Type M for Murder

Frankie Bailey, John Corrigan, Barbara Fradkin, Donis Casey, Charlotte Hinger, Mario Acevedo, Shelley Burbank, Sybil Johnson, Thomas Kies, Catherine Dilts, and Steve Pease — always ready to Type M for MURDER. “One of 100 Best Creative Writing Blogs.” — Colleges Online. “Typing” since 2006!

Thursday, August 02, 2018

Making gerunds history: tips from a summer spent revising

I’ve spent the past two months “streamlining.” Given a free moment here and there, I’ve reworked a draft of a novel, re-envisioning the plot...

Wednesday, August 01, 2018

The Artist Within

Not really a huge amount of time today so I thought I’d share some things I’ve seen recently you all might enjoy. I believe there’s an art...

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

We authors owe a great debt to Judith Appelbaum

by Rick Blechta First, you need to read this: Judith Appelbaum, a Guide for Would-Be Authors, Dies at 78 Back when I was getting starte...

Monday, July 30, 2018

Writers Gotta' Write

Hello and welcome to my first blog. I’m extremely excited and honored to be joining the Type M for Murder family. If you have any thoughts ...

Saturday, July 28, 2018

Future Crime, Again

My favorite stories are crime stories. I've binged on Forensic Files , Dope , Inside the American Mob , Casino , the Godfather trilogy, ...

Friday, July 27, 2018

Waiting for It

I don't have a long post today because I need to get back to writing. I'm moving back and forth between two first drafts. The nonfic...

Thursday, July 26, 2018

Life Intervenes Yet Again

I was really looking forward to my upcoming trip this Wednesday from my home here in southern Arizona (where the temperature is 116º F ...

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Hitting the road

Barbara here. One of the great joys of being a writer is getting the chance to travel, whether it's into the head of a person very diff...

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Please welcome Thomas Kies!

by Rick Blechta Type M for Murder has a new member! We are most pleased to welcome Thomas Kies. Tom will begin work next Monday and altern...

Monday, July 23, 2018

Working for Other People.

I went shopping today. When I went to the checkout, only four manned tills were open, all with a long queue, so of course I went to the self...

Saturday, July 21, 2018

Weekend Guest Blogger: Reed Farrel Coleman

Called a hard-boiled poet by NPR’s Maureen Corrigan and the noir poet laureate in the Huffington Post, Reed Farrel Coleman is the New York T...

Thursday, July 19, 2018

This week in the life of an American and an American Writer

I’m away from home this week, on a consulting job in central Massachusetts, where I’m leading a workshop for a group of excellent high sch...

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Characters On Vacation

Apparently, my characters have all taken the summer off. Not sure where they’ve gone. Maybe they’re at the beach or they’ve gone to cooler...

Saturday, July 14, 2018

Summer Reading and What's Hot Right Now

Vicki Writing (not exactly as shown) Vicki Reading (not exactly as shown) Vicki Reading (not exactly as shown) Vicki...

Friday, July 13, 2018

Writing as Play

Reading Donis's post this morning reinforced what I was thinking about last night. Yesterday I was in New York City attending CraftFes...

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Life As A Work of Art

Cher July has been very weird, thus far. Maybe Jupiter is in Scorpio or Mercury is retrograde or Morning Becomes Electra. As usual, a l...

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Maybe how to write a novel?

Aline's posts usher in the week at Type M and they always get me thinking. This week's post about Muriel Spark's writing proces...

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Some things to tickle your funny bone

Okay Type M readers, I've got a HUGELY busy day (I’ll let you all guess why) and quite frankly no topic for this week’s post is leaping ...

Monday, July 09, 2018

How to Write a Novel

This year, Scotland has been celebrating the centenary of one of its best known novelists, Dame Muriel Spark. She is probably best known for...

Saturday, July 07, 2018

Thomas Kies, Guest Author

Type M is very pleased to welcome guest author Thomas Kies, author of the Geneva Chase Mystery Series. The first novel in his new seri...

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