow.ly/KSiK30luSy4 #authorQA #psychologicalcrime #crimewriter #crimeauthor
Author Victoria Blake (@VM_Blake), on a side benefit of becoming a writer: "It made sense of certain aspects of my personality that up until that point had been rather burdensome!" ow.ly/d9Oe30lbpyv #authorQA #crimefiction #historicalfiction #crimewriter
August 19, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Author Victoria Blake (@VM_Blake), on a side benefit of becoming a writer: "It made sense of certain aspects of my personality that up until that point had been rather burdensome!" ow.ly/d9Oe30lbpyv #authorQA #crimefiction #historicalfiction #crimewriter
Ah, spouses ... a writer's invaluable source of emotional support ... or of a much-needed kick in the rear, as Mike Faricy (@MikeFaricyBooks) happily discovered. ow.ly/hi2j30l1zYA #authorQA #mysterywriter #crimewriter #mysteryauthor #crimeauthor #thriller #thrillerwriter
August 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Ah, spouses ... a writer's invaluable source of emotional support ... or of a much-needed kick in the rear, as Mike Faricy (@MikeFaricyBooks) happily discovered. ow.ly/hi2j30l1zYA #authorQA #mysterywriter #crimewriter #mysteryauthor #crimeauthor #thriller #thrillerwriter
So who's here? How does it work?
I'm a booklover & writer of crime fiction for adults & stories for children.
Keen to find other readers & writers.
Do we #hashtag ?
Can we avoid the toxic in this new blue sky?
Tell me why this is the place to be now I've eXited.
#CrimeWriter #Reader #KidLit
I'm a booklover & writer of crime fiction for adults & stories for children.
Keen to find other readers & writers.
Do we #hashtag ?
Can we avoid the toxic in this new blue sky?
Tell me why this is the place to be now I've eXited.
#CrimeWriter #Reader #KidLit
November 14, 2024 at 8:43 AM
So who's here? How does it work?
I'm a booklover & writer of crime fiction for adults & stories for children.
Keen to find other readers & writers.
Do we #hashtag ?
Can we avoid the toxic in this new blue sky?
Tell me why this is the place to be now I've eXited.
#CrimeWriter #Reader #KidLit
I'm a booklover & writer of crime fiction for adults & stories for children.
Keen to find other readers & writers.
Do we #hashtag ?
Can we avoid the toxic in this new blue sky?
Tell me why this is the place to be now I've eXited.
#CrimeWriter #Reader #KidLit
The first afternoon this year writing in Geraldine my writing caravan and a new Murder mystery is underway.
#crimewriting
#writing
#crimefiction
#crimewriter
#crimewriting
#writing
#crimefiction
#crimewriter
March 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The first afternoon this year writing in Geraldine my writing caravan and a new Murder mystery is underway.
#crimewriting
#writing
#crimefiction
#crimewriter
#crimewriting
#writing
#crimefiction
#crimewriter
Find local author Lisa Askham at the John Peel Centre #Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY!
Lisa is bringing her dramatic, Suffolk-set #crime novels, 'Thaw', and 'Yellow Son'.
johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...
#Booksky #BookFair #CrimeWriter
Lisa is bringing her dramatic, Suffolk-set #crime novels, 'Thaw', and 'Yellow Son'.
johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...
#Booksky #BookFair #CrimeWriter
December 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Find local author Lisa Askham at the John Peel Centre #Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY!
Lisa is bringing her dramatic, Suffolk-set #crime novels, 'Thaw', and 'Yellow Son'.
johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...
#Booksky #BookFair #CrimeWriter
Lisa is bringing her dramatic, Suffolk-set #crime novels, 'Thaw', and 'Yellow Son'.
johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...
#Booksky #BookFair #CrimeWriter
Did you know I also write fictional murder mysteries and plays? ✍️🕵️♀️🎭
Read more about my publications here and while you're at it, take a look at what else I do at Dead Herring 👇
#crimewriter #writer #theatre #murdermystery #crimefiction #truecrime
Read more about my publications here and while you're at it, take a look at what else I do at Dead Herring 👇
#crimewriter #writer #theatre #murdermystery #crimefiction #truecrime
True Crime Books - Dead Herring
We don't just do murder mysteries! We also write True Crime books and are currently working on The Controversial Story of Amanda Knox
deadherring.co.uk
August 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Did you know I also write fictional murder mysteries and plays? ✍️🕵️♀️🎭
Read more about my publications here and while you're at it, take a look at what else I do at Dead Herring 👇
#crimewriter #writer #theatre #murdermystery #crimefiction #truecrime
Read more about my publications here and while you're at it, take a look at what else I do at Dead Herring 👇
#crimewriter #writer #theatre #murdermystery #crimefiction #truecrime
New release!!!
Proud to be able to release my debut novel, 'Prey'.
Available on Amazon as paperback. (more locations to follow)
Digitally - on all your favourite digital book stores.
#booksky #crimewriter #fictionwriter
Proud to be able to release my debut novel, 'Prey'.
Available on Amazon as paperback. (more locations to follow)
Digitally - on all your favourite digital book stores.
#booksky #crimewriter #fictionwriter
October 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
New release!!!
Proud to be able to release my debut novel, 'Prey'.
Available on Amazon as paperback. (more locations to follow)
Digitally - on all your favourite digital book stores.
#booksky #crimewriter #fictionwriter
Proud to be able to release my debut novel, 'Prey'.
Available on Amazon as paperback. (more locations to follow)
Digitally - on all your favourite digital book stores.
#booksky #crimewriter #fictionwriter
Gordon Daviot was courted by Hollywood; Josephine Tey was ‘the crime writer’s crimewriter’; & F. Craigie Howe might have become a household name too if Elizabeth MacKintosh—the Inverness writer behind all 3 pseudonyms—had survived beyond her 57th year
2/6
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2/6
www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-time...
Memories of Invernessian Josephine Tey, the most mysterious of mystery writers
There's a gap in Castle Street, Inverness where no. 53 should be - and it seems to symbolize a gap in the collective memory where one of the city's most
www.pressandjournal.co.uk
July 25, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Gordon Daviot was courted by Hollywood; Josephine Tey was ‘the crime writer’s crimewriter’; & F. Craigie Howe might have become a household name too if Elizabeth MacKintosh—the Inverness writer behind all 3 pseudonyms—had survived beyond her 57th year
2/6
www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-time...
2/6
www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-time...
And if you have read the book -- and especially if you liked it -- please, please drop a wee review at Amazon or any online site... every little helps to spread the word... #booksky #thefridaygirl #crimefiction #tartannoir #crimewriter (normal service of bad jokes & book recs etc will now resume)
Wee bit of a bargain on THE FRIDAY GIRL right now on Amazon UK -- only £6.64? And only 4 left in stock? Grab it while you can, my lovelies, and get to know the darkness of Dundee in the late 1970s, with the werewolf killer on the prowl... amzn.eu/d/01YfjIoE #booksky #crimefiction #tartannoir
The Friday Girl: A gripping and unpredictable thriller, set in 1970s Dundee. : McLean, R.D.: Amazon.co.uk: Books
The Friday Girl: A gripping and unpredictable thriller, set in 1970s Dundee. : McLean, R.D.: Amazon.co.uk: Books
amzn.eu
July 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
And if you have read the book -- and especially if you liked it -- please, please drop a wee review at Amazon or any online site... every little helps to spread the word... #booksky #thefridaygirl #crimefiction #tartannoir #crimewriter (normal service of bad jokes & book recs etc will now resume)
Don't miss this afternoon's book signing with crime writer Michelle Kidd at the Bay Tree Café in #BuryStEdmunds, 2-4pm!
Why not pick up signed books for Christmas, and treat yourself to a book, coffee, and cake? 📚 ☕ 🍰
#Booksky #ReadersOfCrimeFiction #CrimeWriter
Why not pick up signed books for Christmas, and treat yourself to a book, coffee, and cake? 📚 ☕ 🍰
#Booksky #ReadersOfCrimeFiction #CrimeWriter
December 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Don't miss this afternoon's book signing with crime writer Michelle Kidd at the Bay Tree Café in #BuryStEdmunds, 2-4pm!
Why not pick up signed books for Christmas, and treat yourself to a book, coffee, and cake? 📚 ☕ 🍰
#Booksky #ReadersOfCrimeFiction #CrimeWriter
Why not pick up signed books for Christmas, and treat yourself to a book, coffee, and cake? 📚 ☕ 🍰
#Booksky #ReadersOfCrimeFiction #CrimeWriter
Find local author Lisa Askham at the John Peel Centre #Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY!
Lisa is bringing her dramatic, Suffolk-set #crime novels, 'Thaw', and 'Yellow Son'.
johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...
#Booksky #BookFair #CrimeWriter
Lisa is bringing her dramatic, Suffolk-set #crime novels, 'Thaw', and 'Yellow Son'.
johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...
#Booksky #BookFair #CrimeWriter
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Find local author Lisa Askham at the John Peel Centre #Christmas Book Fair THIS SUNDAY!
Lisa is bringing her dramatic, Suffolk-set #crime novels, 'Thaw', and 'Yellow Son'.
johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...
#Booksky #BookFair #CrimeWriter
Lisa is bringing her dramatic, Suffolk-set #crime novels, 'Thaw', and 'Yellow Son'.
johnpeelcentre.com/JohnPeelCent...
#Booksky #BookFair #CrimeWriter
It’s official, I’ll be returning to New Orleans for the first time in a very, very long time this September to attend Bouchercon 2025 (all this crime writer stuff is really just a cover for my ongoing quest to solve the mystery of the Rue-Ga-Rue). #writing #writingcommunity #author #crimewriter
March 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
It’s official, I’ll be returning to New Orleans for the first time in a very, very long time this September to attend Bouchercon 2025 (all this crime writer stuff is really just a cover for my ongoing quest to solve the mystery of the Rue-Ga-Rue). #writing #writingcommunity #author #crimewriter
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the death of award-winning #NewYork #journalist and #CrimeWriter Jerry #Schmetterer.
#Skystorians
#Skystorians
Journalist, crime writer Schmetterer, 77
News, notes, articles and book excerpts from authors of crime history.
www.writersofwrongs.com
May 24, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the death of award-winning #NewYork #journalist and #CrimeWriter Jerry #Schmetterer.
#Skystorians
#Skystorians