Song mood: Mysterious Ways by U2. Currently I’m listening to The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan. I’ve listened to a couple of novellas that she wrote where her detective Cormac Reilly briefly shows up in and liked them. This is the first book with her star detective. Between McTiernan and Trevor on who writes better suspense, I would say hands down McTiernan. A person who writes mysteries as a genre follow a set of conventions so that the reader isn’t in a state of confusion. One great example is putting dates before each section or series of sections. Literary writers don’t follow conventions and the confusion at times come from the writing. Where I say, let the characters mislead the reader not the writing itself. I am enjoying The Ruin . It’s nice to get back to a solid mystery. I continue to walk at the lake. Although, it’s a modified path where I get around 2.5 miles instead 4 miles. I still need to figure out what to do for exercise in the winter. I want to get a rowing m
Michael earned his Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing and British Literature from the University of Nebraska Omaha. He also writes fantasy stories and freelance articles for food magazines. He is a member of the Nebraska Writer's Workshop and the Nebraska Writer's Guild.
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