Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Calm Down and Write

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I don’t know about you, but I can’t write when I’m too stressed out. Right now I’m a bundle of nerves with all of the tasks to be done in pr...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

And in the same vein…

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I read Vicki’s post yesterday and shouted, “Hallelujah!” You can find it just below this one — and if you haven’t already read it, you reall...
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Monday, September 28, 2015

What’s the Value of a Book?

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By Vicki Delany What’s the value of a book? I don’t mean the price, but the value. What is it worth to you that you have good, well-wri...
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Saturday, September 26, 2015

Don't mind Big Brother's wiretap.

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I have a problem with some thrillers, especially those of the steely-jawed hero triumphing over evil doers and meddling do-gooders in defens...
Friday, September 25, 2015

Time and Space

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I'm back home from my Alaska adventures. But – the reason I'm late today – I'm experiencing a slow transition back to every day ...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

A New Beginning—Times Four

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Yesterday I wrote a new beginning for my work in progress.* This is the fourth beginning. I like it. Of course, I liked the three previ...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Betwixt and Between

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Barbara here, with apologies that this blog is a little late. Blame it on technology, or rather on my rather conflicted relationship with te...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

A dreaming breakthrough!

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I may have mentioned it somewhere along the way on Type M, but I’ve been interested for a number of years in lucid dreaming. What is lucid...
Saturday, September 19, 2015

Genre-Sliding with Margaret Atwood in nEvermore! Tales of Murder, Mystery and the Macabre

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Please welcome this weekend's guest blogger,  Caro Soles, a mystery maven of incomparable energy and talent. Caro is the founder of Bl...
Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Breaking Rules

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Don’t start with weather. I’ve heard some variation of that writing rule so many times over the years and from so many sources that I’ve lo...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

The importance of capturing the moment

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by Rick Blechta Good ideas come in their own time and own way. Regardless of whether you’re an ink-stained wretch like me, I’m sure you’ve...
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Monday, September 14, 2015

It never gets old

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By Vicki Delany Having a new book out, that is. When it does start getting old, I’ll quit writing.  Because if it’s not fun, why ...
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Saturday, September 12, 2015

A dozen reasons to love writing mysteries

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I am delighted that this week's guest author is Victoria Abbott. So charming and delightful is Victoria that they couldn't fit all ...
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Friday, September 11, 2015

Seeing Glaciers

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Frankie here. I'm on board a ship in Alaska. I had intended to do a full post with photos. But, alas, I had not taken into account the t...
Thursday, September 10, 2015

He's Alive!

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My eighth Alafair Tucker novel, All Men Fear Me , comes out in November, which means I have two months before the merry-go-round of promotio...
Wednesday, September 09, 2015

Rhythms in the life of a writer

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The lazy days of summer Barbara here. The first week in September has a special meaning for me, as I think it does for much of the Weste...
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Tuesday, September 08, 2015

Being read to

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For many of us (hopefully most!) our first exposure to books was when someone (parents, grandparents, siblings, teachers, etc) read to us. R...
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Monday, September 07, 2015

A Future Customer

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Every other day, it seems, there is a media item about the modern child's adddiction to electronic entertainment. With television, smart...
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Friday, September 04, 2015

Buy My Book. Please!

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Gentle Reader is going to read only one of your books. I’m convinced of that. Then GR is either going to love your work or give you a pass. ...
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Thursday, September 03, 2015

Getting the itch again

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It's been a month. Almost to the day. In early July, I finalized and delivered my spring 2016 novel, Destiny's Pawns . Then I wrot...