Every once in a while I get asked to speak at writer’s conferences, and when I do, I invariably get asked (after the two thousand demands for the phone number of my agent) how somebody goes about writing a detective novel. The thing is, I don’t know how “somebody” does that. I only know how…

Hello. This is the very first post on this blog. Sorry I couldn’t think of a more imaginative title for it, but considering how much procrastinating I’ve been doing getting this started, it’s not bad. A few things about what you’re going to find here. 1) My name is Jane Haddam, and I write detective…