I’m lucky enough to spend my days writing novels of gothic suspense in which family secrets and scandals bubble to the surface in big, old, haunted mansions. Ever since my first book hit the shelves a few years back, I’ll oftentimes find myself on panels with other authors at various book festivals and conferences, and [...]
Category Archive for ‘Writing’ 
What Is a Mystery?
Mar 18, 2013 in Guest Posts, Writing
Every once in awhile, when my (ahem) amazing job comes up in conversation, someone will ask me, if not: “What is a mystery?” outright, another question along similar lines. Could be someone curious how the category has evolved in the years since Sherlock Holmes, Inspector Dupin and Hercule Poirot. Or it could be an avid [...]
Fact and Fiction in Hunt the Scorpion
Feb 19, 2013 in Books, Fiction, Guest Posts, Mulholland Authors, Writing
On sale today is Hunt the Scorpion, the second installment in Don Mann and Ralph Pezzullo’s SEAL Team Six series, which follows the trail of nuclear weapon components from a ship commandeered by Somali pirates through Libya and into a hornet’s nest of local police forces, terrorists, and the Iranian Revolutionary Corps. The book’s depiction [...]
Standing in Another Man’s Grave with a Gun Machine: Warren Ellis and Ian Rankin In Conversation
Jan 28, 2013 in Graphic Novels, Guest Posts, Mulholland Authors, Music, Writing
Ian Rankin has called Warren Ellis’s GUN MACHINE “hellish fun.” Warren Ellis has called Ian Rankin’s STANDING IN ANOTHER MAN’S GRAVE “a magnificent read.” Figuring the Rankin and Ellis might have a thing or two to say to one another, we put the two in touch and watched the fireworks ensue. Their conversation follows… Warren [...]
Detective John Rebus: Twenty-Five Years Later
Jan 22, 2013 in Books, Fiction, Writing
Twenty-five years will take its toll on anyone. No one knows this better than former detective John Rebus, the star of Ian Rankin’s dazzling crime novels, who now finds himself a retired civilian, peering at cases from the outside. But even the passage of years can’t bring closure to a cold case, and Rebus has [...]
Year End Review: Five Tips for Horror Writers
Dec 31, 2012 in Guest Posts, Mulholland Authors, Writing
With 2013 just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to sit back and reflect on another year of great content and great books. Check back twice daily in the last days of 2012 for a selection of our favorite MulhollandBooks.com posts from the past year! USA Today has called BREED by Chase Novak “a thrill to [...]
Me and Mike: Sophie Littlefield Interviews Mike Cooper
Dec 30, 2012 in Guest Posts, Writing
With 2013 just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to sit back and reflect on another year of great content and great books. Check back twice daily in the last days of 2012 for a selection of our favorite MulhollandBooks.com posts from the past year! Sophie Littlefield: So let’s get the basics out of [...]
Year End Review: Tradecraft 101, Spy Tips from Mischa Hiller’s Shake Off
Dec 29, 2012 in Excerpts, Mulholland Authors, Uncategorized, Writing
With 2013 just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to sit back and reflect on another year of great content and great books. Check back twice daily in the last days of 2012 for a selection of our favorite MulhollandBooks.com posts from the past year! SHAKE OFF‘s Michel Khoury is a veritable encyclopedia of [...]
