Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Finishing Touches

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 by Sybil Johnson My apologies for missing my last posting date. I was in Seattle for my mother’s 104th(!) birthday. I’m home now and puttin...
Saturday, June 27, 2026

¡Viva la revolución!

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We writers love to do research. Give us the excuse for an arcane detail in our work and we'll devote hours crawling down a rabbit hole. ...
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Thursday, June 18, 2026

Guest Blogger Karen Odden on AN ARTFUL DODGE

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I (Donis) am so happy to host my friend Karen Odden to Type M 4 Murder today. Karen is a wonderful historical mystery author whose latest r...
Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Mysteries with Word Search Puzzles

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 by Sybil Johnson I like mysteries. I like word search puzzles. Until recently I had no idea there are books out there that combine those tw...
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Thursday, June 04, 2026

Guest Blogger Anne Canadeo

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Anne Canadeo I (Donis) am delighted to welcome guest blogger Anne Canadeo to Type M 4 Murder. Anne is the  author of over forty works of fic...
Wednesday, May 27, 2026

What Annoys You About Books and Book Marketing?

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 by Sybil Johnson I'm pretty much a live and let live kind of person. I don't get annoyed easily. (Some people I know might not ag...
Saturday, May 23, 2026

The Imperial Power of the Judicial System

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One of the staples in mysteries, particularly on TV, is the courtroom scene, where the hero lawyer, or detective, is often at first undermin...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Sybil's Malice Domestic Recap 2026

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 by Sybil Johnson My apologies for missing my last posting date. After Malice, the husband and I did a driving trip through parts of Delawar...
Tuesday, May 12, 2026

IF YOU ARE A VISITOR, PLEASE READ

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 The Blog is going thru a refocusing as the originator takes a break and a hack mystery writer (me) takes over - at least for a while. ARE Y...
Tuesday, May 05, 2026

Malice Domestic 38

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By Catherine Dilts Malice Domestic is a fan-focused fiction conference appealing to cozy, amateur sleuth, and traditional mystery readers....
Sunday, April 26, 2026

READERS!! PLEASE COMMENT

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Readers, please comment!  TMFM is pausing and adapting. Please comment on the blog's content, what you didn't like (if that's po...
Saturday, April 25, 2026

Two Decades Ago

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2026 marks the twentieth anniversary of the publication of my debut novel, The Nymphos of Rocky Flats . Its arrival was the culmination of a...
Thursday, April 23, 2026

Better Than Anything I Could Make Up.

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I wrote a ten book historical mystery series set in the 1910s featuring a forty-ish woman named Alafair Tucker, who lives with her husband, ...
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Be True to Yourself

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By Catherine Dilts I’m anxious to start writing a new series. It’s been on my mind for a couple of years now, and darn it, I want to start...

Johnny's Fake Affair

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 By Charlotte Hinger Our occasional Type M Contributer and editor of Roundup, had a terrific column about his dealings with a fake bestselli...