Catherine Thorsen | Developmental Editor
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Developmental Editor. Writing Coach. Beta Reader. Cat Enthusiast. Lover of Puzzles. Avid Reader. Terrible Gardener. She/Her. Bookings: [email protected]
"The audience engages with the murder as a type of challenge: 'Can I solve it? Can I find the clues?'It's easy-breezy Saturday night entertainment that you can lie back and enjoy. It's lovely pictures, a good puzzle, some fun suspects and a great resolution at the end."
What's feeding our fascination for murder mysteries and crime series?
In an era of grim news and uncertainty, audiences are consistently drawn to murder mysteries. But what's behind that enduring fascination for the genre?
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
"The audience engages with the murder as a type of challenge: 'Can I solve it? Can I find the clues?'It's easy-breezy Saturday night entertainment that you can lie back and enjoy. It's lovely pictures, a good puzzle, some fun suspects and a great resolution at the end."
"I find domestic life quite stressful and chaotic, and actually being able to, sort of, create these orderly little worlds where I can make sense of chaos and terrible people get their comeuppance, I find really reassuring and a sort of escapism"
Charlotte Philby on how her notorious spy grandfather and complex women inspire her writing
The second instalment of the Bristol-based novelist’s Farrow and Chang thriller series will publish in March 2026.
www.thebookseller.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:25 AM
"I find domestic life quite stressful and chaotic, and actually being able to, sort of, create these orderly little worlds where I can make sense of chaos and terrible people get their comeuppance, I find really reassuring and a sort of escapism"
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New Writer Beware blog post: there's a new scam technique in town: the "pre-paid" literary agent commission. A look at the fake agencies and equally fake associated business names that have practiced this fraud via fabricated publishing contracts writerbeware.blog/2025/03/28/a...
A New Scam to Watch For: "Pre-Paid" Agent Commissions - Writer Beware
As I’ve discussed to my readers’ exhaustion, as well as my own, impersonation scams are rife these days. Scammers are impersonating real, reputable literary agents, publishers, editors, film production companies, bookstores, and organizations with out-of-the-blue phone and email solicitations purporting to offer representation, or publication, or a big budget movie–but in reality, the goal isRead More
writerbeware.blog
March 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
New Writer Beware blog post: there's a new scam technique in town: the "pre-paid" literary agent commission. A look at the fake agencies and equally fake associated business names that have practiced this fraud via fabricated publishing contracts writerbeware.blog/2025/03/28/a...
Reposted by Catherine Thorsen | Developmental Editor
About Books: "I want them to be available, I want them to be read, I want them to be argued about, I want people to cry over them, I want people to get angry with them, I want people to love them."- Ursula K. Le Guin #amwriting #Writing ~Words for all of us writers. - Wrtr #author #writer #authorsky
March 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
About Books: "I want them to be available, I want them to be read, I want them to be argued about, I want people to cry over them, I want people to get angry with them, I want people to love them."- Ursula K. Le Guin #amwriting #Writing ~Words for all of us writers. - Wrtr #author #writer #authorsky
Relatable Snoopy Comic Panels About Writing- bookriot.com/snoopy-comic...
Relatable Snoopy Comic Panels About Writing
From tapping away at those keys to receiving "constructive" feedback, Snoopy hard at work on his typewriter is relatable content.
bookriot.com
December 19, 2023 at 6:00 AM
Relatable Snoopy Comic Panels About Writing- bookriot.com/snoopy-comic...