by annestephenson | Sep 9, 2017 | Blog, Mystery, Writing
When I first met Charlie Resnick, John Harvey’s jazz-loving detective inspector, on the page in 1991, I was thrilled. Here was a new series from a British crimewriter I hadn’t read before. Three books in, and I was hooked — on Harvey’s...
by annestephenson | Aug 17, 2017 | Blog, Mystery, Writing
In the days before writing romances together as Stephanie Browning, Susan Brown and I wrote mysteries for middle-grade readers. We also co-authored scripts and dabbled in a bit of television, but the following article was, in fact, our first “official”...
by annestephenson | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog, Writing
I once had a creative writing student with a marketable manuscript who was absolutely convinced that no one would ever look at her work. She had no writing experience, no publishing history, and no connections. But she did have a PhD in Microbiology, a penchant...
by annestephenson | Jan 1, 2017 | Blog, Wishful Thinking
We have a running joke, Susan and I, that sees us sharing digs once again, only this time, instead of beer and cigarettes (that was me, I’m afraid, guilty on both counts), it’ll be tea and cookies and incontinent supplies. And maybe a bottle of scotch. Our biggest...
by annestephenson | Sep 30, 2016 | Blog, Writing
The Story Behind Paper Treasure I’d been dawdling over the morning paper, sipping a cup of coffee and reading the business section — anything to avoid the blank page waiting for me upstairs — when suddenly I struck “story gold!” A...
