NEWS and subgenres dissected and discussed

NEWS

This weekend Michael A. Black was holding down the fort at the MWA booth at Printers Row book fair in Chicago.

Jean Rabe was interviewed for the 75th PokeProblemsPodcast... the link is here:

 

http://pokeproblemspodcast. blogspot.com/2017/06/jean- rabe-rocks-writing.html

 

Mysti Berry has been playing local celebrity instead of writing this week: She was lucky enough to read along with Walter Mosley and other talented Bay Area writers at Noir at the Bar (photo below), and joined the MWA as they helped raised money for KQED and public broadcasting on last Tuesday’s pledge drive (another photo, below). This weekend, it's all writing, she promises!

 

Mysti (woman in black, next to man in red) and the Noir at the Bar bunch

Mysti (woman in blue, second from right) and the MWA contingent at the KQED fundraiser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Those Sneaky Subgenres

 

To paraphrase Gertrude Stein, a mystery is a mystery is a mystery....

 

Isn't it?

 

Well, except when it's been (sub)classified as cozy, noir, romantic suspense, thriller, hard-boiled, soft-boiled...

The list of subgenres goes on and on (check out the Seattle Mystery Bookstore's subgenre list for more).

 

Tune in this week as the LadyKillers dissect and discuss the subgenre conundrum...