Sharing an Inspiration with Joyce Carol Oates0 0September 22, 2016Authors, Books, Character, Craft Discussion, Crime Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literary Thriller, Marketplace, Mystery, Novels, Revision, The Writing Life, Voice, Writing Advice, YAWhen I set out to write a novel inspired by the case of Charles Schmid, the “Pied Piper of Tucson,” I knew from the start that I was not the only writer to find a story in this case.
