by Gail Lowe
“How to Commit the Perfect Murder was an old game in heaven. I always chose the icicle: the weapon melts away.”
– Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
I’m figuring out how to commit murder.
The method and weapon still elude me although I have decided on the location and time of day. Disposal of the body is still a problem. I researched for hours only to discover I had to narrow down my options. Sometimes there’s just way too much information on the Internet.
Does anyone monitor my Internet usage? I have a chapter ready to show the police when they knock on my door. Will they even knock?
Sci-fi fantasy purged from a black heart – Gail Lowe
I must have a black heart for the terrible things I put my protagonist through. But since comedy doesn’t seem to flow onto the page, I settle for drama and find myself smiling when I get it right.
Danger is just so interesting, and making people look over their shoulders is a sign of success
“She had always found villains more exciting than heroes. They had ambition, passion. They made the stories happen.” – Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil
I write my villains late at night. When everyone has gone to bed and the hallways have shadows. A good villain makes the story. A great villain gives me goosebumps. I know when I’m turning on the lights and checking all the doors that I’m getting close.
You would never know it looking at me — that I commanded a Condor to rip the scalp off a man’s head.
But really, he had it coming so it didn’t bother me at all.
Hopefully we share a love of writing, reading, and my favourite: Day-dreaming. I get carried away daily, in whatever direction my mood is facing.
