Writing Mystery in the Wide Open West

Categories: Craft | Genre | Mystery | Westerns | Writing

The American West offers rich history, wide open landscapes, and social tension ripe for mystery. Learn how writers research place and period, build believable worlds, and create strong female protagonists within the limits of historical reality.

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