Hi! :-)
Wow. This past week was insane! It started off with really bad migraines, worse-than-normal morning sickness, and extreme tiredness, and ended with me catching the flu, getting really dehydrated from throwing up every half hour to hour, and ending up in the hospital this afternoon to put anti-nausea meds and saline into me through an IV. Phew. Can't wait until I'm better. It hasn't been fun! And the anti-nausea meds make me really, really tired. I'm seriously struggling right now to stay awake.
A note: Last week, Gather wouldn't let me search through recent posts for specific tags. I'm still having the problem today - nothing that has been created recently under my tags is coming up. Hopefully, I'll be able to get in later to find last week's and this week's responses. Thank you so much for your patience.
On to the prompt!
We're focusing on specific fiction genres each week. We've covered:
If you want to write something regarding one of the above genres, click on it, read the prompt, write your post, and link to it in a comment on today's prompt. (I won't find it otherwise, even if you tag it correctly, since I don't monitor the tags after their due date.)
The order in which these genres will be covered:
- Mystery (Today)
- Horror (June 29)
- Science Fiction and Fantasy (July 6)
- Thriller (July 13)
- Crime/Detective, etc. (July 20)
- Inspirational (July 27)
- Humorous (August 3)
- Short Fiction (August 10)
- Westerns (August 17)
If I've missed a genre, see my previous post here regarding how to submit ideas for more genres. Leave a comment on this prompt, letting me know that you've submitted an idea.
Today's Prompt:
Yay for mystery! I can't think about this genre without remembering my love of the many Mary Higgins Clark books, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew. How many of you were shaped by these stories?
Ways in which you may respond to this prompt:
- Post something in the mystery genre you've written
- It can be any section of your work, and that section doesn't necessarily have to be an "example" of mystery, so long as the work in its entirety is considered to be that genre.
- It can be any of the subgenres within the mystery market.
- It can be something you're working on and for which you're needing feedback. (Specify if you want critiques. I recommend the first few paragraphs of your book - those are the ones that usually need the most strengthening.)
- It can be something you've already finished/published/don't want to work on more.
- Don't make it too long (if posts are too long, people are discouraged from reading them and lose interest).
More ways to respond:
- Respond to all (or some) of the questions below, giving short answers
- Respond to one of the questions below, giving a long answer
Questions you could answer as a possible prompt response:
- What is your absolute, all-time favorite mystery book? If you don't remember, what are some of your favorites? Or books that stand out to you?
- Which mysteries have you read lately?
- What are the main characteristics of mystery?
- Who is your favorite author in this genre? Why?
- For those of you who write mystery, when did you decide to write it?
- What was the first mystery book you remember reading?
- What is the most difficult part of writing mystery?
What other questions do you want answered or do you think I should ask? Put them in the comments below, or ask and answer them in your post!
Remember:
You have until Thursday, June 28, 2012 at midnight to write and post, and it can be in any format.
I will read, comment on, and feature your responses a week from today.
* Have your title say FWE or Friday Writing Essential, and have the initials "LFOM" (Let's Focus on Mystery) in it.
* Make sure to post to the Writing Essential Group.
* Put FWE or Friday Writing Essentials and the initials "LFOM" in your tags. (I won't find your post without these tags.)
Have a good week! :-)
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http://kathryneo.gather.com/
or to post the URL:
http://kathryneo.gather.com/
This is just my namespace, but it shows what I mean. If people know how to post a link, they can. if they do not know how, they can just copy the article ID and then paste it here.
That way, you'll have all the submissions, hopefully. Hopefully -- now an AP style-approved word.
~ Sam (Mother of three)
P.S. I've had the same problem with Search.
And I was really worried about the baby. They checked its heart beat and it was doing well. Yay!
Maybe, what do you think? It is New Poem Verses 1 & 2: Beaujolais - mwe
If time permits I will work on a 3rd verse for your prompt.
Oh, poor Andrea, you got it bad and that ain't good. Another couple of days and you will be feeling semi-peachy.
And it was a really hard week. After nearly 12 hours of sleep last night, though, I'm feeling a lot better. Going to take it easy with the food, however. My stomach still isn't sure it's ready for a full meal yet. :-)
I typed Gather Writing Essential in search.
Totally unable to go anywhere on site the regular way........
Anyway. Here's to having a better time at it next week!
It has been a rough weekend for me. My husband got laid off on Thursday night. The trip to the dr on Friday just wore me out and the list goes on and on.
On the bright side, our youngest daughter, her husband and our newest grand-child came home for the night Sat.
Anyway, I am just now doing the Today post up and will do your search in a bit. :)
I went through each of the posts that were submitted since you posted last weeks prompts and I could not find any responses. It must have been a slow week or someone posted without the proper title and tags. That does happen often.
I have seen a couple already posted for this prompt though.
Sounds like you are having a rough pregnancy. Hope you are feeling better soon.
Thanks so very much for everything you do, Connie. I really appreciate it!
I am just stopping by to let you know this post is spotlighted in the
What Is Happening Today On Gather ~ Monday June 25, 2012 post.
I hope you have time to check out the other spotlighted post as well.
Have a wonderful day!
I am so sorry for your loss. Please know you are in our thoughts and prayers.