I've decided to put to paper the mystery book ideas I've had floating around in my head. Does anyone have any recommendations for some good reference books? I'm currently reading Janet Evanovich's "How I Write" and I would like to read some others.
I've decided to put to paper the mystery book ideas I've had floating around in my head. Does anyone have any recommendations for some good reference books? I'm currently reading Janet Evanovich's "How I Write" and I would like to read some others.
On Writing by Stephen King
The Writer's Market publishes genre specific how-to books. Good luck! I love a good mystery.
Formerly known as Blithe Morning II
"There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere." --Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale
Books for authors
Don’t Murder your mystery by Chris Roerden
Writing mysteries by Jan Burke
Elements of mystery fiction, writing the modern whodunit by William Tapply
The weekend novelist writes a mystery by Robert Ray
Murder one: A writer’s guide to homicide by Mauro Corvasce
...and many others. There are books that give technical advice to writers who need to know about police and criminal prosecution procedures.
If you go to Amazon's website and do a keyword search on the phrase “writing mysteries” many titles with good ratings come up.
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