Thursday, May 31, 2018

The Dreaded Anachronism

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Aline's blog about youthful slang hit a nerve with me. Nothing dates a book faster than slang. If you're paying attention, you can t...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2018

It's so hard to keep your privacy these days

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by Rick Blechta Aline's post of yesterday was very timely for me (Thanks, Aline!) as I'm currently struggling with the same sort...
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Monday, May 28, 2018

Woke-up Call

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Are you woke? No, I'm not really asking you to sit up straight at the back there and pay attention. As those of you who are down-there-w...
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Saturday, May 26, 2018

When the Writer becomes the Teacher

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How many of you teach writing? For a while, to pad my income, I actively sought writing gigs but backed off that because it was A) a lot of ...
Friday, May 25, 2018

Double Binds

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A couple of weeks ago my oldest daughter participated in a dressage event. She and her horse, Roslyn, are a really elegant combination. A ...
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Thursday, May 24, 2018

Scratching an itch

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It’s how you determine which books become series. I call it “the itch.” It’s when the characters you were finished with –– or thought you we...
Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Going Down the GDPR Rabbit Hole

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 I turned in my final edits to Designed For Haunting last week. The dedication and acknowledgments are done. So this week I decided to catc...
Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Some fun for a Tuesday

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by Rick Blechta Well, I’m doing pretty poorly the past couple of weeks. Last week, I didn’t even remember it was Tuesday until 9:00 pm. ...
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Saturday, May 19, 2018

And a Good Time was Had by All

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By Vicki Delany As Donis posted a picture of me with her and Ann Parker in Scottsdale on Thursday, let me follow up with my .02. Th...
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Friday, May 18, 2018

Sunset Boulevard

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This post will be short because it's end of semester and I'm in the midst of grading. I still have a pile of papers to read between ...
Thursday, May 17, 2018

Putting Yourself Out There

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Staying connected Very interesting posts this week on the joys of being a writer. John wondered about the effectiveness of social med...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Loving Babel

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Barbara here.  This will be a short, possibly rather incoherent, post because I am on holiday in Portugal, and all thoughts of writing are ...
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Monday, May 14, 2018

The Long and the Short of It.

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Like many of you, I was interested  in my guest Christine Poulson's post about 'long or short' when it comes to book length. L...
Friday, May 11, 2018

The Price of Tea in China

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When I was a child and people began veering off from the main point of a story they were telling, someone would bring them up short with ...
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Thursday, May 10, 2018

Word-of-Mouth Sales?

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This week, I ran out and got Alex Marwood’s THE DARKEST SECRET. I’ve started reading and am enjoying it. I heard about it via word of mouth....
Wednesday, May 09, 2018

Conventions - Are They Worth Attending?

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I’m back from Malice Domestic, my last convention of the year. While I’ve enjoyed the conventions I’ve attended, I’m glad to be home with no...
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Tuesday, May 08, 2018

More on Novel Length

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by Rick Blechta Following on from our weekend guest blogger Christine Poulson’s excellent piece , I’m going to keep this week’s post fro...
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Saturday, May 05, 2018

Guest Blogger Christine Poulson

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Aline here. Today I'm happy to introduce you to Chrissie Poulson, whose new book, Cold, Cold Heart , has the intriguing setting of a rem...
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Friday, May 04, 2018

Bad Girls, Bad Boys

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It's happened again. I've been seduced by my villain. The first time it happened, I was writing Old Murders , the third book in my L...
Thursday, May 03, 2018

Beginning a New Series

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Tempe Public Library I, Donis, started my Writer in Residence program on May 1 at the Public Library here in my hometown of Tempe, Ari...
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