Writing the Mystery

Series: Exploring the Sea

  • What’s on the Horizon?

    This week is beach week! (Yes, I know it’s only the beginning of March, but warm sunny days are just around the corner!) Besides, I just got my edits back for the second book in the Undercover with a Dog series, and it takes place on a pretty ocean shore. So, I figured, as a…

  • Setting the Sea-nery

    Have you ever visited a place and thought, “This would be the perfect place to use in my newest book!” Whether it’s a pretty scenery, particular scent, or peaceful atmosphere, some aspects of our everyday life might be ideal to use when creating fictional places of our own. After all, it’s much easier to write…

  • Writing on the Waves

    Writing prompts: Mine: You find a letter in a bottle…but it’s written in a foreign language…one that the main character actually understands. Finally. It’d been a long week, but I was finally at the beach. I inhaled a deep breath, sucking some of the salty ocean air into my lungs as I dropped my beach…

  • Why the ‘Where’ Matters

    How important is the setting to a story? For instance, if you wrote a tale about two characters solving a crime, but you left out every detail about the setting. How long do you think it would take you to figure out that the story takes place in Nowhere Land? Well, it would probably depend…

  • Memorized by the Majesty

    If you could describe the ocean in one word, how would you do it? Beautiful? Powerful? Huge? Even if you’ve never been to the ocean before and seen it’s majesty, pictures alone can impact the way you view it. For instance, a picture of a pretty sunset stretched out over the water’s horizon might make…

  • The Master of the Sea

    What troubles you? We all have things that worry us, and it’s really easy to give into those fears. Sometimes the fear is something simple, like being nervous you’ll show up late at the party. Other times though, this fear can shake you to your core, whether it’s the fear of the future or of…