Friday, September 28, 2018

Book Learning

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I taught myself to write from books and magazines such as The Writer and Writer's Digest because I didn't know any better. I had a...
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Thursday, September 27, 2018

Challenges facing the contemporary crime-fiction writer, cont….

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Rick’s excellent Sept. 18 post “ Is it getting harder to write contemporary crime fiction? ” has me thinking. He astutely examines the works...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Knee Deep In Blog Posts

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I just sent off my last blog post for my upcoming promotional “tour” of the internet and to say I’m relieved would be an understatement. One...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Living in the Past

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by Rick Blechta (No, I’m not talking about the song by Jethro Tull — and boy, does that date me! It came out in 1969. But it is a terrifi...
Monday, September 24, 2018

Hurricane Florence

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I got back just in time from Bouchercon to prepare for Hurricane Florence. I live on Bogue Banks Island in Carteret County, North Carolina. ...
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Friday, September 21, 2018

Going on Location

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This week I went out to do location scouting for my 1939 book in progress. I went to Nantucket -- a fast turnaround of two nights and a day....
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Thursday, September 20, 2018

Pay Attention!

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Donis here. Is it my turn again? Time certainly flies, especially when you have a jillion things on your mind and you barely know what...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2018

A day in a writer's life

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It's that time in a writer's life– at least in my writerly life– when I am trying to inhabit two worlds. I have been researching TH...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Is it getting harder to write contemporary crime fiction?

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by Rick Blechta I recently read — if you’ve been paying attention — a few Nero Wolfe novels. The Wolfe series began back in the ’30s, so t...
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Monday, September 17, 2018

Responding to Change

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I read Sybil's blog about the changes to the bail system and the knock-on effect on crime writers with great interest since a few years ...
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Friday, September 14, 2018

Event Surprise

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Once in a while I agree to a presentation or an event that is dramatically different than what I'm expecting. Last week I spoke to ...
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Thursday, September 13, 2018

Slow days

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Growing up, I remember autumn being the “slow season,” the time of fresh starts and of new beginnings. Spring may universally be considere...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Bye Bye Bail

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The times, they are a changin’ here in California. The state legislature recently passed a bill eliminating money bail in the state. When I ...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Oh, the things you will see!

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by Rick Blechta Every writer who does their work on a computer knows how useful having an internet connection can be. Need an airline sche...
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Monday, September 10, 2018

In a Writing State of Mind

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I’ll admit, I’m a pantser. I don't plan ahead when I'm writing.  It's a discovery process.   I know what the first scene of my b...
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Saturday, September 08, 2018

Facebook: Not just another pretty (social media) face

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Vicki Delany here to introduce my friend and fellow author Judy Penz Sheluk, who has a brand new book coming out at the end of the month. ...
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Friday, September 07, 2018

Bouchercon Time

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Hi, everyone. Sorry for the late and brief post. I'm in St. Petersburg, Florida attending Bouchercon 2018. As most of you know Boucherco...
Thursday, September 06, 2018

Mark Twain and Me

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I (Donis) have been watching the PBS rerun of Ken Burns' documentary on the life of Samuel Clemens, the last episode of which ran ...
Wednesday, September 05, 2018

More fun with names

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It's fascinating to me how great Type M minds are thinking alike these days. Several of us are pre-occupied with characters - their nam...
Tuesday, September 04, 2018

Getting it all correct at the beginning

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by Rick Blechta Stories, or plots if you will, are funny things. The correct balance must be struck at the beginning or the darn things won’...
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