It seems that there are a few of us who suffer the same discrimination for writing 'on the dark side'. Crime, with all its facets is only one element of writing making up the fascinating genre of thriller writing. But it seems no matter how we search our imaginations to write a thriller without conflict is a contradiction of terms. 

For those of you who may inwardly have battled with the concept that a good girl does not think along the lines of an horrendous murder or brutal kidnap and rape, remember that that for a story to have any sort of interest value at all there has to be conflict(in other words, trouble disturbance strife pain), a bad element so that the good can conquer.

Dare I say it but ' Long Live the Bad Guy'. 

Hi there Brandie sorry that it has taken me this long to get back to your comment. I an a  Christian too. I undestand your problem regarding how others perceive Christian writer. My dear old mum, is forever despairing of me and she tries to encourage me to write 'uplifting things'. 

My family usually see the funny side but there are some members of the family that change the subject when they find out I write murder.

Another thing we have in common is the ability to profile and predict the perpetrator of the crime. I enjoy British crime shows. I do write other genres but find myself continually draw back to the thrill of the chase

Well thank you for not imagining me that way...best to hide in plain sight.

I watch so much violence on TV... All the CSI, every police drama. And people say there is nothing on, I can always find a good murder.

I too am writing a thriller. I also watch a lot of real life murders (husbands killing wives or the other way around). It does keep my husband on his toes. I like it this way...;) But kidding aside, I could never imagine YOU as someone who'd plot murders...

:)

It's good to keep the men in your life a bit frieghtened.. keeps them on their toes.

I remember when my son was 7 or 8 he asked me if I had the chance to be anything I wanted to be what would that be?  I ofcourse qualifed that that meant I wouldn't get caught, Mommy doesn't do prison.   When he confirmed, I told him I would be an hired assassin. 

I never realized how much that conversation had stayed with him until he was about 12.  We were arguing over something and he said, "Never mind, I just want to be able to close my eyes at night."  I was confused and he reminded me what I had said and that he didn't want to make me too angry.  I thought about it and all of a sudden some past disagreements made sense, why he backed down so quickly.  I assured him that he was alway safe, clearly he had missed the part about "HIRED".

I know that my bookcase in my home office has made people leary.   The Book of Posions, Making Crime Pay, etc.