Main Topic: Mindy Carlson and Characters

• Mindy’s writing retreat imminent
• Building characters needs as much detail as building the world: traits, connections, behaviors
• Consistently believable emotional responses help mysteries flow
• Yes, Her Dying Day is loosely based on the real life disappearance of Agatha Christie
• Advice for new writers: Be brave and do the thing that scares you the most
• https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781639100125
• Mindy on Twitter

Links

• New! Mur on Focusmate!
• Mur on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube
• Newsletter, The Hot Mic
• Support via Patreon!
• John Anealio on Bandcamp
• I Should Be Writing tea blends

Twitch schedule for August:

• Monday 12pm: Ditch Diggers (19th 4:30pm)
• Tuesday 3pm: I Should Be Writing
• Wednesday 3pm: Gaming TBD
• Thursday 3pm: I Should Be Writing
• Thursday 8pm: Arsenic and Old Dice, A Brindlewood Bay Livestream

August 4, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 51 | murverse.com
Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 License