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The Time has Come

by Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73

youghBy george, I think I’ve got it.

If you’ve been following me on Facebook or Twitter, you know that I’ve had random, episodic scenes coming to me for, oh, the last month or so. The story has, I think, finally come to together.

It is time to move Jim Duncan and Sally Castle from the world of short fiction to the novel. My main project for October will be plotting and writing the synopsis/summary for the first Laurel Highlands Mysteries novel, tentatively titled Every Other Monday is Murder. Continue reading “The Time has Come”

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Being a Stereotype Doesn’t Make it Untrue

by Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73

One of the reviews for Power Play: Hero’s Sword Vol. 1 mentioned that the conflict between the main character, Jaycee, and the “popular” cheerleaders was a bit stereotypical. When I read that, I kind of stepped back. Was I stereotyping? Maybe. Perhaps I was relying on my own memories of middle school a little too much. Maybe it’s become sort of an overused trope of writing. Continue reading “Being a Stereotype Doesn’t Make it Untrue”