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mainer

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5. No, I mean ACTUALLY get away with it. In real life.

Reply to hermetic (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 11, 2018, 05:28 PM

Feb 2018

In fiction, the killer's always caught so the readers are satisfied.

At one writer's conference, I gave a talk about "how to get away with murder," but I only gave that talk once because my husband told me I could get in trouble if anyone ever took my advice.

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Living with a writer [View all] hermetic Jan 2018 OP

Reasons to not keep a writer in the home. mainer Feb 2018 #1

Also true hermetic Feb 2018 #2

One more reason mainer Feb 2018 #3

I dunno hermetic Feb 2018 #4

No, I mean ACTUALLY get away with it. In real life. mainer Feb 2018 #5

Cool! hermetic Feb 2018 #6

Yes, multi-published mainer Feb 2018 #7