Tuesday, March 31, 2015

More on minions — and other minor characters

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I loved Mario’s post this weekend. The word “minion” conjures up so many wonderful images, but it was also a very thoughtful piece that c...
Monday, March 30, 2015

Home again, home again

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By Vicki Delany Here I am relaxing at home. (Not actually relaxing, mind because I have three books still to be released in 2015 and more t...
Saturday, March 28, 2015

Respect Your Minions

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I'm close to priming the BSP pump and start spraying news about my forthcoming Felix Gomez detective-vampire book, Rescue From Planet Pl...
Friday, March 27, 2015

Until Death Do Us Part

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This is going to be a short post because today is a busy one. Whenever Chicago The Musical , is touring in the Albany area, I always hav...
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Thursday, March 26, 2015

The Seasons of an Artist’s Life, or Been There, Done That

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As he was ringing us up, the very good looking, very young and studly clerk asked us, "So, are you celebrating tonight? Going to a part...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Is really special creativity only the provenance of youth?

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by Rick Blechta I was away last week and totally oblivious to what day it happened to be, hence one of my rare non-appearances on Type M. ...
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Monday, March 23, 2015

Tell Me All About Your Book - No, Don't

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The other day I came across this quote from British writer Hilary Bailey: 'There are only three statements you can make when writing wit...
Friday, March 20, 2015

Evildoers

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I'm not a total wimp. Not spectacularly brave either. My tastes in mysteries are decidedly on the side of physiological literary mysteri...
Thursday, March 19, 2015

First-World Problems

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I pride myself on posting blogs that come from the heart. I figured that was the expectation -- to tell the truth and the whole truth about...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

To Read Or Not To Read

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All of the talk on Type M recently of launch parties, blurbs and author appearances has made me think about how I select my reading material...
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Saturday, March 14, 2015

Guest Blog : Dennis Palumbo

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Donis here. I am inordinately pleased to welcome today's guest blogger and one of my favorite mystery authors, Dennis Palumbo. Forme...
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Friday, March 13, 2015

And Then You Celebrate

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I have a to-do list that I need to knock off between now and tomorrow morning. Allowing time to go into school and get some work done in bet...
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Thursday, March 12, 2015

Conference Season

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I, Donis, won’t be going to the Left Coast Crime conference this year. I’m sorry, too, because so many friends will be there, and Tim Hallin...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Twists and turns in an author's life

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There are few highlights in an author's life more exciting than the arrival of the author copies of a brand new book. Unless it's go...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

One way to have some fun with character names

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by Rick Blechta I’m one of those fiction writers who struggles with coming up with good character names, or should I say, I used to be ...
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Monday, March 09, 2015

The battle of the blurb

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I've just been signing off on the blurb for my new book, The Third Sin , coming out at the end of April. My publisher is brilliant at co...
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Saturday, March 07, 2015

Guest Blog: Gillian Galbraith

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Aline here. I'm delighted to have Gillian Galbraith as my guest this week. As a former advocate specialising in cases of medical neglig...
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Thursday, March 05, 2015

That Time of Year

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The Have-Read, To-Be-Read, and Am-Reading piles Each spring I write (ever briefly) about the annual two-week stretch where the world sto...
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Wednesday, March 04, 2015

What Tole Painting Taught Me

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I’m back from a week in Vegas where I attended the Creative Painting convention. Had a great time. Came back to discover that fellow Type M...
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Tuesday, March 03, 2015

Vampires

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by Rick Blechta No, I’m not thinking of switching to the horror genre, nor trying my hand at penning a YA novel (although I have always ...