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Saturday, June 03, 2017

Weekend Guest - Kate Ellis

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Aline here.  It's my great pleasure to introduce Kate Ellis to you.  Her hugely popular books are set in one of the most picturesque par...
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Friday, June 02, 2017

Following the Shiny Object

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Yesterday I came home to find a package on my doorstep. A small box that turned out to be from friends who moved South. The package contain...
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Thursday, June 01, 2017

The Book Lover's Disease

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Don't make me choose I belong to a women's charitable organization that meets once a month, and the theme for the June meeting...
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Wednesday, May 31, 2017

The non-professional hero

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Barbara here. The first review of my upcoming novel, THE TRICKSTER'S LULLABY, landed in my email inbox this morning, courtesy of my pub...
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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

And then there was this…

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by Rick Blechta Something strange happened to me last Thursday. I won an Arthur Ellis Award from Crime Writers of Canada for my writing....
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Monday, May 29, 2017

The Perfect Place to Write

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Rick's post about our favourite place to read/write triggered some very nostalgic memories for me – though not so much the reading bit, ...
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Saturday, May 27, 2017

Validation

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We crime writers write for many reasons but principally it's that we're storytellers, and we're compelled to spin tales involvin...
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Friday, May 26, 2017

The Bloody Benders

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In a recent post I mentioned "The Bloody Benders." Readers were quite interested in the Benders who are known as one of the six mo...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Why I Stop Reading a Series

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After viewing 31 seasons of the TV show “Chopped”, I recently dropped it from my list of shows to watch. That’s over 400 episodes of chefs c...
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Serendipity? I wonder…

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by Rick Blechta It’s late in the day to be posting, but I got held up by some “clientary” duties which I’ve finally managed to clean up. ...
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Saturday, May 20, 2017

Guest Post - Daryl Wood Gerber

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Please welcome Agatha Award winning author Daryl Wood Gerber to Type M. I met Daryl at a Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles meeting many years ago...
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Friday, May 19, 2017

Had I But Known

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No, I'm not referring to the subgenre of crime fiction/romantic suspense in which the protagonist informs the reader, "Had I but kn...
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Thursday, May 18, 2017

The art of the synopsis

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This week, as I wrap up teaching, meetings, and an unanticipated hire, my agent emailed to say she needs a synopsis for each of the three...

Siblings

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Donis here. I ought to be taking advantage of the last of the good weather here in Arizona, but I'm still working hard to finish my next...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

The further care and feeding of writers

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Barbara here. There are so many possible topics for a blog this week, from the cultural appropriation firestorm currently raging in Canada,...
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Where is your favourite place to read/write in summer?

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by Rick Blechta The weather here in Toronto is slowly turning nice. We’ve had/endured/enjoyed what I have been calling a “slow spring” in...
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Saturday, May 13, 2017

Weekend Guest--Tammy Kaehler

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When Tammy Kaehler discovered the racing world, she was hooked by the contrast between its top-dollar, high-drama competition, and frie...
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Friday, May 12, 2017

Point of No Return

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This weekend my darling granddaughter, Abigail Bieker, will be graduating from Northern Arizona State University. I'll be driving d...
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Thursday, May 11, 2017

10-minute (writing) workout?

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Infomercials promise workout plans that can change your physique –– and, thus, your life –– in 10 minutes. Just 10 minutes a day. Sound too ...
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Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Malice Domestic Recap

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Like Vicki, I attended Malice Domestic at the end of April. I've been back for over a week, but somehow it seems like it was only yester...
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