Archive - Doing the Time, Writing the Crime

Theakston Crime Writing Festival 2025

Taking My Writing Game to the UK

Aug 4 •

Christal Roberts

June 2025

I Have An Agent!

And how doubts almost ruined that milestone.

Jun 25 •

Christal Roberts

March 2025

Casting a Wide Query Net

Or how not to live and die by the agent wish list

Mar 26 •

Christal Roberts

MWA-NY Podcast Interview

A conversation with Mark McNease of Mystery Writers of America New York

Mar 10 •

Christal Roberts

February 2025

Mixing up the Great Character Recipe

The flour, sugar and butter of a manuscript

Feb 18 •

Christal Roberts

January 2025

December 2024

Swinging High and Low in 2024

Some writing highs, some personal lows

Dec 30, 2024 •

Christal Roberts

Cranberry Orange Christmas Cookies

A holiday cookie palate cleanser

Dec 21, 2024 •

Christal Roberts

Finding Crime in a Wimbledon Bookstore

Part of my London tennis adventure

Dec 20, 2024

"Stepping Aside" in the Query Trenches

How agents reject you with a tricky turn of phrase

Dec 18, 2024 •

Christal Roberts

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