Showing posts with label Amanda Doucette. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amanda Doucette. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 08, 2022

Inspector Green or Amanda Doucette

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I am facing a dilemma. My current contract with Dundurn will soon be fulfilled, with Wreck Bay in its final edits and scheduled for winter ...
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Wednesday, February 02, 2022

What's in a backstory?

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 What interesting posts we've had on Type M recently! A theme has emerged about the development of character in mysteries, especially th...
Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Going to the wild side

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 Barbara here, at last. Although I'm not sure anyone missed me, I have been AWOL from this blog for the past month and only remembered t...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Untangling a plot

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It's Tuesday evening and I'm sitting on my dock in my Muskoka chair with a glass of wine, trying to write this blog. The scene is id...
Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Cover Design

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Covers sell books. Well, not by themselves, but covers are the "curb appeal" of books. They are what first catches the eye and ma...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

On switching hats, or boats in mid-stream

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Today I'm tempted to take Rick's approach from yesterday. See ya later, all! I'm off to the beach. But before I go to the ...
Wednesday, January 23, 2019

For the sake of art

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My current novel in progress has plunged me deep into unfamiliar territory. Literally. The prairies and badlands of Southern Alberta. I'...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Inspector Green's killer latkes

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This month's theme on Type M is food recipes as they figure in our books. Thanks, Rick, for this idea! I actually like the idea of havi...
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Wednesday, August 08, 2018

In pursuit of the perfect title

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Barbara here. It's the August long weekend, and it's hot, sunny, and gloriously lazy. I am sitting on my dock by the lake, far from...
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Wednesday, June 13, 2018

The embrace of summer days

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The release date of my next Amanda Doucette mystery, PRISONERS OF HOPE, is October 2, 2018. As the date nears, the promotional machine is r...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

A tale of two stories

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Vicki's post about the importance of getting the setting correct got me thinking. I have always been a big believer in walking in the f...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Forks and roundabouts; navigating multiple series

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At the beginning of this new year, fresh and cold and full of possibilities, I find myself standing at a fork in the road. What choice to ma...
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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Have book, will travel

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Barbara here. Work vacations are some of the great perks of being a writer. In a recent post I talked about my obsession with authenticity ...
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Wednesday, May 31, 2017

The non-professional hero

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Barbara here. The first review of my upcoming novel, THE TRICKSTER'S LULLABY, landed in my email inbox this morning, courtesy of my pub...
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Wednesday, February 08, 2017

Confronting that vast empty space

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Hah! It worked. Barbara here, and actually on time for my Wednesday Type M blog post. Two weeks ago I posted that I was always forgetting be...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

The inspiration of setting

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Barbara here. Aline's post about how spectacular settings inspire an author's imagination is very timely. I am in the very initial s...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Characters and plot in search of setting

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Barbara here.Today I want to continue the fascinating topic of muses that was raised in Aline's and Rick's two previous posts. Aline...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

On the wing

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Barbara here. In exactly two weeks I will be in the air, winging my way to Phoenix to participate in Left Coast Crime , a conference for all...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

The dreaded middle

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Barbara here. So we are two weeks into the new year, or more specifically, two weeks past the overindulgence of December. Overwhelmed by a f...
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