Saturday, March 31, 2018

Guest Blogger: Naomi Hirahara

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Hi, everyone. John here. This week's guest is my dear friend, Naomi Hirahra. I have enjoyed reading (and teaching) her books, and my stu...
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Friday, March 30, 2018

Faraway? Nearby? Places

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When I started the Lottie Albright series I fully intended to use fictitious names for places. Because we Kansans are a bit touchy and ...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2018

LCC Reno Recap

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I recently returned from Left Coast Crime held at the Nugget casino in Reno. Had a great time, but did worry for a bit about the drive fr...
Tuesday, March 27, 2018

The emancipation of book publishing

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by Rick Blechta As I’ve written about before on Type M, we’re living in the brave new world of book publishing. In some ways it’s a good...
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Friday, March 23, 2018

Not There Research . . . and a Question

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I've been following the discussion about research and setting, and it reminded me once again of the dilemma I've created for myself....
Thursday, March 22, 2018

Making A Real World

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Great-grandfather's farm After I read Vicki’s entry about location research, below, I commented that I’ve researched a lot of plac...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

A tale of two stories

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Vicki's post about the importance of getting the setting correct got me thinking. I have always been a big believer in walking in the f...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Rewriting history

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by Rick Blechta In reading Aline’s post yesterday, she made a comment (the second in a week on Type M) about reading one’s earlier books...
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Monday, March 19, 2018

End Result

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I've just reached the end of my new book. I make a distinction between 'reaching the end' and 'finishing'; for me they a...
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Saturday, March 17, 2018

On Location

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Here I am! By Vicki Delany Right now, I’m working on the fifth Sherlock Holmes Bookshop book, in which I’m taking Gemma, Jayne, an...
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Friday, March 16, 2018

The Return of Good and Evil

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It's back! The concept of absolute good and evil. It came roaring in with a bang and a whistle thousands of miles per hour. This s...
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Thursday, March 15, 2018

Deadlines and James M. Cain

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It’s spring break at New England colleges and boarding schools, so I’ve had a week off. And I’ve been hard at it, trying to finish the seco...
Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Kindle In Motion

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Since I turned in my book I’ve been doing some reading, including checking out several books in Kindle in Motion format. You haven’t heard...
Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Character appropriation

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by Rick Blechta I’ve been considering and then working on this post for quite a bit of time (for these things), but I’ve seen something ...
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Saturday, March 10, 2018

Guest Post - Aimee Hix

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Please welcome Aimee Hix to Type M! I met Aimee at Malice Domestic last year where she moderated the panel I was on, Murder and Crafts. She ...
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Friday, March 09, 2018

Recurring Themes

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Barbara's post on Wednesday about the recurring themes in her body of work reminded me of my own endeavor. Over the past several months,...
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Thursday, March 08, 2018

Endings

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Well, this is embarrassing. I thought I had written my Type M entry and scheduled it to post this morning, but apparently that was somebody ...
Wednesday, March 07, 2018

Reflections on gender themes

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Recently a new prize called The Staunch was created for thrillers and mysteries that do not feature violence against women. It was conceiv...
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Tuesday, March 06, 2018

A little levity for a rather dreary Tuesday

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by Rick Blechta Here in Toronto, it’s one of those rather gray, grim days you can get in March with snow anemically drifting down (soon to...
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Monday, March 05, 2018

Let It Snow - But I'd Rather It Didn't

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Britain has been much mocked this week by the Scandinavian countries and - yes! - Canada for the paralysis that occurred when the 'Beast...
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