Wednesday, August 30, 2017

The Immortality of Writers

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Man decays, his corpse is dust, All his kin have perished; But a book makes him remembered Through the mouth of its reciter Better...
Saturday, August 26, 2017

bwana politics

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 I was going to post about bad writing advice but something this week prompted me to address another topic. What happened is that a few days...
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Friday, August 25, 2017

Changing Seasons

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Aline's post on Monday reminded me of the anticipation that I used to feel as a child at the beginning of each new school year. I am sti...
Thursday, August 24, 2017

Fred Ramsay and Me

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Donis here, feeling sad today. I just heard that my friend and fellow author Frederick Ramsay passed away this morning. Fred was a lovely a...
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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Fall merry-go-round

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In her Monday post, Aline talked about her eager anticipation of September, as a time of new beginnings and endless possibilities. As an Ea...
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Monday, August 21, 2017

New Beginnings

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I don't like this time of year.  August is still officially summer but it's chilly now in the early morning and the heat has gone ou...
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Saturday, August 19, 2017

What's In A Name? Guest Post by V.M. Escalada

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 by Vicki Delany One of my closest writer friends isn’t a mystery writer, but the fantasy author Violette Malan. Or is that really her ...
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Friday, August 18, 2017

Too Sad For Words

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Usually I try to stay out of politics when writing my blog or on social media sites. We are all inundated with opinions. From the left. From...
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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Summer Musings

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Summer is nearing the end, and it’s time to reflect. It was a summer of travel –– my day job took me to Tampa, Fl.; Bozeman, Mt.; and F...
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

My Reading List

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I’m always looking for reading recommendations so I read Vicki’s recent post with interest. I don’t really distinguish between what I read ...
Saturday, August 12, 2017

Summer Reading

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By Vicki Delany We're moving into late summer now. Here in Southern Ontario, basically we haven’t had one. I am a heat-freak and th...
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Friday, August 11, 2017

Having a Plan

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The news this week -- that my laptop insists on delivering to me as breaking news -- has been distracting. Particularly because I'm raci...
Thursday, August 10, 2017

A Trip to the Homeland

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Donis here. I would love to write about regional idioms till the cows come home, but I'll spare you, Dear Reader, and share several piec...
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Wednesday, August 09, 2017

'Ow's she cuttin', me cocky?

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The ongoing posts about dialect, accent, and unique sayings have made me smile, and also made me think about the challenge writers face whe...
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Tuesday, August 08, 2017

You could be doing something iconic and not realize it -or- why pirates speak the way they do

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by Rick Blechta The two posts by Sybil and Aline about British sayings we’ve had recently here on Type M have been very entertaining. ...
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Monday, August 07, 2017

It's Not What You Say It's The Way That You Say It

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I enjoyed Sybil's post about popular sayings on both sides of the Atlantic, and I thought it might amuse you to hear a few Scots ones.  ...
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Saturday, August 05, 2017

Making the Deadline … or Not

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Several years ago, I asked SJ Rozan to recommend a new series featuring a female police officer. SJ looked up from her lunch and said uneq...
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Friday, August 04, 2017

The Friend I Never Met

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 RULA QUAWAS Yesterday the New York Times announced the death of Rula Quawas,  a Jordanian woman, who died at the age of 57. She wa...
Thursday, August 03, 2017

Where are we all headed?

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By “we” I mean writers. And by “headed” I mean, What will the future of professional writing look like? This is a topic I’ve found myself ...
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Wednesday, August 02, 2017

Happy as Larry

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I watch a lot of British TV, especially in the summer when the TV networks in the U.S. are largely on hiatus. My latest viewing: Broadchurch...
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