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by Joyce Dunaway @DunawayJoyce I recently attended a conference entitled “Writers’ Police Academy MurderCon”. I learned about footprints, fingerprints, blood evidence, arson, firearms, and the art of interrogation. The purpose of the classes was to teach writers what happens at crime scenes and after a suspect is arrested. As a fiction writer, I have the license to make up things—story plot, characters, settings, and dialogue. So, why does it matter whether I have all the facts correct about police procedures or real towns or cities? Many readers admit they are turned off when they read about places or procedures which… { keep reading }