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SINGLE MYSTERY AUTHOR OR OTHER INDIVIDUAL
And Another Thing...
http://www.johnconnollybooks.com/blogger.html
A blog created by John Connolly, award-winning author of several mystery/thriller books
A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing
http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/
JA Konrath writes the Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels thriller series.
Buzz, Balls, and Hype
http://mjroseblog.typepad.com/buzz_balls_hype/
A look at the publishing industry and marketing by MJ Rose, the internationally bestselling author of eight novels and the creator of AuthorBuzz, a publicity service, and online marketing courses. MJ also maintains the Backstory Blog, http://mjroseblog.typepad.com/backstory/
Caroline’s Crime Scene Blog
http://wcco.com/crimesceneblog/?b_start=20
Crime Reporter Caroline Lowe gives an inside perspective into the world of crime. Caroline, who also has a police officer's license, includes her thoughts on stories and offers tips and advice.
Classic Mysteries
http://www.classicmysteries.net/
A blog run by Les Blatt which is associated with the “Classic Mysteries” podcast (http://classicmysteries.podbus.com/index.xml), for “fine detective stories worth reading and re-reading.”
CLEWS, The Historic True Crime Blog
http://laurajames.typepad.com/
A blog created by crime historian Laura James, Esquire
Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind
http://www.sarahweinman.com/
Sarah Weinman is an editor for GalleyCat, mediabistro.com's publishing industry news blog. She’s also the Baltimore Sun's crime fiction columnist and writes "Dark Passages," a monthly online mystery & suspense column for the Los Angeles Times Book Review.
Crime Always Pays
http://crimealwayspays.blogspot.com/
Declan Burke is an Irish freelance writer, editor and author, with an entertaining blog on mystery/crime fiction from a European perspective.
Crime Fiction Dossier
http://www.crimefictionblog.com/
A blog created by David J. Montgomery, who writes about authors and books for several of the country's largest newspapers, including the Chicago Sun-Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Post and Boston Globe
Crime Scene Blog
http://www.crimesceneblog.com/
Offers a daily crime roundup from around the country
Crime Spot
http://www.crimespot.net/
Crime Spot is a sort of Grand Central Station for mystery and crime fiction blogs. There are links to a variety of blogs on the site, which keeps track of how often they have new postings. There’s also a news section, which is updated periodically.
Criminal Thoughts
http://anthonyrainone.blogspot.com/
This is a blog created by Anthony Rainone, the New York editor for CrimeSpree Magazine, a Contributing Editor for January Magazine, and a writer for Mystery Scene Magazine. He’s also a graduate of the NYPD Citizen's Police Academy
Detectives Beyond Borders
http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/
A forum for international crime fiction
Do You Write Under Your Own Name
http://www.doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.com/
A blog by British crime writer, Martin Edwards
Euro Crime
http://eurocrime.blogspot.com/
Snippets about British and other European crime fiction, TV, and film
Graveyard Shift
http://www.leelofland.com/wordpress/
A blog by Lee Lofland, author of Police Procedure and Investigation, A Guide For Writers
Hawaiian Eye
http://metroy.blogspot.com/
A blog for crime stories set in Hawaii
In Cold Blog
http://incoldblog.wordpress.com/
News and Reviews about crime fiction
Indie Crime
http://indiecrime.blogspot.com/
A blog dedicated to reviewing crime novels published by independent presses everywhere.
Investigation Discovery: The Criminal Report Daily
http://blogs.discovery.com/criminal_report/
A true-crime blog written by David Lohr, who is also a senior investigative crime writer for CourtTV's Crime Library.
It’s a Crime
http://itsacrime.typepad.com/
This blog promises to bring you the best of crime and mystery fiction, focusing on British crime writers.
The Knowledgeable Blogger
http://theknowledgeableblogger.blogspot.com/
A blog for lovers of crime fiction created by Dick Adler, who also maintains the blog, Paperback Mysteries, http://paperbackmysteries.blogspot.com/
Malefactor’s Register
http://markgribben.com/
A blog focusing on historical true crime
Marine Mysteries
http://www.paulinerowsonmarinemysteries.blogspot.com/
The blog created by crime writer Pauline Rowson.
Material Witness
http://materialwitness.typepad.com/material_witness/
New, reviews, and interviews
Meritorious Mysteries
http://mysteryheel.blogspot.com/
By reviewer Molly Weston, “an attempt to bring good crime fiction to the attention of others. …an opportunity to share my mystery lecture topics with others. …an offering of mystery happenings”
My Crime Space
http://www.mycrimespace.com/
A blog for true crime and crime news
Mysterious Matters
http://mysteriousmatters.typepad.com/
Mysterious Matters is “designed to educate and entertain both writers and readers of mystery and suspense novels with tips, comments, and the inside story of the mystery publishing business.”
Mysterious Musing
http://www.juliabuckley.blogspot.com/
Author Julia Buckley’s blog
Mystery Books News
http://www.mystery-books.com/
A blog of news from the world of mystery fiction from the folks at Hidden Staircase Mystery Books
Mystery Crime Fiction
http://mysterycrimefiction.suite101.com/blogs.cfm
Mystery news by Sandy Mitchell
Mystery File
http://www.mysteryfile.com/blog/
A blog “Devoted to mystery and detective fiction — the books, the authors, and those who read, collect and make annotated lists of them”
Mystery Writer
http://writemystery.blogspot.com/
Resources for Mystery and Crime Writers
MysterySuspense Blog
http://mysterysuspense.blogspot.com/
How to and resources for mystery and suspense writers
Off the Page
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/features/arts/offthepage/blog/
Oline Cogdill, a journalist for more than 25 years, is the mystery columnist for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Oline was awarded the 1999 Sun-Sentinel's Pettijohn Award and the 1999 Ellen Nehr Award for Excellence in Mystery Reviewing by the American Crime Writers League.
SandraBlabber
http://sandrablabber.blogspot.com/
A blog by author Sandra Ruttan
Sons of Spade
http://sonsofspade.blogspot.com/index.html
Spotlighting the fictional PI
The Graveyard Shift
http://www.leelofland.com/wordpress/
Lee Lofland’s “Guide to all things cops and robbers.” Lee is a veteran police investigator, mystery writer, and author of the Writers Digest Book’s Howdunit series offering, Police Procedure and Investigation.
True Crime Blog
http://truecrimeblog.blogspot.com/
Blogging about true crime by Steve Huff
MYSTERY AUTHOR COLLECTIVES AND OTHER GROUPS
Carnival of the Criminal Minds
http://crimecarnival.wordpress.com/
A “progressive party” of a blog where guest bloggers host the carnival by posting a round-up of blogosphere events and/or has a themed carnival and invites bloggers to write about a specific topic, such as Australian crime fiction.
Cozy Chicks
http://www.cozychicksblog.com/
The online coffee and chat salon of chick-lit/cozy mystery authors Diana Killian, Karen MacInerney, Michele Scott, Maggie Sefton, JB Stanley, Heather Webber, and Kate Collins
Crime Lab Project
http://crimelabproject.blogspot.com/
A place to talk about the Crime Lab Project, forensic science, and news from the CLP News/CLP Morgue with E. J. Wagner, Sandra Ruttan, and Jan Burke
Crime Sistahs
http://www.crimesistahs.blogspot.com/
Crime Sistahs are authors Gammy Singer, Pamela Samuels-Young, Angela Henry, and Patricia Sargeant
Crime Space
http://crimespace.ning.com/
This blog bills itself as “a place for readers and writers of crime fiction to meet.” There are over 850 (to date) authors, with videos, photos, news, articles, and links.
Criminal Brief
http://www.criminalbrief.com/
Features Robert Lopresti, Melodie Johnson Howe, James Lincoln Warren, Leigh Lundin, Steven Steinbock, Deborah Elliott-Upton, and guest contributors
Deadly Divas
http://www.thedeadlydivas.com/
Sharon Short, Denise Swanson, Marcia Talley, Heather Webber
Femmes Fatales
http://www.femmesfatales.typepad.com/
Donna Andrews, Dana Cameron, Charlaine Harris, Julie Wray Herman, Toni L.P. Kelner, Marlys Millhiser, Kris Neri, Mary Saums, Elaine Viets
First Offenders
http://www.firstoffenders.typepad.com/
Lori G. Armstrong, Alison Gaylin, Karen E. Olson, and Jeff Shelby
Good Girls Kill
http://www.good-girls-kill.com/
Tasha Alexander, Laura Bradford, Regina Harvey, Diana Killian, Sara Rosett
Hey Dead Guy
http://heydeadguy.typepad.com/
Jeffrey Cohen, Denise Dietz, Gordon Aalborg, Lynne Patrick, Sharon Wheeler, PJ Nunn, Robin Agnew, Abby Zidle
In For Questioning
http://inforquestioning.blogspot.com/
John McFetridge, Julia Buckley, Sandra Ruttan
Inkspot
http://midnightwriters.blogspot.com/
A collection of authors published by Midnight Ink Books, writing novels ranging from cozy mysteries to suspense thrillers. Authors include Keith Raffel, Jess Lourey, Mark Combes, Karen MacInerney, Deb Baker, Amy Patricia Meade, Joanna Campbell Slan, Bill Cameron, Cricket McRae, Tom Schreck, Julia Buckley, gerald anderson, Chuck Zito, G.M. Malliet, Nina Wright, Joe Moore, Sue Ann Jaffarian, Tim Maleeny, jbstanley, Candy Calvert, Lynn Sholes, Mark Terry, Susan Goodwill, Felicia Donovan.
Jungle Red Writers
http://www.jungleredwriters.com/
Rosemary Harris, Hallie Ephron, Hank Phillipi Ryan, Jan Brogan
Keep Me In Suspense
http://keepmeinsuspense.blogspot.com/
Writing “inspirational suspense and mystery” with Lisa Harris, Jefferson Scott, Cara Putman, Susan Page Davis, Glenn Rambo, Lynette Sowell, Brandt, Wanda Dyson, Beth Goddard, and Candice Speare
Killer Hobbies
http://killerhobbies.blogspot.com/
Joanna Campbell Slan, Deb Baker, Monica Ferris, Linda O. Johnston, Kathryn Lilley, Camille Minichino/Margaret Grace
Killer Year
http://killeryear.wordpress.com/
http://www.killeryear.com/
2007 debut writers Brett Battles, J.T. Ellison, Jason Pinter, Robert Gregory Browne, Bill Cameron, Toni McGee Causey, Sean Chercover, Patry Francis, Marc Lecard, Derek Nikitas, Gregg Olsen, Marcus Sakey, Dave White
Lady Killers
http://www.theladykillers.typepad.com/
Jane Finnis, Lyn Hamilton, Mary Anna Evans, Rhys Bowen, Cara Black
Lipstick Chronicles
http://www.thelipstickchronicles.typepad.com/
Harley Jane Kozak, Nancy Martin, Sarah Strohmeyer, Elaine Viets, Michele Martinez
Little Blog of Murder
http://www.thelittleblogofmurder.com/
Five Ohio mystery authors, Don Bruns, Judy Clemens, C.R. Corwin, Casey Daniels, Jeffrey Marks
Moments in Crime
http://www.momentsincrime.com/
A blog for mystery/crime fiction authors published by St. Martin’s Minotaur
Murder She Writes
http://www.murdershewrites.com
Jennifer Apodaca, Allison Brennan, Natalie R. Collins, Deborah Leblanc, and Karin Tabke
Murder Squad
http://www.murdersquad.co.uk/
John Baker, Ann Cleves, Martin Edwards, Chaz Brenchley, Margaret Murphy, Cath Staincliffe, Stuart Pawson
Murderati
http://www.murderati.typepad.com/
Pari Noskin Taichert, Louise Ure, Ken Bruen, Robert Gregory Browne, J.D. Rhoades, Simon Wood, JT Ellison, Alexandra Sokoloff, Mike MacLean, Naomi Hiraha
Mystery Chicks
http://www.themysterychicks.com/
Ellen Byerrum, Nancy Cohen, Laura Durham, Susan McBride
Mystery/Crime Fiction
http://mysterycrimefiction.suite101.com/
This is actually an aggregate of blogs, articles, and discussions about mystery and crime fiction. Contributors include Sandy Mitchell, Jem Bloomfield, Vickie Britton, Cindy Finnegan, Phillip Northeast, Colin Harvey, Rebecca Conrad, Mike Gerrard, and Christine Nyholm.
Naked Authors
http://www.nakedauthors.com/
Cornelia Read, Jacqueline Winspear, James O. Born, Patricia Smiley, Paul Levine, James Grippando
Outfit Collective
http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/
Sean Chercover, Barbara D'Amato, Michael Allen Dymmoch, Kevin Guilfoile, Libby Hellmann, Sara Paretsky, Marcus Sakey
Poe’s Deadly Daughters
http://www.poesdeadlydaughters.blogspot.com/
Sharon Wildwind, Elizabeth Zelvin, Sandra Parshall, Lonnie Cruse, Julia Buckley
Rap Sheet
http://therapsheet.blogspot.com/
J. Kingston Pierce, Megan Abbott, Dick Adler, Ali Karim, Stephen Miller, Roger Morris, Anthony Rainone, Linda L. Richards, Kevin Burton Smith, David Thayer, Jim Winter
Resort to Murder
http://www.herbertholeman.com/4surveillance.php
Blog for Resort to Murder, sequel to Silence of the Loons, an anthology of mystery stories set in Minnesota, written by Minnesota authors.
Sisters In Crime Blog
http://sisters-in-crime-sinc.blogspot.com/
The blog for the National SinC organization.
Sleuths 2 Die 4
http://sleuths2die4.thewriters.com/
Dolores Johnson, Elizabeth Dearl, Edie Claire, Judy Fitzwater, Leslie O’Kane
Type M for Murder
http://typem4murder.blogspot.com/
Rick Blechta, Charles Benoit, Vicki Delany, Deborah Turrell Atkinson, Donis Casey and Kathleen Delany
Unusual Suspects
http://www.unusualsuspects.co.uk/
Natasha Cooper, Manda Scott, Michelle Spring, Andrew Taylor, Laura Wilson
Women of Mystery
http://www.womenofmystery.net/
Meredith Anthony, Lois Karlin, Catherine Maiorisi, Terrie Farley Moran, Clare Toohey, Laura Kramarsky, Elaine Will Sparber, Nan Higginson
Working Stiffs
http://www.workingstiffs.blogspot.com/
Kristine Coblitz, Joyce Tremel, Mike Crawmer, Nancy Martin, Tory Butterworth, Annette Dashofy, Kathryn Miller Haines, Martha Reed, Pat Hart, Brenda Roger, Gina Sestak, Lisa Curry, Kathie Shoop, Susan Helene Gottfried, Cathy Corn, Brian Mullen
Writers Plot
http://www.writersplot.typepad.com/
Sheila Connolly, Lorraine Bartlett, Doranna Durgin, Jeanne Munn Bracken, Leann Sweeney
MYSTERY GENERAL
Chatterific
http://chatterrific.blogspot.com/
A blog with highlights from the discussion lists DetecToday, Spenser's Sneakers, and CrimeSeen
Crime Zine Report
http://crimezine.blogspot.com/
The latest news from the leading crime fiction ezines on the web, including Blazing Adventures Magazine, Crime Scene Scotland, Hardluck Stories, Heliotrope, Mouth Full of Bullets, Muzzle Flash, Mysterical-E, Nefarious - Tales of Mystery, Powder Burn Flash, Pulp Pusher, Shred of Evidence, Sons of Spade, Spinetingler Magazine, The Outpost, The Thrilling Detective, Thug Lit
Mystery Lovers Corner
http://sonsofspade.blogspot.com/index.html
News, reviews, author updates
LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL
200 Weeks
http://200weeks.police999.com/
A regular British police officer who has spent his entire service ‘in the trenches’ as a front-line officer
Another Constable
http://www.anotherconstable.co.uk/blog/
A blog through the eyes of a “Brand New British Bobby”
Crime, Guns, and Videotape
http://crimefilenews.blogspot.com/
By Paul Hubel, a Licensed Private Detective, Former Chicago policeman, and Investigative vlogcaster
CSI: UIK
http://csiuk.blogspot.com/
Hardworking CSI in the UK (A Civvie no less)
Diary of a Police Officer
http://officergary.blogspot.com/
Anonymous US police officer
Inspector Gadget
http://inspectorgadget.wordpress.com/
Blog by a uniformed Inspector from a County police force in England (before the police, heI soldiered for the Queen)
Los Angeles Police Department
http://lapdblog.typepad.com/
The official blog of the LAPD
The Magistrate’s Blog
http://thelawwestofealingbroadway.blogspot.com/
Musings and Snippets from an anonymous English Magistrate
Police Locker Room
http://policelockerroom.blogspot.com/
A police supervisor on the outskirts of one of the UK's main cities
Policeman’s Blog
http://coppersblog.blogspot.com/
Police Constable David Copperfield, who has also written a book titled Wasting Police Time: The Crazy World of the War on Crime
Random Acts of Reality
http://randomreality.blogware.com/blog/
A Blog based in London, England, written by an E.M.T working for the London Ambulance Service
Thin Blue Line
http://thethinblueline.blogspot.com/
A UK Police Officer Blog
AGENTS/EDITORS/PUBLISHERS/PUBLICITY
Arcaedia
http://arcaedia.livejournal.com/
Jennifer Jackson, literary agent
BookEnds
http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/
From the literary agency, Bookends LLC
Book Publicity News
http://susanschwartzman.blogspot.com/
Book publicist blog
Book Square
http://www.booksquare.com/
“Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism”
Buzz Girl
http://bookpagebuzz.blogspot.com/
The NYC correspondent for BookPage, she mest with the big names in book publicity to find out what's hot in the world of literature.
Dystel and Goderich Literary Management
http://dglm.blogspot.com/
From the literary agency of the same name
Evil Editor
http://www.evileditor.blogspot.com/
Lots of snarky fun from an anonymous editor who critiques queries on the blog
Lit Agent X
http://raleva31.livejournal.com/
Works with Folio Literary Management
Miss Snark
http://misssnark.blogspot.com/
Arguably the most famous of the literary agent blogs, Miss Snark ceased her blog in May 2007, but will keep the archives up with wonderful snarky information on the publishing biz.
Nathan Bransford
http://nathanbransford.blogspot.com/
Literary Agent with the San Francisco office of Curtis Brown Ltd., a New York based agency that has been representing writers since 1914
Pub Rants
http://pubrants.blogspot.com/
Kristen, a literary agent. Provides some good info on agreements and shopping for an agent
Publishing Insider
http://publishinginsider.typepad.com/publishinginsider/
Blog by Carl Lennertz of Harper Collins Publishers
The Rejecter
http://rejecter.blogspot.com/
Assistant at an anonymous literary agency
Write Wow!
http://writewow.blogspot.com/
Writing tips and techniques from the publisher of Swimming Kangaroo Books
BLOGS, GENERAL WRITING & BOOKS
At Last! Writer Beware Blogs
http://accrispin.blogspot.com/
A blog about hunting down scam agents, and information on writing and publishing from authors/scam hunters Victoria Strauss and A.C. Crispin.
Book Slut
http://www.bookslut.com/blog/
News and reviews from the same folks who run the monthly Bookslut web magazine. Both provide a constant supply of news, reviews, commentary, insight, and “more than occasional opinions.”
Galley Cat
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/
Edited by Ron Hogan and Sarah Weinman who try to be “the first word on the book publishing industry” with news on agents, authors, award, book fairs, bookselling, and more
Grumpy Old Book Man
http://grumpyoldbookman.blogspot.com/
Listed by the Guardian in 2005 as one of the top ten literary blogs
Novel Talk
http://www.noveltalk.com/
A blog that bills itself as a community for authors and readers, and includes dozens of author participants. There are contests, chats, an “Ask the Author” section and more
Omnivoracious
http://www.omnivoracious.com/
Omnivoracious is a blog run by the book editors at Amazon.com, who “aim to share our passion for the written word through news, reviews, interviews, and more.”
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