Bullet Points: Channel Surfing Edition - The Rap Sheet

Don't touch that pizza until I get mine.

With some digging at The Rap Sheet site Panzer found this post about past and upcoming small screen mysteries.

 

J. Kingston Pierce includes links to information about all the shows he discusses in the post.

 

Panzer says, "You might want to order some pizza if you're going to binge watch the first one he discusses."

 

Note: You decide what you want to bring to snack on.

 

To read the post tootle over to Bullet Points 

8 New Agents Seeking SFF, Horror, YA, Romance, Mysteries, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction and more - Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity

Look at all those genres they want.

Today's trip into the Catosphere took  Panzer to the Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity site. There with hardly any digging in the post our intrepid kitty boy found one about new literary agents.

Erica Verrillo's list has eight agents looking for writers to represent in the U.S. and the U.K. Included with each agent's bio is a description of the genres they are interested in obtaining.

 

Panzer says, "Be sure to read the submission guidelines too."

 

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin for your snack while you read.

 

To read the post tootle over to New Agents

Sherlock's Guide to Deduction - An Infographic | Quirk Books : Publishers

Panzer was doing a little research in the Catosphere today. Our inquisitive kitty found a blog post at the Quirk Books site with an infographic about Sherlock Holmes.

He's smart for a human.

Panzer is a lover of Mr. Holmes' mystery solving intellect. Our mysterious kitty even owns a copy of The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle which includes all four novels and fifty-six short stories chronicling Sherlock's adventures. So finding this infographic about Sherlock's deductive skills is like finding a bag of kitty treats for him.

Note: This is a short, but interesting post. You'll want to bring a cup of tea for today's reading selection.

To read how Sherlock solved his cases, tootle over to Sherlock's Guide to Deduction - An Infographic | Quirk Books : Publishers

The Dirty Dozen: 12 Ways Not to Write a Mystery Novel - Anne R. Allen's Blog

On Panzer's trip into the Catosphere today he was looking for information on mystery writing. His search took him to Anne R. Allen's Blog. Our big bad kitty pilot found a guest post there by Jacqueline Diamond with information about what he was looking for. Jacqueline Diamond is the author of 101 novels published in several genres including mystery, so he couldn't wait to read what she wrote about mystery novel writing.

Plot is important.

According to the post, while researching for her newest mystery Ms. Diamond read several cozy mysteries. She discovered twelve do not do's in some of them. When writing a mystery novel these twelve were definite turn-offs for her as a reader. These do not do's run the gambit from do not have incompetent police to do not under plot to do not over plot. There are nine more she found in her research and they're all important do not do's for as writers to learn.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... Pay attention ... Plotting seems to be a frequent problem in cozy mysteries."

Note: This is a long post, but worth your time. You'll need a cup of tea, a muffin, and a doughnut for today's selection.

To read the post, tootle over to mystery

Writing Mystery Suspects

Hmmm. What. How. When. Why.

Panzer went tootling around in the Catosphere today just enjoying the ride. Our big bad kitty boy stopped in at author Elizabeth Spann Craig's site.

Panzer found a post at Ms. Craig's site about something close to his little crime solving heart: Writing about your crime suspects. Ms. Craig breaks the suspect process into four sections. First is the What Section: The number of suspects. Second is the How Section: How to introduce the suspects. Third is the When Section: The story pacing. And Four is the Why Section: The suspect's motive. Actually, the post is a mini-course in mystery fiction writing and well worth your time.

Panzer says, "You know, I do accept kitty treats for my help."

Note: This is the second post in a series and there is a link to the first post.

To read the post, tootle over to mystery suspects

Podcasting Made Easy

Left foot forward. Right foot back.

It's been quite a while since Panzer has been to Elizabeth Spann Craig's mystery writing site. So our big black kitty explorer decided today was the day to stop in there. He's doing the Happy Cat Dance. He found a post for you as soon as he got out of the Panzermobile.

Mystery author Ms. Craig explains how she taught herself about podcasting and using Sound Cloud. She then explains how she did an interview with herself, saved it to Sound Cloud and embedded the link at her site.

Panzer says, "Looks pretty easy to me. Let's try it."

To read the post, tootle over to audio

Thoughts in Progress: Three Fun Elements to Add to Your Mystery {+ Givea...

I never thought of that.

Panzer stopped in at Mason Canyon's Thoughts in Progress blog to visit his friend Traveler (Cat in Residence). After the two bad boys got finished discussing their respective pet humans, Panzer read a guest post by Elizabeth Craig.

Ms. Craig discusses three fun things you can incorporate into your mysteries to add a little humor. Each time you add something new to your mysteries you're opening the door to new readers and a new market.

To see what things might entice new readers to your novels, tootle over to Thoughts in Progress: Three Fun Elements to Add to Your Mystery {+ Givea...:

The Education of a Pulp Writer: Free ebooks!

FREE and FREE!

Panzer was out in the Catosphere today.

My bad boy found FREE ebooks over at David Cranmer's blog! Cranmer has two of his short story collections FREE for the next few days. They are the mystery short story collection The Education of a Pulp Writer by David Cranmer and the western short story collection Adventures of Cash Laramie and Gideon Miles by Edward A. Grainger (his pen name). Be sure to read the descriptions at Amazon. These may not be for everyone.

Cranmer doesn't specify how long he's going to have the books FREE so, if you want one or both, you should hurry over now and download them.

To get your FREE ebooks, tootle over to The Education of a Pulp Writer: Free ebooks!:

When the police won't listen

No police?

Our bad boy was out in the Catosphere and stopped in at mystery author Margot Kinberg's blog.

He found a post about using police inaction/inattentention to the crime to get your plot moving. You can do this by letting your main character become involved in the investigation when the police don't follow-up. The article has several examples showing how mystery authors have effectively used this device over the years.

If you're interested in using this devise, read the post here Listen to me

Top 100 At Amazon

My bad boy did it again. He's back in the top 100 at Amazon!

It's hard to read below, but he's #80 in Mystery - Anthologies and #89 in Mystery - Collections & Anthologies.

Happy Cat Dance!