Monday, August 31, 2015

Rapid Reads

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By Vicki Delany As most of you know, as well as writing novels Rick, Barbara and I write Rapid Reads novellas for the Canadian publis...
Friday, August 28, 2015

Self-Discipline and Writing

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I'm frequently told that I accomplish a great deal -- criminal justice professor and mystery writer -- non-fiction and crime fiction. Ri...
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Thursday, August 27, 2015

A Bad Writing Day and a Good Review

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I had a good writing day yesterday. Today, not so much. To begin with, I awoke to an infestation of ants in my kitchen. There are very few ...
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Reflections on an author tour

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Barbara here, recently returned from the British Columbia mini-tour that I blogged about two weeks ago. What a wonderful adventure it was! S...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Why the best font is often the one you don’t “see”

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by Rick Blechta Not a typeface I'd want to use EVER! If you read Aline’s post yesterday , you probably guessed this was coming — or...
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Monday, August 24, 2015

What's in a Font?

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I have a confession to make. I've never really taken any interest in fonts. Perhaps it stems from the fact that I'm sadly not arti...
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Sunday, August 23, 2015

Guest Author Lois Winston

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I am so pleased to host the inimitable Lois Winston at Type M today. Lois is a USA Today bestselling and award-winning author who writes...
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Saturday, August 22, 2015

Rangers Lead The Way

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All the talk recently about the first two women to graduate from the US Army Ranger School made me reminisce about my time in Ranger school,...
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Friday, August 21, 2015

Cold Hard Truth

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A friend emailed me recently who was worried about a young man she knew who was not doing too well. He had never held a "real" job...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

Off the Grid

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Hi, all. John here. This week, I've been in the woods of Maine, near Baxter State Park, at a camp that has no Internet. I'v...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Taking a Breather

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Psst! Sybil’s computer here. I need your help. She’s gone off somewhere. Said she needs to recharge her batteries. What’s that about? I ...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Learning from negative experiences

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I am currently dealing with an extremely distressing and unhappy situation. It has consumed a good part of my daily life, is nearly unbear...
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Saturday, August 15, 2015

Guest Slot

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Aline here.  I'm delighted to be able to introduce Chris Sims to you today. His life experience has given him quite a range of experie...
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Friday, August 14, 2015

Stupid with an Excuse

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The other day I heard some people talking about the stupid things characters in fiction do. We've all had this conversation. It's ev...
Thursday, August 13, 2015

Make Your Own

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Grandma's homemade dress, 1911 I have been called penurious in my time. Yet, in comparison to my mother, or her parents, who had to ...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

On to British Columbia!

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Barbara here. Today I am on  an airplane, flying almost 4000 kilometres across Canada from Ottawa to Vancouver to begin the first leg of my ...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

On location...

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Hi there! Mr. Blechta regrets to inform you that there will be no blog post from him today. You see, he is on vacation. As a matter of fac...
Monday, August 10, 2015

Near Death Experience

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My website nearly died last week.  It's still in intensive care, but there is, thank heavens, a good chance it will recover. The first...
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Saturday, August 08, 2015

No Apology Necessary

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This week’s guest blogger is fellow Henery Press author, Wendy Tyson. She’s the author of the Allison Campbell Mystery Series and the forth...
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Thursday, August 06, 2015

Summer, in a Nutshell

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Book Promotion It can be time-consuming and costly. But book promotion is also exhilarating, and summer 2015 has been all of the above. ...
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