{"id":1082,"date":"2025-10-30T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T19:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbnovels.com\/?p=1082"},"modified":"2025-10-30T14:58:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T20:58:32","slug":"i-write-about-murder-but-i-swear-im-nice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbnovels.com\/es\/2025\/10\/30\/i-write-about-murder-but-i-swear-im-nice\/","title":{"rendered":"I write about murder but I swear I’m nice!"},"content":{"rendered":"
1 – 2 minutos<\/div>\n\n\n

First things first: please don’t call the cops. Yes, I write about death. A lot. Like, a concerning amount if you were to glance at my drafts folder. But before you start side-eyeing me at family gatherings or Googling “warning signs my friend is a serial killer,” let me clarify that I’m actually very nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I rescue spiders. I hold the door open for strangers. I even say bless you!<\/em> when people sneeze. And I smile. See? Totally normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why murder, though?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Honestly? Because it’s fascinating. Murder is the ultimate taboo… society’s collective we-don’t-talk-about-that<\/em> subject. And as soon as someone tells me no<\/em> to talk about something, guess what? I’m writing 400 pages about it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exploring death and violence in fiction isn’t about glorifying it, let me be very clear; it’s about asking the uncomfortable questions. Why do we do it? What does it reveal about us? How does it reshape the people left behind?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fictional violence, real humanity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Some people journal. Some people go to therapy. I make up elaborate fictional murders. Writing lets me put human fears, grief, and trauma under a microscope… and occasionally throw in a dramatic plot twist. Call it my version of ‘processing.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murder in my books isn’t about the act itself. It’s about what happens around it: the silence, the chaos, the way people crack open when confronted with mortality. Death is the lens I use to magnify the living.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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So, am I nice?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I like puppies. I give book recommendations. I’ve never even stolen a pen (okay, once). Writing about murder doesn’t make me dangerous, I think it makes me curious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if anything, you should feel safer around me. I get all my murderous impulses out on the page.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u2014 Montse<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A cheeky, candid piece in which the author explains her obsession with murder in fiction: not as celebration, but as a blunt tool to probe grief, fear, and what people become when faced with death. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":134972872,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20562775,782781792],"tags":[7223,7758714,178,1747,8053601,3330,349],"class_list":["post-1082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-heart-of-the-story","category-writing-beyond-comfort","tag-author","tag-bookish-thoughts","tag-books","tag-fiction","tag-indie-author","tag-publishing","tag-writing"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfZGWd-hs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":774,"url":"https:\/\/mbnovels.com\/es\/2025\/07\/24\/can-a-murder-be-poetic\/","url_meta":{"origin":1082,"position":0},"title":"Can a murder be poetic?","author":"Montse \"M.B\" Benavides","date":"julio 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"In my books, no one dies for fun. 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