What's Going on in My Mind

First off, I'm sad I'm not at Left Coast Crime in Reno because so many of my friends are there.

I knew I wouldn't be going quite a while ago because I no longer fly, and I certainly wouldn't drive there. I usually ask my daughter to go with me to things like that because then she'll drive, but last weekend was my great-grandson's wedding, and everyone was worn out from that great and busy occasion.

Because I'm working on my next Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery and I'm not a plotter I'm at a place where I need to create two detectives, male and female. This means their names, descriptions and personalities.

I also have a dead body that I don't know much about except that he's male. Who killed him? Who all would have liked for him to be dead? How was he killed? What relationship did he have with the already established characters, if there is one?

Because the book must have a ghost in it--who was the ghost in life? I also know there are Indian spirits around, what is there significance to this particular story?

I've already changed one of the first new characters a bit--that always happens.

As I'm thinking about all these things, new ideas pop into my mind.

And that's what's going on in this author's mind.

Marilyn

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Jackie Houchin said…
I like your new blog format, Marilyn. And I love the way your mind works. It's a reveal to anyone else who is looking to write a mystery!
Thanks.
March 24, 2018 at 8:30 AM
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