Monthly Archives: October 2010

C. J. Cherryh’s Foreigner Series

A. K. A. How C. J. Cherryh keeps me reading Like most mystery writers, I have aspirations of starting and sustaining a series. And the science fiction/fantasy writer C. J. Cherryh offers an interesting model for hooking and keeping readers … Continue reading

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James Church’s Inspector O, Poet

Artistry and Irony in A Corpse in the Koryo That Inspector O, the protagonist of A Corpse in the Koryo, the first in James Church’s mystery series set in North Korea, is a poet becomes obvious long before another character … Continue reading

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Chapter and Verse

Chapter and Verse Lately, I’ve been trying to integrate a lengthy back story of how my protagonist got in the fix she’s in with the story of her trying to get out of the fix she’s in. And my readers … Continue reading

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