BI&BW
MurdeR on the WriterLy Wreck
Ten writers are invited to beta-test a new writing program aboard the Shelly & Christie Express. A two week all-expense-paid escape aboard the most aesthetically pleasing, writer-friendly, literary-inspired train that money can buy? What could possibly go wrong!
Well... actually, just one thing could, and does, go wrong: Murder.
Armed with the absurd and obscure knowledge that writers have, the remaining nine participants pool their knowledge and skill together to solve the mystery before - like so many of their favorite characters - they're each killed off.
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Two weeks, nine writers, a crew of six, and a dead body.
This is exactly what everyone should have expected.
Story Bio
Who:
Murder on The Writerly Wreck
What:
Satire, comedy, contemporary, *mystery
When:
No idea! Maybe a couple of years?
Where:
First draft!
Why:
I've always loved murder mysteries. And of course, when we love something we make fun of it. Given that I also love satire, this story was a very natural development.
MoTWW is a very different project for me. I've never written a contemporary novel before and I don't really read contemporary, either.
I also haven't used this kind of style, cast, or plot before.
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Despite this, this story is still very much so me. I love the freedom I've had with it - the humor, characters, cameos, easter eggs, setting, and writer+reader culture of it all, are things that I don't usually get to represent in my other projects but thoroughly enjoy nonetheless.
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It's also great fun to pay homage to (and poke fun at) some of my dearly loved books and authors - such as Christie and Doyle.
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Thus far I've been describing MoTWW as my "absolutely unhinged murder comedy" and I think that describes it well, honestly.
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*Astrix because while the characters are trying to solve the mystery, the reader already knows who dunnit.
