Friday, April 4, 2008

A Writer's Journey

Along the lines of my last post, I found Nan Higginson's latest entry encouraging. She was recently nominated for an Agatha Award for her short story "Casino Gamble" and she talks about her transition from aspiring mystery writer to published and award nominated mystery writer. Perhaps there is hope for me yet!

I admit, I haven't read her story yet (it's next on my list!) but I really enjoyed some of the other nominees in that category. I thought "A Rat's Tale" by Donna Andrews had a really fun play on perspective and I plan to experiment with that concept. I also really liked Rhys Bowen's "Please Watch Your Step." Isolated old New England houses may seem cliché in the mystery genre, but she pulls it off. They also both blended some darker concepts with quirky humor which I found appealing.