Thursday, July 17, 2025

Wonder Girl

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  Original movie poster Did you ever see the movie Wonder Boys, with Michael Douglas? It's one of my favorite movies of all time, and he...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

A Garden Surprise

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 Catherine Dilts Summers in Colorado tend to be go-go-go. We want to fit in all the outdoor adventures that don’t involve snow sports. The...
Monday, July 14, 2025

Mystery Writing and Conspiracy Theories

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 by Thomas Kies Why are so many of us enamored with conspiracy theories? I know that I’m enthralled by one right now.  This business about J...
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Friday, July 11, 2025

A Dark Death: Analysis of a Cozy Mystery

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By Shelley Burbank Happy Friday, Type M Clan!  I hope your July is going swimmingly. Here in Guam we are heading toward rainy season and hav...
Wednesday, July 09, 2025

My Summer Vacation

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 by Sybil Johnson I feel a little like I’m writing one of those grade school essays on “what I did on my summer vacation.” I don’t remember...
Tuesday, July 08, 2025

The Big Bang

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 by Charlotte Hinger And a grand time it was too. The whole Hinger clan met in Beaufort North Carolina for a 4th of July celebration. We hop...
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Monday, July 07, 2025

Wordplay prompts for stories

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 MC here Lecturing about genre writing to students is great fun. They almost always ask, "Where do you get your ideas?" My answer ...
Thursday, July 03, 2025

Independence Day

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original cover  Tomorrow being the 4th of July has caused me to reflect upon all the many, many U.S. Independence Days I have enjoyed in the...
Wednesday, July 02, 2025

Happy Canada Day, summer's here!

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 Happy Canada Day to my fellow Canucks! As Catherine noted yesterday (the actual Canada Day), summer has finally arrived. Up here in Canada,...
Tuesday, July 01, 2025

Apology to Our Readers

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 By Charlotte Hinger   I owe followers of Type M an apology. I was jolted by a comment submitted by one of our most faithful readers. It was...

New Directions

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Catherine Dilts It's finally feeling like summer. With the warmer weather, my attitude toward the writing and publishing life is warming...
Monday, June 30, 2025

Never Hurt a Dog

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 by Thomas Kies My wife has one rule for when I write.  I can kill as many people as I want in any gruesome way my imagination can conjure u...
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Saturday, June 28, 2025

The Night I Cried Because The World Was Going To End

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I was in elementary school during the height of the Cold War. My dad was in the Army Reserves and worked as a chemist at White Sands Missile...
Friday, June 27, 2025

Somewhere Between Love & Pain

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A "Boonie" Rooster in Guam. Hello, Shelley here. As you Type M readers may know, I often complain about technology, social media, ...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Books, Books and More Books!

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 by Sybil Johnson As you might guess, I love books. Always have, always will. I remember looking at a picture book of The Three Little Pigs...