Gayle Lynds: How do you know whether what you’re reading in a novel is fact or fiction? Right now, in this very moment, I’ll bet you remember that the grand old Mississippi River flows south through the U.S.’s midsection, pouring into the Gulf of Mexico. Would you be surprised if...
GIVING THANKS
by Christine GoffRogue Women Writers at ThrillerFestWith Thanksgiving behind us and the holidays fast approaching, I want to take time out to say how grateful I am for my fellow Rogue Women. Writing is at times a lonely business, and it's even lonelier when you're a woman writing espionage and...
HOW TO KILL THE JOY IN YOUR HOLIDAY SEASON
By Sonja StoneHOLIDAYS WITH A PERFECTIONISTFruit and cheese platters: the breakfast of championsWell, the holiday season has officially begun. I know this because a few nights ago I had my recurring seasonal nightmare. It happens every year, usually not for a few more weeks, but here it is: It’s...
LOVING THE LEFTOVERS: HOW NOT TO HATE YOUR TURKEY IN THE MORNING
This is NOT my turkey carcass, Or my kitchen.By Francine MathewsI cooked a sixteen pound turkey this year. That may or may not sound like a lot, depending on the nature of your holiday gatherings. Mine was eight and a half--meaning, eight adults and one five year-old who could be counted on to eat...
Burnt Poultry and Other Disasters
Photo of my rotisserie chicken failYes, that's an actual photo of a rotisserie chicken that I'd left out on my Weber grill too long. I was planning on checking in, but got all wrapped up in writing a chapter of my latest manuscript -- I had gotten to a key action scene- and I completely forgot the...
Celebrating ALL of Thanksgiving Weekend
...by Karna Small BodmanMy Rogue Writer colleagues have been writing about the coming Thanksgiving Holiday focusing on memories, reasons to give thanks, and ideas for the big dinner on Thursday. As we all look ahead to a day set aside to count our MANY blessings, especially the great...
JON LAND GOES ROGUE — A WRITER’S THANKSGIVING
KJ Howe here, welcoming talented author and reviewer Jon Land to the Rogue Women Writers today. I've had the pleasure of working with Jon on ThrillerFest for many years, and his enthusiasm for the genre is unsurpassed. Jon reaches out to new authors every chance he gets, offering them his...
GHOSTS OF THANKSGIVINGS PAST
S. Lee Manning: Holiday seasons can be difficult. The memories of holidays past, of family members no longer present, of times that have disappeared, can cast a pall over the present day. For some, Christmas is the hardest holiday. For me, Thanksgiving is when I most acutely feel the ghosts of...
DAVID MORRELL GOES ROGUE — ‘TIS THE SEASON: HOLIDAYS HAPPY & OTHERWISE
David & some of his great novelsGayle Lynds: It’s with delight Rogue Women welcome our friend and today's guest blogger, iconic author David Morrell. David created the ground-breaking novel First Blood starring John Rambo, which became the basis of the highly successful Rambo...
KNOW THY ENEMY
by Chris GoffI think the hardest thing to do when writing a spy novel is finding your antagonists backstory, knowing how they think, how they feel, what kind of mindset they have. It's fairly easy to understand what your protagonist thinks because often they think a lot like you. They love their...