Thank you so much for letting me visit today. I write mystery novels and short stories. And I’m often asked about where my ideas come from.
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My Mystery Addiction Started with Nancy Drew by Heather Weidner
My Mystery Addiction Started with Nancy Drew
I have loved mysteries since Scooby Doo and Nancy Drew. Saturday morning cartoons in the United States in the 1970s were full of mysteries and sleuths. I adored Scooby Doo, Hong Kong Phooey, Speed Buggy, the Funky Phantom, and Josie and the Pussycats. And as a kid with a newly minted library card, I quickly learned that there were lots of books full of mysteries, crimes, and capers.
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Creating a Fictional Town by Judy Penz Sheluk
When I started writing Skeletons in the Attic, I wanted to create a fictional town that readers could believe in. I also wanted my protagonist, Calamity (Callie) Barnstable, to be a fish out of water. I decided to make Callie a single woman born and raised in the city—Toronto, Canada, in her case—who’s forced to move to the town of Marketville.
Here’s a recap of the basic premise:
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