Mark Bruce, Writer.
Creator of the Minerva James Mysteries
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The Universe Answers
My last whiny blog was about how the mean ol’ universe was oppressing me like that peasant in Monty Python’s Holy Grail. Something about how depressed I was and it was all someone else’s fault because they wouldn’t publish my novel. Wah. As if to bring me up short, the Universe sent me an answer…
Confession
I am a Catholic through and through. And every good Catholic knows that confession is good for the soul. If not the career. I confess that I have not written anything of substance since Nov 30. At that time I was working on a novel (I didn’t get to 50,000 words this year) but the…
Arsenic and Adobo
One of the things about the Mystery genre I have always liked is that it’s a big tent. Long before other literary forms began looking for “underrepresented voices,” the mystery genre was welcoming to anyone who could write a good book. Women have always been welcome as mystery writers, no bias here. People of color…
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Mark Bruce, Writer 