KJ Howe: As a scuba diver, I’ve always found the octopus to be a fascinating sea creature, but I had no idea how intelligent and strategic these unusual looking creatures were until I read THE LAST GUEST by Tess Little. Join me in welcoming Tess to Rogue Women Writers and let those tentacles wrap...
Gayle Lynds: What a joy to welcome Helaine Mario, a remarkable suspense author whose novels are woven with great music and art. Her new one, Shadow Music, has just been released —you don’t want to miss it! Helaine and her husband also founded The Sundial Foundation and the Helaine and Ronald Mario...
by Chris Goff The desire to find balance in one’s life is not new—just prevalent as we all juggle life in the face of Covid. For a while it was us at home, mastering multiple home offices, home schooling and pickup groceries. Then we were back to offices, grocery shopping and schools. “But wait, a...
by Tracy Clark I dunno about you guys, but I don’t just dump a body anywhere. I give it some thought. A lot of thought. You know I’m speaking fictionally, right? Location is important. It sets a mood. If you choose the right spot, it can give a reader thrills and chills. If you really nail...
By Gayle Lynds I love to talk shop. But then, every writer I know does. We can spend hours over a glass of wine (or three) discussing how to describe a pair of shoes, or smoke, or blood. Or in a really juicy conversation, we can get excited about the advantages of first-person versus third-person...
By Carla Neggers It’s summer! Unofficially, anyway. Despite a raw, rainy Memorial Day weekend, we’ve kicked off summer here on our hilltop in Vermont. For me, that means moving my favorite reading spot from by the fire to an Adirondack chair in the shade, or a comfy seat on the screen porch…or an...
Here’s what we Rogues talked about, researched, and revealed in May… Lisa Black opened this month, delivering the chilling true-crime story about the disappearance of the Clinton Avenue Five. If you like unsolved mysteries, this blog is a must-read. Then, Z.J. Czupor recounted the fascinating life...
K.J. Howe: THE WEDDING NIGHT is the most anticipated evening of many women’s lives, the start of a brilliant life with your true love. But sometimes things take a darker turn. I hope you’ll enjoy Harriet Walker’s latest psychological suspense, as she’s a genius at creating psychological drama in...
by The Real Book Spy Jeffery Deaver After taking last month off due to an overcrowded schedule, I’m so excited to be back, picking my May Rogue pick this week, and can’t wait to talk about . . . Jeffery Deaver’s Final Twist, the latest book in his Colter Shaw series, is absolutely phenomenal....
by Chris Goff It’s hard to believe it’s been half a decade since Gayle Lynds picked up the phone and reached out with the idea of starting Rogue Women Writers. Five years since what began as an idea to establish “a list of female spy thriller writers” morphed into this group of “kick-ass suspense...
