By Z.J. Czupor ZJ Czupor's On Tour with Dead Writers brings us clues to a mystery author each second Tuesday of the month. Dust off your investigative skills and send your answer to mysteryminutecontest@gmail.com by the 20th of the month. From the correct responses, one will be randomly drawn to...
It’s a Rogue Roundup: See what we Rogues discovered, researched, and talked about in September… We started September with an ending. Three years ago, the Rogues were delighted to welcome New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Alex Kava to our group. Now, with her schedule full of...
By Lisa Malice My First Bouchercon Conference as a Debut Author! Wow! That pretty much sums up my Bouchercon experience this year in Nashville. The five-day conference that brings together readers and writers passionate about mystery, thrills, and suspense was more exhilarating than I could have...
By Chris Goff How many of you have gone on vacation and felt more like you needed a vacation once you got home? My hand is raised. Gone are the days of visiting Grandma—kids hanging out with cousins at the beach, Dad fishing or sailing, Mom working on her tan and reading books. Today’s vacations...
By Lisa Black Since last month I asked ChatGPT to tell me who it thought the world’s favorite book villains were, this time I thought I’d ask for the world’s favorite detectives. Its response was singularly unsurprising. Chat GPT's Top 6 Favorite Detectives 1. Sherlock Holmes Created by Sir Arthur...
By Tosca Lee I do a lot of events through the year—big conferences, library talks, workshops. But one of my all-time favorite events remains the book club. I attend every book club I’m invited to that I can. For me this usually means within a one hour radius of my house, assuming I’m not in the...
ZJ Czupor's On Tour with Dead Writers brings us clues to a mystery author each second Tuesday of the month. Dust off your investigative skills and send your answer to mysteryminutecontest@gmail.com by the 20th of the month. From the correct responses, one will be randomly drawn to win a copy of...
By Karna Bodman Three years ago, the Rogues were delighted to welcome New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Alex Kava to our group. She is the author of the award-winning critically acclaimed FBI profiler Maggie O’Dell series and a new series featuring former marine, Ryder Creed and his...
It’s a Rogue Roundup: See what we Rogues discovered, researched, and talked about in August… As I'm sure you're aware, this August marked the XXXIII Olympiad in Paris. Watching coverage of the games, our Rogue, Tracy Clark, was suddenly struck by how writers are (somewhat) similar to Olympic...
By Jenny Milchman We have many metaphors about our feathered friends in the English language (and likely plenty of other languages of which I am woefully ignorant). Two are particularly relevant to me right now. Birds leaving the next nest. [I'm leaving my typo because it's just so apt. Positively...
