I have a trend report update for you mystery, thriller, and suspense writers. We’re also discussing your characters’ names. 

• Julian Simpson on naming characters
• Top Baby Names by Year - Gift
• Carmel Conundrum: A Liz Adams Mystery by Stacy Wilder - Featured Author
• Pilgrim’s Way Community Bookstore & Secret Garden, Carmel-by-the-sea, California - Featured Bookstore
• Author Guide to the Mystery Thriller Suspense eBook Market
• The disabled villain: why sensitivity reading can’t kill off this ugly trope | Disability | The Guardian
• Agatha Christie classics latest to be rewritten for modern sensitivities
• Submissions Update – Neil Clarke
• Free Style Sheet Templates
• Free Writing Tips

Music licensed from Storyblocks:

“More Jam Please” by Raighes Factory

"Funky Break" by Tom Goldstein

"Don't Wanna" by Humans Win

"2020 Blues (The World Is Ending)" by The Turquoise Moon