Thursday, March 03, 2016

A Tinkerer's Process

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One week. Two books. It happens every year: I get deep into next year's book – into that space where the little voices inside my head ...
Wednesday, March 02, 2016

An Oasis in the Desert

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Sybil here. As you read this, I’m on my annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas for the Creative Painting convention . Right now I’m probably prowlin...
Monday, February 29, 2016

For the Sake of Humanity

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By Vicki Delany It can be hard, sometimes, to come up with something new and interesting to say every two weeks here at Type M. My collea...
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Saturday, February 27, 2016

The Con Game

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When I first I got published, I couldn't wait to attend the various mystery cons like Bouchercon, Left Coast Crime, and Men of Mystery. ...
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Friday, February 26, 2016

Crime and Consequences

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February is a "sweeps month" (a period during which data are collected from television viewers). Ratings are important, and on soa...
Thursday, February 25, 2016

Writer's Conferences I Have Known And Loved

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I (Donis) am not actually here today, Dear Reader. I am attending the Left Coast Crime conference in Phoenix. I thought it would be interest...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Juggling schedules and other silly things

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Barbara here. Well, here it is, Tuesday evening just hours before my Type M post is due. Yikes! I am flying out to Left Coast Crime tomorrow...
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Keeping your “writing brain” in shape

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by Rick Blechta I haven’t been able to work on my novel for the past three+ weeks. It’s not that I don’t want to or can’t be bothered. It’...
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Monday, February 22, 2016

Questions, questions

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Like Vicki last week, I too have been enjoying my hibernation. We've even had a whole week with nothing at all in the diary and time to ...
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Saturday, February 20, 2016

Getting Dressed to Kill

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 by Cathy Ace     Thanks to the TYPE M team for inviting me along today – this is a super blog with some great insights for those who e...
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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Virtual Book Club Talk

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I've begun setting up my June book tour for Destiny's Pawn , and like any frugal author, I'm trying to get the most bang for my...
Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Author Branding, What's That?

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The idea of branding confuses me some. I suspect it always will. I’ve never worked in retail or dealt with marketing, although family member...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Your favourite place to read or write

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It’s snowy and finally feels like winter here in Toronto (better late than never!), and on this type of day it’s perfect to curl up with a...
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Monday, February 15, 2016

Emerging from Hibernation

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By Vicki Delany Everyone seems to be talking about time pressures lately. Which is why I love winter in Canada so much.  To me Jan...
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Saturday, February 13, 2016

Guest post the weekend: Simon Wood

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Our guest author this weekend is none other than Simon Wood, an old friend of Type M for Murder (I believe it’s his sixth guest post) and so...
Friday, February 12, 2016

How Much of an Escape

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Last year in Albany, New York, we had days when there was nothing to do – nothing one could have been expected to do – but stay inside and l...
Thursday, February 11, 2016

Write the Damn Book

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It's been a busy winter, and it's going to be busy spring. It feels to me (Donis) that I've been going from one event to another...
Wednesday, February 10, 2016

On the wing

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Barbara here. In exactly two weeks I will be in the air, winging my way to Phoenix to participate in Left Coast Crime , a conference for all...
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Tuesday, February 09, 2016

A public service announcement!

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by Rick Blechta Aline’s computer debacle last week put me in mind of something anyone with a computer should know about and guard against,...
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Monday, February 08, 2016

Je suis Circonflexe

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An apology first. I'm sorry to have missed my post last week, but my PC, the dreaded Beelzebub I posted about a couple of weeks back, ha...