Setting the Hook

In the middle of the night several years ago, I was researching how to write a murder mystery. I came upon a set of guidelines which began, “Find the body.” There may have been more to that instruction, but that’s what I wrote down on a pink Post-it note along with six other brief mystery milestones that fit on a two-by-two inch piece of paper. I put the note on my desk, and from time to time read it over when my mind strayed from other tasks. For the rest of this guest blog on bkstevensmysteries.com, click here»