God’s Garbage Men, A Trust Betrayed, and Hominy Grits
By Lisa Turner
September 27, 2016I’ve heard it said that writers are God’s garbage men. We pick up people’s cast off details and deeds—some inspiring, some appalling—and use them to create our stories. For mystery writers, the newspaper is also a rich place to rummage through. Southern crime writer Ace Atkins commented, “I don’t have to make up plots. I…
