Thursday, November 01, 2018

Happy Fall, and How Not to Get Sick

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Me (center) and Mary Anna Evans being interviewed in OKC Happy All Saints' Day everyone, or All Souls, or Day of the Dead, or Hallow...
Wednesday, October 31, 2018

What's the deal with goblins and ghosts?

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Today is Halloween, a time when ghosts, skulls, and tombstones decorate front lawns, a time when not only is it all right to scare the dayl...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Everything old is new again

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by Rick Blechta In case you didn’t know, I’m an admitted typography junky. I’m referring to those glyphs you’re looking at right now, mean...
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Saturday, October 27, 2018

Ghosts, shoes, and suicide.

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My post this month coincides with the Halloween weekend, the time of the year for ghosts and other scary things. I'll start by talking a...
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Friday, October 26, 2018

When I'm an Old Woman. . .

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Last week I helped with a funeral dinner and all the ladies there wore red hats and flamboyant purple dresses. One of the other help...
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Thursday, October 25, 2018

Thoughts on a Reading Life

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Like all writers, I’m a reader first. But my day job has me thinking about books, maybe, differently than some other writers might. Given th...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Sans Forgetica

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Sans Forgetica. That’s the name of the font in the picture. Yep, that’s a real font name. I’m not making it up. It’s not the prettiest ...
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Monday, October 22, 2018

Tom's Halloween Blog

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The month of October marks the beginning of autumn.  The leaves are turning color, the days are getting shorter, the air is crisp, and Starb...
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Saturday, October 20, 2018

Guest Author Dennis Palumbo Talks Erotomania

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What would be the ideal professional background for a mystery and thriller writer? Formerly a Hollywood screenwriter (My Favorite Year;...
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Friday, October 19, 2018

NaNoWriMo Time Again

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This year -- once again -- I intend to participate in National Novel Writing Month. I say "intend" meaning I will sign up again an...
Thursday, October 18, 2018

A Trip to the Homeland

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I'm not really here today, Dear Reader. I am in Woodward, Oklahoma, as you read this. Last August I had to cancel a trip to speak a...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Launches and signings and readings, oh dear

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Last night I had the official launch of my latest book, PRISONERS OF HOPE, and so begins the frenetic season of promoting a new book. It...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Too close to home

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by Rick Blechta Imagine if you will the following plot for a novel. An older man, legally blind and living alone, goes out for his usu...
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Saturday, October 13, 2018

Branching Out into the World of Sherlock Holmes

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By Vicki Delany If there is one thing, I am not, it’s a non-fiction writer.  I like being able to make up things. But it never h...
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Friday, October 12, 2018

I Needed Help

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In my last post, I wrote about my unbelievably positive publishing experience for my first novel. Well, not my first novel. It was actu...
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Thursday, October 11, 2018

Character Sketches

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It's been a whirlwind of a week. On the writing front, most of my time has been dedicated to character sketches as I work up a synopsi...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Pumpkin Racing, Anyone?

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My fourth book, Designed For Haunting , came out yesterday so Yay! me. I’m in the middle of my Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour as well as ap...
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Tuesday, October 09, 2018

Murdertown…

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by Rick Blechta Yesterday was Thanksgiving up here in the Great White North, so consequently I woke up this morning at six a.m. with a jol...
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Monday, October 08, 2018

Finished Manuscript

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On Sunday, October 7, at a little after noon, I hit the button and sent the manuscript for Graveyard Bay to my editor, Annette Rogers, at ...
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Saturday, October 06, 2018

Guest Post: Margaret Dumas

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Sybil here. Please welcome Margaret Dumas to Type M. I met Margaret at Left Coast Crime in Reno where we had a nice chat about our books and...
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