One was about a young female bank executive who was murdered. Her family was still so upset, I stopped writing the book. Another book I didn't finish was about two roving serial killers. The details of their murders were so bad I didn't want the families to know, so I gave it up. It seems to me I may bring something to the field of crime writing that men do not.
Women are often much better at understanding emotions, and wanting to understand emotions.
When you're a mother, you have that many more feelings about what causes children to grow up in certain ways. You Take , the story of a mother of quadruplets who was murdered in Florida. I write every day from 10 AM to 7 PM after walking 2-3 miles. I spend 4-5 solid months on research before I even begin writing. I write seven days a week, but I'm hoping to start taking weekends off.