Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Donning another hat

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Me in 1973,  just out university and dreaming of stardom! As I’m sure longtime readers of Type M are no doubt acutely aware, my original...
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Monday, January 19, 2015

Switching Gears

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I once tried writing a very dark crime novel. My original premise had been about these two tough cops in B.C., a young woman and an older m...
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Saturday, January 17, 2015

When the dream becomes a reality

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This weekend's guest blogger is my very good friend and fellow Ottawa writer R.J. (Robin) Harlick, whose gritty, thought-provoking Meg H...
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Friday, January 16, 2015

The Power of Trust

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I think I've mentioned here that a couple of months ago I adopted a cat, now named to Harry. In this photo, Harry — eight year old Maine...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

An Ugly World

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Donis here. Men are outside painting my house. All the windows are covered in opaque plastic and I can't see what's going on. Is it ...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

A women's lot

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Barbara here. We have a bit of a gender war going on here on Type M, and it's great fun. I am going to weigh in on Bechdel quickly befor...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

The Bechdel Test: a differing viewpoint

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I read Vicki’s post last week with a lot of interest because it makes some important points. I read Violette’s guest post this weekend wit...
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Monday, January 12, 2015

The Print Revival

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It seems to me a good omen for the new year.  Waterstones, which is the last remaining proper bookshop chain in Britain, has announced that ...
Saturday, January 10, 2015

Violette Malan: This Will Be On The Test

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Today's guest author is my good friend and fabulous fantasy author Violette Malan. Violette and I were talking recently about the Hobbit...
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Friday, January 09, 2015

Precious Possession

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Our family gives an extraordinary number of books for Christmas. During one lazy Christmas vacation day a couple of weeks ago, we discuss...
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Thursday, January 08, 2015

Point-of-View

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I’m knee-deep in my 2016 Peyton Cote novel, tentatively titled  Destiny’s Pawn , and the process has me thinking a lot about point-of-view ...
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Wednesday, January 07, 2015

Books That Last

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Happy New Year! Hope everyone had a good holiday, that you’re rested and refreshed and raring to go for 2015! For Christmas, I was at my m...
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Tuesday, January 06, 2015

The season of hope

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As I’ve wished people a happy and prosperous new year, I’ve gotten back comments more than once on how bad 2014 was, not just for world, b...
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Monday, January 05, 2015

The Bechdel Test

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First, Happy New Year to all. I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and are ready for an exciting, prosperous 2015. This is a reprint...
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Friday, January 02, 2015

The Archives of My Past

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It's the second day of the new year, and by rights I should be writing about my resolutions. But this year I didn't make any, This y...
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Thursday, January 01, 2015

The Year of Material Satisfaction

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Happy New Year, Dear Readers. Donis here, and it is my privilege to be the first Type M poster of the new year, even though I am, if no...
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Monday, December 01, 2014

Phyllis Dorothy James – In Memoriam

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The crime-writing community was plunged into sadness this week, along with her millions of readers across the world, when PD James passed aw...
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Monday, November 10, 2014

The Art of the Cozy Mystery

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By Vicki Delany Did someone mention cozies? I do believe Sybil did. I’d like to take that opening to introduce a new cozy wr...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

The Adventure Begins

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Life is a series of adventures, some of them more exciting than others. At least, that’s how I like to look at it. Today marks the beginning...
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Saturday, March 24, 2012

The rules for writing

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Hi everybody, this is Mario Acevedo. Welcome to my inaugural post to Type M for Murder . I’m honored by the invitation. Since I am published...
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Monday, December 05, 2011

Freeing The Cells

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In her post of December 3, Donis Casey makes it clear that finding a suitable title for a novel can be a challenge. The same holds true for ...
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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Blog Heaven

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I’ve died and gone to blog heaven, of course. When the gracious, talented Donis Casey invited to become a regular contributor, naturally my ...
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