Tag Archives: murder mystery writer

Flesh-Eating Horror

Posted on October 30, 2013 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

Since tomorrow is All Hallows’ Eve, commonly called Halloween, I thought some extra horror was in order. I won’t bore you with what you already know about Halloween: that it’s the eve of All Saints’ Day in many Christian religions … Continue reading →

Posted in About James J. Murray, About Medications/Pharmacy, CRE, Drug Resistant Bacteria, Flesh Eating Bacteria, Halloween Blog, MRSA, Necrotizing Fasciitis, Pharmacy/Pharmaceuticals, Zombie Wannabe | Tagged Deadly Bacteria, fiction writer, Flesh Eating & Halloween, Flesh Eating Bacteria, Flesh Eating Creatures, Flesh Eating Staph A, Flesh Eating Strep A, Ghouls of Nature, Halloween, Halloween Blog, Halloween Stories, Halloween Tradition, Happy Halloween, James J. Murray, medicine, MRSA, Murder Mayhem and Medicine, murder mystery writer, muscle tissue, Necrotizing Fasciitis, new blog, pharmacist writer, Staph A, subcutaneous tissue | 4 Comments

Powdered Glass – An Instrument of Death?

Posted on October 16, 2013 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

Let’s say that you have this particularly nasty villain in your novel and you want to kill him off in some unique way. You have a brilliant idea—crush some glass into fine shards and mix them in food. Your villain will … Continue reading →

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PROLOGUES – To Use or Not To Use!

Posted on September 25, 2013 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

Often I blog about using interesting methods to develop murder plots, and sometimes murder mystery writers use a prologue to set up their story – possibly with an actual murder scene or with a scene that gives valuable information to … Continue reading →

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MOLLY – It’s Not Just a Girl You Used to Know!

Posted on September 11, 2013 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

The experience starts with a slightly bitter taste as it passes over the tongue. In a matter of minutes, a feeling of euphoria washes over you like waves. Soon a prolonged high kicks in (said to be like a long-term adrenaline … Continue reading →

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Murder – The True Definition

Posted on August 21, 2013 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

The criminal act known as MURDER is defined in a number of ways, but in most references the definition is distilled to the following words: an unlawful killing with malice. The words unlawful and malice give the term its defining … Continue reading →

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Foods Can Kill

Posted on July 10, 2013 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

I often write about poisons and toxins that kill. After all, I write about murder and what better way to kill someone than with a substance that’s lethal but not so easy to detect. Such scenes make for good fiction … Continue reading →

Posted in About James J. Murray, About Medications/Pharmacy, Anaphylaxis, Children and Food Allergies, Common Food Allergies, Food Allergies on the Rise, Foods That Kill, Lethal Food Allergies, Peanut Allergies, Pharmacy/Pharmaceuticals, Severe Food Allergies | Tagged Allergic Food Reactions, Americans With Food Allergies, Anaphylaxis 101, Children With Food Allergies, Children With Severe Food Allergic Reactions, crime fiction writer, Drug Poinsoning and Children, FARE, fiction writer, Focus of FARE, Food Allergies and the Emergency Room, Food Allergy Research and Education, Foods That Cause Allergies, James J. Murray, Killer Foods, Murder Mayhem and Medicine, murder mystery writer, murders without evidence, new blog, pharmacist writer, Reasons for Increased Food Allergies, Symptoms of Anaphylaxis, Treating Food Allergies, Treating Peanut Allergies, Treatment Options for Food Allergies, writing pharmacist | 4 Comments

A World of Possibility!

Posted on July 5, 2013 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

Available for immediate **FREE** download: A World of Possibility: A Collection of Twenty-Six Short Stories by the Authors of ASMSG (the international Authors’ Social Media Support Group). An eclectic offering of short stories ranging from humorous inspirations to the dark … Continue reading →

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Mysteries vs Thrillers

Posted on June 26, 2013 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

A few years ago, mysteries were the hot genre. It seemed as if everyone was reading a mystery novel. The thrill of guessing, “Who done it!” was the excitement that kept me, and many others, reading book after book. More … Continue reading →

Posted in About James J. Murray, About Writing, All About Writing, Blogging, Difference Between Mysteries and Thrillers, Mysteries and Thrillers Compared, Mysteries Vs Thrillers, Role of Suspense in Mysteries, Role of Suspense in Thrillers | Tagged a believable lie, Antagonist Development, crime fiction writer, Differences between mysteries and thrillers, fiction writing, James J. Murray, Murder Mayhem and Medicine, murder mystery writer, murder writer, Mysteries vs Thrillers, mystery writing, new blog, Protagonist Development, Protagonist vs Antagonist in Mysteries, Protagonist vs Antagonist in Thrillers, Suspense in Mysteries Novels, Suspense in Thriller Novels, Suspense Novels, The Role of Antagonist in Genres, The Role of Suspense in Genre Writing, thriller writing | 3 Comments

DEADLY FUNGAL INFECTIONS—A Potential Epidemic!

Posted on June 19, 2013 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

I’ve written blogs about deadly bacteria and viruses in the past, and those are the organisms most often responsible for deadly outbreaks. BUT, currently there’s an equally deadly disease spreading across North America. In fact, US and Canadian healthcare agencies … Continue reading →

Posted in About James J. Murray, About Medications/Pharmacy, Cryptococcosis, Cryptococcus Infection Outbreak, Deadly Cryptococcus Infections, Deadly Fungal Attacks, Fungal Attacks, Fungal Infection Epidemic, Fungal Infection Outbreak, Fungal Infection Pandemic, Superbug Epidemic, Superbugs | Tagged C. gatti Outbreak, C. neoformans Outbreak, Canadian Cryptococcal Outbreak, crime fiction writer, Cryptococcal Outbreak in the US, Cryptococcus as a Biological Agent, Deadly Cryptococcosis, Deadly Cryptococcus Infections, Deadly Disease Spreading, Deadly Fungal Infections, Deadly Fungus, Deadly Spread of Fungal Outbreak, Fatal Cryptococcal Infections in Canada, Fatal Cryptococcal Infections in the US, fiction writer, Fungal Outbreak, James J. Murray, Murder Mayhem and Medicine, murder mystery writer, pharmacist to writer, pharmacist writer, Treating Cryptococcosis | 5 Comments

The Role of Nutrition in Neuroscience

Posted on June 12, 2013 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

If you’ve have been reading my blogs for the last year, you may have noticed that I’m fascinated with neuroscience—the multi-disciplinary study of the structure, development, function and pathology of the brain and nervous system. Since I often write about … Continue reading →

Tag Archives: murder mystery writer

Flesh-Eating Horror

Powdered Glass – An Instrument of Death?

PROLOGUES – To Use or Not To Use!

Foods Can Kill

Mysteries vs Thrillers

DEADLY FUNGAL INFECTIONS—A Potential Epidemic!

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