Mel  Taylor

The announcement came a few days ago. My book, Pearls is now a semi-finalist in the Kindle Book Awards contest. Just getting to this...

I just returned from Key West, where I attended the Key West Mystery Writers fest. I had a great time. I was asked to be on the panel on...

In high school, I remember the reading assignments. Great books with long chapters. Time has sped up what we do today. The USA Today came...

A mystery reader expects to be surprised. A surprise, or plot twist is part of the enjoyment of reading a good mystery or thriller....

Yes, I am talking about dialogue. You can't have a story without spoken words. And yes, there is a lot of action in books, however, you...

More than anything, a writer wants to get the attention of the reader in the very first few pages. The first chapter. In those early...

I went back and took a long hard look at the resolutions I made exactly one year ago, going into 2015, to see how I did. Apparently, not...

I had the great pleasure to be in the Mystery Writers of America booth at the recent Miami Book Fair. Quite a day. I met and spoke with...

If you've never been to the Miami Book Fair, please mark it down and plan to attend this year. Not just because I will be there but...

I came up with the idea for Pearls about four years ago. The book took about a year to write and I comletely enjoyed every second of...