Killer Nashville Magazine • Non-Fiction

Craft Articles

Featured
Five Key Elements in a Psychological Thriller
Name that Song…Just Don’t Use the Lyrics
The Importance of Honest Feedback
Between Pen and Paper: Flaneuring Through a Writer’s Mind – Maintaining Resolutions
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Drop the Pen! What Every Writer Should Know About Real Police Work
How to be Funny in a Murder Mystery
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Upper Cross Syndrome: What is it? Why should you care?
This Crazy Writing Life: Dipping Our Toes In The Amazon Part One — Beware The Piranhas!
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What is A Thriller?
What if?: A Most Important Question 

Creative Nonfiction

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The Ghost Room
A Necessary Evil
Ghosts Prefer the Night Shift: Deep Thoughts from the Mystery Writer’s Desk
Ebbets Field Bounce
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Doctors Do Not Believe in Ghosts
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Jane Doe
My Favorite Book: To Kill a Mockingbird
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Benny Sims
The Night I Won the Silver Falchion Award
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Benny Sims
Jeffrey James Higgins
Light and Darkness
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Jeffrey James Higgins
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Elaine Ash
Writing Tennessee Williams by Elaine Ash
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Elaine Ash

Interviews

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Clay Stafford talks with Joyce Carol Oates  “On Being Her Own Person”
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Clay Stafford talks with Callan Wink “On Succeeding as a Part-Time Writer”
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Clay Stafford talks with Heather Graham on “The Business of Writing”
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Clay Stafford talks with Abbott Kahler “Advice for Writing True Crime”
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Clay Stafford Interviews… Sara Paretsky: “Making A Difference”
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Clay Stafford talks with Andrews & Wilson “On Collaborating”
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Clay Stafford talks with Author Tom Mead on “Writing Locked Room Mysteries”
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Clay Stafford Interviews Cindy Dees: “You Can Write Espionage”
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Clay Stafford Interviews Reviewer Maureen Corrigan: “I Want Good Books”
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Paying it Forward
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Reviews

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Meredith R. Lyons, Reviewed by James L’Etoile
Pocket Full of Teeth
Meredith R. Lyons, Reviewed by James L’Etoile
Meredith R. Lyons, Reviewed by James L’Etoile
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Meredith R. Lyons, Reviewed by James L’Etoile
The Recruiter
Meredith R. Lyons, Reviewed by James L’Etoile
Meredith R. Lyons, Reviewed by James L’Etoile
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Meredith R. Lyons, Reviewed by James L’Etoile
Reflections In A Dragon’s Eye
Meredith R. Lyons, Reviewed by James L’Etoile
Meredith R. Lyons, Reviewed by James L’Etoile
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Meredith R. Lyons, Reviewed by James L’Etoile
The Child Riddler
Meredith R. Lyons, Reviewed by James L’Etoile
Meredith R. Lyons, Reviewed by James L’Etoile
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Meredith R. Lyons, Reviewed by James L’Etoile
Ghost Tamer
Meredith R. Lyons, Reviewed by James L’Etoile
Meredith R. Lyons, Reviewed by James L’Etoile
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Tori Eldridge, Reviewed by James L’Etoile
The Ninja’s Oath
Tori Eldridge, Reviewed by James L’Etoile
Tori Eldridge, Reviewed by James L’Etoile
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Carlene O'Connor, Reviewed by Joy Gorence
Murder in Galway
Carlene O'Connor, Reviewed by Joy Gorence
Carlene O'Connor, Reviewed by Joy Gorence
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Behind the Lie by Emilya Naymark/Review by Sharon Blevins
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Sunrise by Susan May Warren/Review by Eliot Parker
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Murder on an Irish Farm by Carlene O'Connor/Review by Chelle Martin

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