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Dark tales

Memories of Murder: Part Three

Memories of Murder: Part Three By JL COPELAND This is the third part of a three-part series on the two murder cases I worked

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Memories of Murder: Part Two

Memories of Murder: Part Two By JL COPELAND The year is 2026, and in a university class, somewhere in Seoul, a professor is speaking:

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Dark tales

Memories of Murder: Part One

Memories of Murder: Part One By JL COPELAND I Did Promise You Murder… When I launched this site, I may have hinted at

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Life n' shit

What Qualifies as Horror?

What Qualifies as Horror? By JL Copeland Horrific experiences: Mad axe men, hideous creatures sucking you down the plughole, a 2-hour photo slideshow of

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Writing

Momentum and the Truth About Finishing a Novel (5 Pieces of Advice for Writers: Part 4)

Momentum and The Brutal Truth About Finishing a Novel By JL Copeland What’s the most important thing you need to finish a

An anxious-looking woman seems walled in by piles of books in all kinds of different genres, including horror, mystery, Western, Science fiction, Grimdark, thriller and apocalyptic,

Writing

Forget About Genre: Write What You Want to Write (5 Pieces of Advice for Writers: Part 3)

Forget about Genre: Write What You Want to Write By JL Copeland This is the second in my five-part series of my

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Writing

Ideas Trump the Quality of Writing (5 Pieces of Advice for Writers: Part 2)

Ideas Trump the Quality of Writing By JL Copeland Can I write a book if I’m bad at writing? Ideas trump the

Writing

Everyone Has a Different Start Line (5 Pieces of Advice for Writers: Part 1)

Everyone Has a Different Start Line By JL Copeland Everyone has a different start line. This is the first piece of advice

Life n' shit

The Day Princess Diana Confided in Yours Truly

The Day Princess Di Confided in Yours Truly By JL Copeland Featuring fresh-faced 10-year-old JL’s delightful meeting with the Princess of Hearts and my

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Life n' shit

How to Craft the Great Celebrity Anecdote: A Beginner’s Guide

How to Craft the Great Celebrity Anecdote: A Beginner’s Guide By JL Copeland Featuring the time Princess Diana confided in me, the day Gandalf