Type M for Murder

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Madder Than a Mosquito...

I’m a sucker for colorful turns of phrase, especially the ones that evoke an unexpected image in the mind. The southern part of the United S...

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Plagiarism in the 21st Century

by Rick Blechta Always on the look out for topics for my weekly Type M posts, I ran across this yesterday: The girl who stole my book I...

Monday, March 28, 2016

A Non-Book Holiday

By Vicki Delany Vicki at Ha Long Bay I am just back from 18 days in Vietnam. It was a wonderful holiday. I loved every minute of it. I...

Friday, March 25, 2016

Writing Groups

I joined my first writing group when I was learning to write mysteries. The experience left me with a clear sense of why I was not an ideal ...

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Happy Easter, or No Event in Your Life is Wasted When You're a Writer

Eggs dyed with onion skin and pansies Happy Easter, for all those who celebrate it. I've been thinking lately about how much of my ...

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Writing as chess

Barbara here. I was entertained by Aline's post about the French award for Page 112. In truth, I think all of us should receive an awar...

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

The trouble with titles

by Rick Blechta One of the most difficult tasks for every writer is coming up with a great title for their stories, whether they are nov...

Monday, March 21, 2016

The importance of Page 112

I'm an avowed francophile. I love everything about France; I love their countryside, what they call 'La France Profonde' with th...

Friday, March 18, 2016

Guest Blogger: Naomi Hirahara

John here. A year ago, I asked my pal SJ Rozan for a recommended read. She gave me the name of an author I'd never read but upon readi...

Oh! Canada!

Oh happy neighbors to the North. The Crime Writers of Canada treated the attendees of the recent Left Coast Crime conference to o...

Thursday, March 17, 2016

How Much Fiction is Fiction?

This week, I'm on a family vacation in Florida (see photos). The timing has been good because I'm 40-ish pages into my 2017 novel, a...

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Getting Unstuck

I’m back from Vegas and heavily into finishing my third book, which is due at the end of April. About now, I’m wishing for my own personal G...

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Why writers are their own worst enemies

by Rick Blechta For the past couple of weeks I’ve been bouncing back and forth between my three jobs (graphic design, music, and of course...

Monday, March 14, 2016

Creative Spaces

By Vicki Delany I am in Vietnam right now, and no doubt having a marvellous time. So I searched for an old blog post that could use an ...

Friday, March 11, 2016

Marketing for Fiction Writers

I wanted to follow the eloquent posts this week by Donis and Barbara with my own thoughts about Women's History Month. But I'm going...

Thursday, March 10, 2016

An Interesting Time for a Writer, and Women's History Month

Left Coast Crime is over and the Tucson Festival of Books is coming up this weekend. I’ll be teaching a class on writing historical mysterie...

Wednesday, March 09, 2016

Women's Work

Tuesday was International Women's Day, and the news was filled with articles and stats on how far we have come (gender parity in Canada&...

Tuesday, March 08, 2016

Stuff and blather

by Rick Blechta Sorry I missed my spot last Tuesday. I was sick as a dog with a 24-hour bug of some sort. I’ll spare all and sundry the ...

Monday, March 07, 2016

Addiction

I was so interested in Vicki's post last week about why it is that she writes. I felt really envious when she said that she doesn't ...

Saturday, March 05, 2016

Presenting Erika Chase ...and Linda Wiken

This weekend, our guest blogger is my good friend and fellow Canadian author, Erika Chase. In a parallel life Erika, AKA Linda Wiken, is ...

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