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The Alphabet and the Art of Cold-Blooded Mystery

A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton When Sue Grafton published A is for Alibi in 1982, she turned the whodunit genre upside down with her style of tough-girl detective…

Gabriel LucateroJune 9, 2025

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The Writer’s Curse

Telling Stories in a World That’s Stopped Reading Writing has never been easy. But writing in the 21st century? That’s just for people who enjoy the pain. It’s like throwing…

Gabriel LucateroJune 1, 2025

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Shut Up and Be Ungrateful

I was standing in line at Ralph’s, half-listening to the guy in front of me complain about the price of eggs. As if inflation personally offended him. He turned to…

Gabriel LucateroMay 26, 2025

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Carrie: A Love Letter to the Rage We’re Forced to Swallow

Let me tell you about the first time I read Carrie. It was raining (because, of course, it was), and I ducked into a crumbling used bookstore that smelled of…

Gabriel LucateroMay 18, 2025

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The Most Important Belief You Can Have

(And Why You’re Probably Getting It Wrong) The most important belief you can have as an indie writer—or as a human fumbling through this bizarre circus called life—is this: You…

Gabriel LucateroMay 15, 2025

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How to Make Your Own Luck

(For Writers Who Don’t Believe in It) Ah, luck. The word that gets tossed around like a hot potato at every writer’s group or book launch party. “She’s just lucky…

Gabriel LucateroMay 10, 2025

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The Alphabet and the Art of Cold-Blooded Mystery

The Writer’s Curse

Shut Up and Be Ungrateful

Carrie: A Love Letter to the Rage We’re Forced to Swallow

The Most Important Belief You Can Have

How to Make Your Own Luck

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