Wednesday, August 05, 2015

The Stratemeyer Syndicate

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Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Dana Girls, Tom Swift. I spent Sunday at the meeting of the Los Angeles chapter of Sisters in Crime where I listene...
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Tuesday, August 04, 2015

Confidence: it's all in your head

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by Rick Blechta Lack of confidence is certainly not just a writer thing. I have not met many (if any) people who are brimming with confi...
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Monday, August 03, 2015

Retreating!

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By Vicki Delany As Barbara told you last week, I had the pleasure of spending a couple of days at her lovely cottage on Sharbot Lake last ...
Saturday, August 01, 2015

Three Tips for Writing a Mystery

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This week’s guest blogger is Kate Jaimet who is the author of the YA mystery Endangered , coming out this month from Poisoned Pencil Press ...
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Friday, July 31, 2015

How Can I Use That?

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I may be speaking for only a small group of heartless, cold-blooded scribblers. But from the conversations I had over the years, I suspect t...
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Thursday, July 30, 2015

How Much Research is Enough?

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As I, Donis, mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I’ve just begun a new novel, and I must say that though I have been working my little tail ...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

In praise of the writers' retreat

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Barbara here, writing from the idyllic shores of Sharbot Lake in classic Canadian cottage country. It is 34 degrees celsius in the city and ...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

What is the deal with CAPITAL letters on so many book covers these days?

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by Rick Blechta I know I’m going to step on some toes with this (even with some of the crew here at Type M), but dang it, I’m getting a bi...
Monday, July 27, 2015

On the Bench

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After my last post, Rick was kind enough to say he would be interested to hear more about my experience of being a Justice of the Peace, so ...
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Friday, July 24, 2015

The Church of the Writer

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Last Sunday I was drinking beers with some buddies and one of them asked if I had read the Ernest Hemingway book on writing. I said that I h...
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The Title Dilemma

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Oh what to call the precious gem. Actually, I'm convinced books are precious only in the eyes of the author. Once a book reaches a certa...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Here I Go Again...

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It seems that several of us TypeMers are starting new projects right now, including me. So I read with great interest Vicki’s post on belie...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

The joys of research

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I’m at sixes and sevens over what to write today for my weekly posting. When I wrote that first sentence, I realized that this was a phras...
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Monday, July 20, 2015

Believe in Yourself. Your Characters Do.

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by Vicki Delany I started writing a new book today.  Now if you know my writing you know that's not a particularly unusual or special...
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Saturday, July 18, 2015

Cynthia Kuhn: "Nothing Like Here"

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I'm pleased to welcome Cynthia Kuhn as our weekend guest. Cynthia's work has appeared in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern ; Literary Ma...
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Friday, July 17, 2015

Losing Atticus

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I need to make a decision about Atticus Finch. Or, rather, about whether I will read Harper Lee's new book, Go Set a Watchman (2015). ...
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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Right to the Point

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Donis here. My latest book, All Men Fear Me , will not hit the shelves until November. But since one can't afford to let the grass grow ...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

In the beginning

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A few weeks ago I blogged about the light summer reading I had compiled for my newest novel, the second in the Amanda Doucette series. The f...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

The whole truth and nothing but the truth

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I really enjoyed Aline’s post yesterday concerning truth and a bit of background on her experiences as a Justice of the Peace. I, for one, w...
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Monday, July 13, 2015

What is Truth?

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'"What is truth?" said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for answer.' It was Francis Bacon, the brilliant 16th-17th Centu...
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