Links
Gigi's Links
WRITING: Gigi blogs about writing and life with the Pens Fatales.
PHOTOGRAPHY & MYSTERY: Gigi's Gargoyle Girl blog features her gothic photography and mysterious musings.
DESIGN: To see Gigi's graphic design work, check out g2graphicdesign.com.
And yes, it's true, Gigi is now on Twitter
For Mystery Lovers
Elizabeth Peters is the author who inspired Gigi to become a mystery writer. Check out the Amelia Peabody mysteries if you like historical mysteries with an Egyptian flare, and the Vicky Bliss series if a headstrong American professor heroine in Europe is more your cup of tea. Librarian Jacqueline Kirby is pretty damn cool as well.
Master of locked-room mysteries from the Golden Age of mystery John Dickson Carr
Brilliant BBC TV show Jonathan Creek
For Writers
Inspiration
Nathan Bransford's Ten Commandments for the Happy Writer
Great Mystery Writing Organizations
Sisters in Crime Northern California Chapter. For those of you who are local, this is the chapter for which Gigi serves on the board as the newsletter editor and designer.
For aspiring writers who are ready to query agents with a completed manuscript, here are a few sites Gigi read to learn to write a query letter:
Literary Agent Nathan Bransford, for an entertaining general overview.
Query Shark, when you're ready to see the brutal truth.
Questions to ask before signing with an agent, from the Bookends Literary Agency blog.