I attended an in-person two-day writing seminar this week hosted by Lighthouse. It was all focused on noire and crime/suspense/thriller fiction and the people who write in that genre. Quite naturally, a lot of the discussion was about how dark can you go, where to find out more about murder, and who has written really good stuff.
Noire writers certainly are a lively and interesting crowd, and much of the chats going on were about murder weapons, disposal of evidence, and so on. Even the young guy trying to chat up a potential squeeze was not talking about himself, sports, or celebrities, but about ways to bury someone. There was a lady with red hair and an interest in espionage, a sex worker with a Mohawk who writes about murder, and oddly enough, a few older ladies writing memoirs. One wonders if they will be telling where the bodies are buried.
In other news, my next volume of short stories is back from the beta readers, and I have done all the fixes indicated. So with any luck, I will publish the ebook next week, and the paperback the week after.
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