Tag: homeless sleuth

Gestalt Mystery Writing

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on September 14, 2019. Posted in General, HOMELESSNESS, Writing. 2 Comments

I wrote the first Coot Long mystery in between double hip replacements. My left hip was replaced in January of 2015. As I recovered (once I got to the point I could focus), I lay in bed flat on my back so the new hip wouldn’t wrench out of the socket, and I read mysteries. Before I went under the knife, I’d solicited mystery...

And It’s Off!

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on August 13, 2019. Posted in General, HOMELESSNESS. 4 Comments

I just sent the revised HARBORING EVIL manuscript to my agent. She had some great suggestions for improving the plot, which sounded simple when she described them, which didn’t turn out to be simple at all. But I feel the story is more mature, the characters more memorable. We shall see if she agrees. HARBORING EVIL is a traditional mystery....