Type M for Murder

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Saturday, July 29, 2017

KILLER WOMEN IN PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY

This weekend I'm pleased to welcome my good friend Janet Kellough as our special Type M guest. Janet is the author of The Thaddeus ...

Friday, July 28, 2017

Flying Time

I'm late posting today because I forgot to check the calendar. These days if I don't check my calendar when I get up in the morning,...

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Summaries: How to be Brief but Brilliant

Last Friday, Charlotte wrote about the agony of having to write a one-page synopsis of the great and glorious piece of literature that you h...

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Teasing loose the logjams

Barbara here. These are the lazy, hazy days of summer, when I can be found lounging on the dock at the lake, sipping that evening drink, an...

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Going back in time

by Rick Blechta The two most recent posts on Type M by Mario this weekend and Aline yesterday have put a new thought in my head for thi...

Monday, July 24, 2017

Too Much Information

I can still remember the utter thrill I felt when I held my first book. It was a bit like when I held my first baby but without the rush of ...

Saturday, July 22, 2017

Our future jobs

First off, my newest book, University of Doom , is out. I blogged about it last month so you can read about it there. Lately, what's r...

Friday, July 21, 2017

@#%$*** Synopsis

I did it. I finally finished a synopsis for a l-o-n-g historical novel that actually fits on one page. The whole undertaking made me totally...

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Summer Musings (and Excursions)

This summer, I’ve traveled to Tampa, Fla., Bozeman, Mt., Millinocket, Me., and Old Orchard Beach, Me.; and soon I'll be in Richmond, Va....

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Musings On the Open Road

I recently drove from Southern California to Seattle to visit my mother for her 95th birthday. (Yay, Mom! Happy Birthday!) Okay I didn't...

Friday, July 14, 2017

A Thought About Research

I was in awe when I read Barbara's post on Wednesday about her working vacation. Reading about the time she spent on Georgian Bay doing ...

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Three Degrees of Separation

I finally finished the rewrites for Forty Dead Men a few minutes ago. I have a book review to write, and another book to read for review. T...

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Have book, will travel

Barbara here. Work vacations are some of the great perks of being a writer. In a recent post I talked about my obsession with authenticity ...

Monday, July 10, 2017

Small Marks on a Page

Punctuation: just small marks on a page, that's all. But it's quite astonishing what emotions it can provoke. What is known in Br...

Saturday, July 08, 2017

Approaching the Bottom of the Well

By Vicki Delany My good friend fantasy writer Violette Malan wrote at the Black Gate blog about the age old question “Where do you get ...

Friday, July 07, 2017

Level of Squirreliness

Oh never mind spellcheck. I know squirreliness is not a word. It's my own term. It seems to me that we all seek the maximum level of act...

Thursday, July 06, 2017

Confessions of a News Junkie: Where does inspiration come from?

I’m addicted to CNN’s Headline News . I swore off it after they botched the election predictions so badly (and let me relax), but like every...

Wednesday, July 05, 2017

The Year of FPIS Revisited

In January you might remember I declared this the year of FPIS, F inishing P rojects I ’ve S tarted. Since we’re now halfway through 2017, I...

Tuesday, July 04, 2017

How a made-up person can infect a writer’s life

by Rick Blechta My novel-in-progress (for far too long with not enough progress) is beginning to send out some scary tendrils into my li...

Friday, June 30, 2017

Now Playing

The remake of The Beguiled looked lush and mysterious. I like the actors in the film. However, I am unlikely to see it in the theater. I sa...

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