My friend and mystery writer, Anita Rodgers, invited me to write a guest blog on her blog, Writer Chick (https://writerchick.wordpress.com). Check out Anita’s mystery series on Amazon and Kindle!
Today’s indie author is MJ Belko. In her article she discusses the irony of not being a mystery reader and yet having written a mystery picture book for kids. Take it away, MJ.
I Don’t Read Mysteries
I don’t read mysteries. I know, a pox upon me. I don’t mind watching them, but I never felt compelled to read one. I’m more of a nonfiction reader. As a writer, picture books are my wheelhouse. So, how did I end up writing Winthrop Risk, Detective—The Mystery of the Missing Hamster, an early reader with a nine-year-old detective who sounds like he just stepped out of a Raymond Chandler novel?
I certainly don’t have any disdain for the mystery genre. I’m a rabid fan of Benedict Cumberbatch as a modern version of Sherlock Holmes. I loved Derek Jacobi as Cadfael on PBS. But write one? Not on your life. Plot twists…
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