Comments on: Writer or Psychopath? Top Reasons Authors are Commonly Mistaken for Serial Killers

By: Belinda

Belinda — Tue, 12 May 2020 11:39:13 +0000

Oh this just made my day, as an aspiring writer who is both studying a form of engineering, with my (hopefully) soon to be significant other also studying engineering. The amount of conversations I’ve had about murder, disposing bodies etc. Not just with him but also with my mildly psychotic friends just makes me laugh… I mean, one of the best feelings is reading your own book whilst you are so in love with your own character and get to the part where you killed them and then be like ‘yeah, he deserved that, he was a complete and utter ass***’ such wonderful memories (swipes away a stray tear)…

By: Lyn Churchyard

Lyn Churchyard — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 21:32:07 +0000

Research is heaps of fun…until you keep getting email responses saying, “I’m sorry, but that information is classified.” or “Due to security reasons, that information is not currently available.”
I’m not married to an engineer (or anyone else), but my son-in-law studied chemistry and his brother studied engineering – does that count?
T.O.D. is fine to chuck around casually, until someone wants to know why you’re interested in the Turk Ortodonti Dernegi. So you just smile knowingly, give the zip your lip signal and then rush home to Google it only to discover it means, Turkish Association of Orthodontics. But, you immediately have an exciting idea for a spy thriller involving orthodontists, nano-technology and disintegrating foreign diplomats…

By: Robert Kirkendall

Robert Kirkendall — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 00:26:59 +0000

I had a head start on #4 because my dad was a policeman and my older brother was in the California Highway Patrol. Listening to their on-the-job stories gave me a lot of insight into law enforcement over the years, which I can use as material for future writing projects.

By: Amy Caudill

Amy Caudill — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 21:32:30 +0000

So funny, but I can see myself in so many of these…hmmm.

By: Lynn Kelley

Lynn Kelley — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 00:40:30 +0000

Hahahahahahaha! Lots of fun stuff in here. I’ve missed the exit a million times from getting lost in plotting. Now that they’re going to tax each gallon of gas an extra 19 cents starting next month (in California – I’ll stop there), I need to pay more attention to the exit signs. 🙂

By: Kat Kent

Kat Kent — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 05:03:03 +0000

My writing teacher is feeling empathy for my antogonist. She hopes there exists some sort of redemption for him down the road so he can cross back over to the good side. Sort of like Darth Vader before he dies?? Uh, no. My antagonist is charismatic, even charming and its a fine line to make sure I write him to stay the antagonist. Gonna have to dig up more dirt on him which is actually more fun to write than digging up more ‘nice’. Nice is boring. Right. Great post.

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Stolen Thoughts (because its funny and true) – TheWriteDave.com — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 05:09:51 +0000

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By: Jean Lamb

Jean Lamb — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 05:05:34 +0000

Of course we’re married to engineers (though in my case, a chemistry teacher). It makes life easier to have someone around who already knows just how many foot-pounds of force it takes to crush someone’s head, or in my case, how you can ‘accidentally’ let nitric acid into the atmosphere and somehow cut the line to the hood fan and blame it on faulty maintenance.

(wanders off, hoping nobody legally-minded is reading this…).

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By: Erin Moira O'Hara

Erin Moira O'Hara — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 00:21:45 +0000

I loved this blog, Kristen. I’ve been in a cafe with a couple of (writing) friends and we were debating the best way to kill of (a character). Suddenly, we noticed the table of people beside us had gone extremely quiet. Their coffees were cooling rapidly as they tried very hard not to look at us, but listen to every word. We ended in fits of laughter and had to say. “It’s okay, we’re plotting a murder, but we’re writers.” Maybe we didn’t quite word it properly. They left in a hurry.