Saturday, January 31, 2015

Weekend Guest Blogger: Reed Farrel Coleman

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I'd like to introduce the Type M for Murder community to Reed Farrel Coleman, who is making his second appearance as a Sunday contributo...
Friday, January 30, 2015

The Name's the Thing

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I've been thinking about names -- character names. My strategy for finding names when I first started to write was to go to the telephon...
Thursday, January 29, 2015

The Best Writing Advice Ever

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Jenn McKinlay, Donis Casey, Rhys Bowen, "pimping" our latest books I, Donis, did an event last week at a library in Sun Lakes...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

New beginnings

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Barbara here. What an interesting, meandering examination of gender, identity, and character creation we have been having over here at Type ...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Pidgeonholed!

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Vicki’s post from last week, as well as others here on Type M recently, plus some side discussions I’ve had with people, have got me thinkin...
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Monday, January 26, 2015

Just Who is Your Main Character?

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John raised some interesting points in his recent post when he talked about not using real people in books. I don't either, at least not...
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Saturday, January 24, 2015

Toting your heater

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Since we are Type M for Murder, and murder is homicide, and about half of all homicides in the U.S. are committed with firearms, I thought I...
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Friday, January 23, 2015

Clearing Time for Writing

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Last summer I heard Craig Johnson speak. He's one of our family's favorite authors. Craig is a mesmerizing speaker and there were 50...
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Thursday, January 22, 2015

I Am Woman: A Personal Approach to Gender

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I read Rick's and Barbara's recent posts regarding gender in our genre, and I enjoyed their respective insights. I will stumble into...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Using Technology in Fiction

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Rick’s post yesterday about his background in music got me thinking about my own background, i.e. what I did before I started writing. I was...
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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