Writerswhokill

Because the neighborhood kids are out of school for the summer, my usually serene mornings are now punctuated by their horseplay, laughter, and shouts as they enjoy my apartment complex’s nearby swimming pool. With our recent series of oppressive Western Pennsylvania heat waves, I can’t blame them for enjoying the water. I grab my noise-cancelling headphones and settle in to ...

I have mentioned this before, but on my list of necessary evils, housework falls somewhere between doing my tax returns and getting a tetanus shot. There is only one time that changes. If I am up against a writing deadline, or need to study for a test of some kind, or prepare for a hearing, housework shoots right up to the top of my list of priorities. Housecleaning is the pe...

My nineteenth novel is coming out in just a few short weeks. Nineteenth. I never dreamed I’d ever reach that number. 

Hell Hath No Fury is the fifth in my Detective Honeywell series. Back when I had to come up with a proposal for the third, fourth, and fifth, I looked into my writerly crystal ball to give my p...

By Kait Carson

When I first started writing legal briefs a couple of decades ago, almost every brief started with the phrase “Comes now the plaintiff/defendant….” As legal writing evolved, legalese (rightfully) lost ground to readability. But to this day, when I start the first draft of a brief, whether I write the words or just think them, that first draft starts with that phrase. I have n...