Saturday, December 31, 2016

Guest Blogger Pascal Marco

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Type M is delighted to start the year off right with guest blogger Pascal Marco, Pascal, a Phoenix business entrepreneur for over two de...
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Friday, December 30, 2016

Chaos and Clarity

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This is my last post of the year. There have been times this year when I've felt as if we've all fallen down the rabbit hole with Al...
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Thursday, December 29, 2016

The Return of the Raven Mocker; An Alafair Tucker Mystery for 2017

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Happy New Year to all and Happy Birthday to me. Yes, today (December 29) is my birthday. It's the end of another decade for me, and the...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Here's to 2017

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Barbara here. I'm late, I'm late! My Wednesday post was due at midnight, and is now twelve hours late. Blame it on the surfeit of wi...
Tuesday, December 27, 2016

At the end of 2016, I’m wondering…

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by Rick Blechta So now I’m down to my final post of the year. I’m sure I’m not alone with how I tend to look forward and backward at th...
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Monday, December 26, 2016

Books to Keep

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The Christmas guests departed at 6am this morning to get ahead of the forecast storm and the Boxing day homeward rush.  The house is silent ...
Saturday, December 24, 2016

Merry Christmas and Happy Killings!

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Season's Greetings to everyone. It's been a busy, yet amazing year. I spent a lot of time on the road with WordFire Press, hawki...
Thursday, December 22, 2016

Advance Readers

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The goal was to hit page 50, reach about 10,000 words, and then share the work with advance readers who would offer feedback. That happened ...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

My Year in Books, 2016

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It’s almost the end of the year. Time for my annual reading wrap up. I’ve always believed a writer should read as much as possible – both go...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Hey! Anyone out there need a gift suggestion?

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by Rick Blechta This is going to be a philanthropic bit of outrageously self-promoting promotion. Huh? Well, it goes like this. To the...
Monday, December 19, 2016

Goodbye to 2016 and Hello to 2017

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By Vicki Delany This is my last post at Type M for 2016. It’s been quite a year. Although it seems that the same cannot be said for t...
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Saturday, December 17, 2016

Guest Blog: Len Tyler

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Aline here. I'm delighted to introduce you today to Len Tyler, Chair of the Crime Writers Association. From this seat of immense power a...
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Friday, December 16, 2016

Holidays with My Characters

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Posts from Rick, Barbara, and Aline about holiday customs got me thinking about Christmas when I was a child. I grew up in Virginia, and my ...
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Thursday, December 15, 2016

A New Book Coming

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On its way! Remember this old folk song, Dear Reader? The grand old Duke of York, He had ten thousand men. He marched them up the h...
Wednesday, December 14, 2016

'Tis the season of wandering minds

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Barbara here. I was so happy to see the two previous posts of my blogmates. What to write about? No ideas. Nada. Let's try to think seri...
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Going completely off-topic

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by Rick Blechta Yeah, yeah, I know this blog is supposed to be about presenting thoughts about writing, crime writing in particular, but l...
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Monday, December 12, 2016

Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?

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No, this isn't another post about the impossibility of finding an easy answer to this most frequently-asked question.  This is about sit...
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Saturday, December 10, 2016

Guest Post: Sarah M. Chen

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Please welcome fellow Sisters in Crime/LA member, Sarah M. Chen, to Type M! We worked together on the SinC/LA board plus we've done seve...
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Friday, December 09, 2016

The Best Worst Time

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I began writing a new mystery Wednesday. The timing was absolutely horrible. I'm always stressed during the Christmas season. There is t...
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Wednesday, December 07, 2016

Bookmarks and Postcards and Pens, Oh My

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One of my favorite things to do at conferences is to check out the postcards, bookmarks and other assorted items left for attendees to grab ...
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