you may remember that the detection club was a group of English mystery writers during the Golden Age of mysteries who met for dinners and fellowship. Among the members of the club were Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. From time to time some members of the group produced mysteries in which different members wrote each chapter of a single mystery. The result was always instructive, even if the finished product was uneven and less satisfying than novels written by each member.
Starting on 11/28 WWK presents original short stories by some of our authors. Here's our lineup:
11/28 Debra H. Goldstein, "Thanksgiving in Moderation"
12/5 Annette Dashofy, "Las Posadas--A New Mexico Christmas"
12/12 Warren Bull, "The Thanksgiving War"
12/19 KM Rockwood, "The Gift of Peace"
12/26 Paula Gail Benson, "The Lost Week of the Year"
If you are interested in blogging or want to promote your book, please contact E. B. Davis at writerswhokill@gmail.com.
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Congratulations to our writers for the following publications:
Don't miss Shari Randall's "The Queen of Christmas" available on at Amazon. Shari's holiday story for WWK was too long so she published it for our enjoyment. It's available for 99 cents or on Kindle Unlimited for free!
KM Rockwood's "The Society" and "To Die A Free Man; the Story of Joseph Bowers" are included in the BOULD Awards Anthology, which was released on November 19. KM won second place with a cash prize for "The Society." Congratulations, KM! Kaye George's "Meeting on the Funicular" is also in this anthology, which can be bought for 99 cents on Kindle until November 30.
Paula Gail Benson's story "Wisest, Swiftest, Kindest" appears in Love in the Lowcountry an anthology by the Lowcountry Romance Writers available 11/5 in e-book and print format on Amazon. The anthology includes fourteen stories all based in Charleston, South Carolina.
Kaye George's "Grist for the Mill" was published in A Murder of Crows anthology, edited by Sandra Murphy on October 9th.
Warren Bull's Abraham Lincoln: Seldom Told Stories was released. It is available at: GoRead: https://www.goread.com/book/abraham-lincoln-seldom-told-stories or at Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/ydaklx8p
Grace Topping's mystery, Staging is Murder was released April 30. It is now also available in audio.
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Friday, February 12, 2016
The Floating Admiral by Detection Club members Reviewed by Warren Bull
you may remember that the detection club was a group of English mystery writers during the Golden Age of mysteries who met for dinners and fellowship. Among the members of the club were Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. From time to time some members of the group produced mysteries in which different members wrote each chapter of a single mystery. The result was always instructive, even if the finished product was uneven and less satisfying than novels written by each member.
6 comments:
I too enjoyed that book, and for many of the same reasons. It was instructive, and demonstrated the degree of discipline the writers of especially the later chapters brought to their efforts to continue the story as they received it.
Fascinating. This book is going on my to-read list.
I was in a group that did this last year. It was hilarious, each author making the plot more outrageous than the last. Until close to the end, when I wrote a chapter trying to make sense of all the plot threads before the grand reveal and conclusion.
Sounds like a lot of fun! This book is definitely going on my TBR.
An interesting project. I'm not sure I could manage to make my chapter "fit in," but it would be fun to give it a try.
Warren, would you consider organizing such project?
I think it would be rather fun. There was a group of writers who did that some years ago. I
think one of them was Dave Berry and another Barbara Kingsolver. I don't remember the others or even if I read the book or only heard about it. Maybe I'll have to read the book you reviewed if I find the time.
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