Wednesday, February 03, 2016

Author Newsletters, Yea or Nay?

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Confession time. I have an author newsletter, but it’s pretty much at the bottom of my priority list behind writing my next book, writing bl...
Tuesday, February 02, 2016

The value of humility and kindness

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I’m certain that nearly everyone reading this had the two concepts in today’s headline drummed into their childhood heads by parents and oth...
Saturday, January 30, 2016

Guest Post: David Roberts

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Aline here. Today I'm delighted to introduce David Roberts, seen here in Iran recently in typically adventurous pose. David is the autho...
Friday, January 29, 2016

Deadlines: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

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I'm writing this post while giving my mind a break from the squirrel-chasing that occurs when a deadline is at hand for something I'...
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Thursday, January 28, 2016

The End Is Not Near

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I'm having an existential crisis.  I'm coming down to the end of my ninth Alafair Tucker novel. I can see the finish line. Every da...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

The things we do for art

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Barbara here, and in case you don't know, that's something of a miracle. A week ago, my continued existence was in some doubt. Not b...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

In the grayness of winter, a little sunshine

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We’re having a pretty easy time this winter here in this part of Canada (south central). As a matter of fact, it’s been downright wimpy: lit...
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Saturday, January 23, 2016

A lesson from the one-handed man

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I've decided to focus these posts on writing. I'm doing so for mercenary reasons, mainly that I want to draw more views to this blog...
Friday, January 22, 2016

The Weary Blogger

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I’m tired tonight. This blog will be very short. It’s not that I can’t think of anything at all to write. It’s that I’ve learned to be frigh...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

Lessons from my 7-year-old

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My daughter Keeley (the youngest of my three daughters – Delaney and Audrey are the other two, hence the pseudonym) gets off the bus each da...
Wednesday, January 20, 2016

When Amateurs Investigate

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Over the holidays I read several Nancy Drew mysteries form the cache in my mother’s house. In one of them, the police chief of Nancy’s homet...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

The power of imagination

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by Rick Blechta Jackson modeling his new formal wear line. We babysit our grandson, the inimitable Jackson, twice a week. He’s all of...
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Monday, January 18, 2016

The Idea Factory

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By Vicki Delany Authors are always being asked: Where do you get your ideas? It’s a difficult question to answer, because we do qui...
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Saturday, January 16, 2016

Guest Post - Christina Freeburn

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Today's guest is Christina Freeburn, author of the Faith Hunter Scrap This Mystery Series. Visit her at www.christinafreeburn.com Take ...
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Friday, January 15, 2016

Predictabilty

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Last night I was thinking about the great posts from my colleagues this week about David Bowie, trends, and creativity. I was wondering what...
Thursday, January 14, 2016

Creativity

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The passing of David Bowie has made me ponder over the past few days on the nature of creativity. I liked David Bowie, even though I was no...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

The dreaded middle

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Barbara here. So we are two weeks into the new year, or more specifically, two weeks past the overindulgence of December. Overwhelmed by a f...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Those who are the real trendsetters

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by Rick Blechta I was never a huge fan of the music of David Bowie, but I will readily admit I've always respected that he was a huge ...
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Monday, January 11, 2016

New Year Rant.

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I have started the new year raging against technology. Think of King Lear on the blasted heath and transfer that to a small study in Edinbur...
Saturday, January 09, 2016

The Truth About Native American Literature Will Blow Your Mind

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  ,   Today's guest is Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel the Medicine Woman of the Mohegan Indian Tribe in Uncasville, Connecticut...