Right, so I blogged with a certain indulgence yesterday, advertising my activities, to prove I was still alive after a long absence from the Goodreads community.
Well, I've always loved short essays and reflections, and what I've been writing on in magazines lately is material on why we read true crime. My book, Murder in Mind (Scratching Shed) is partly about that, and the book contains a chapter on Louie Calvert, the alleged Leeds murderer, from back in 1926. Her story is to figure on TV soon and I'd like as many writers as possible to watch that and give some kind of response.
Why? Because for three years now I've delved into her story and all that research answers the question about why we love true crime. Simple really - we become a detective. This is unlike crime fiction, where the writer has to invent a detective. Tackling a real-life crime puzzle is, for me, the best writing pleasure - perhaps next to writing a good western (I'll write about that next time)