Bumping off the Business Partner

Welcome back to this series on solving homicides. Chapter three of the book Murder one: A Writer’s Guide to Homicide by Mauro V. Corvasce and Joseph R. Paglino, is all about financial murders. Today is all about bumping off the business partner. I… Continue reading →

Murder for Financial Gain

When planning a murder mystery, one of the most important aspects is motivation. In today’s post, based on the book Murder one: A Writer’s Guide to Homicide by Mauro V. Corvasce and Joseph R. Paglino, the motivation is financial gain. This isn’t t… Continue reading →

Female Assassins

Female assassins defy stereotypes and are fascinating to readers and movie viewers alike, so let’s delve a little into what makes a female turn assassin. I’m taking this information from Sean Mactire’s book Malicious Intent: A Writer’s Guide to Ho… Continue reading →

The Stress Made Me Do It

You’ve got a female antagonist who’s going on a killing spree. You’ve figured out who her victims are. You’ve figured out how she’ll kill them. You’ve given her a sufficient motivation for what she does. Now lets dig deeper into what makes up her … Continue reading →

Why Ladies Kill

I’m in the midst of a fascinating discussion on creating a believable female antagonist using Sean Mactire’s book Malicious Intent: A Writer’s Guide to How Murderers, Robbers, Rapists, and Other Criminal Think. Today I want to discuss why females … Continue reading →

How Ladies Kill

I’m in the midst of a fascinating discussion on creating a believable female antagonist using Sean Mactire’s book Malicious Intent: A Writer’s Guide to How Murderers, Robbers, Rapists, and Other Criminal Think. Today I want to discuss how females … Continue reading →

Prey of the Female Killer

I’m in the midst of a fascinating discussion on creating a believable female antagonist using Sean Mactire’s book Malicious Intent: A Writer’s Guide to How Murderers, Robbers, Rapists, and Other Criminal Think. Today I’ll discuss the female killer… Continue reading →

Murderous Homemakers

I’m in the midst of a fascinating discussion on creating a believable female antagonist using Sean Mactire’s book Malicious Intent: A Writer’s Guide to How Murderers, Robbers, Rapists, and Other Criminal Think. In the last post, I offered three ca… Continue reading →

Women Who Kill

I’m not talking about the stereotypical woman who suffers from “female problems” and kills her husband and children in a fit of rage. I’m talking about creating a fabulous, totally believable antagonist for your novel, using Sean Mactire’s book Ma… Continue reading →

Finishing off the Terrorists

In my last two posts, I discussed creating a believable terrorist for your novel. Today I’ll finish the discussion, using information from Sean Mactire’s book Malicious Intent: A Writer’s Guide to How Murderers, Robbers, Rapists, and Other Crimina… Continue reading →