Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Psst, Your Roots Are Showing

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No, I’m not talking about those bits of gray that have suddenly appeared on your head. (Though, come to think of it, I could use a session w...
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Monday, July 29, 2019

First Lines

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How important is your first sentence? It’s important enough that Thrillerfest held a contest for best first sentence of a published novel....
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Saturday, July 27, 2019

As It Was, But Not Much Better

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Lately I've been feeding my nostalgia for the 70s by watching contemporary crime movies. Mind you, I graduated from high school in 1973 ...
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Thursday, July 25, 2019

Plugging On

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Awaiting Cover Art I just got home from seeing an audiologist and an ENT, since my hearing, which has been iffy for years, has been ge...
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Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Our annual writers' retreat

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For over fifteen years, I have been with the same critiquing group, the Ladies Killing Circle, through most of the Inspector Green series a...
Tuesday, July 23, 2019

21st Century author promotion -or- What could possibly go wrong?

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By Rick Blechta Unlike Aline, I’m a more self-promotion type of person. I built an author website very early on* (1999) when this promotio...
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Monday, July 22, 2019

Taking the Plunge

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I've just made a momentous decision. At least, I'm not sure I actually did, it just sort of happened after an afternoon with my publ...
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Friday, July 19, 2019

Conference Envy

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My fellow Type M'er, Thomas Kies, posted a report on Thrillerfest, a writer's conference held in New York this month and I co...
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Thursday, July 18, 2019

The 21st Century Artist

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This summer has been a whirlwind. Lots of travel. Some business. Some pleasure. I haven't been home as much as I would have liked. My ...
Wednesday, July 17, 2019

A Whole Lot of Shaking Going On

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I’ve lived on the West Coast of the U.S. my entire life. Most of my adult life I’ve lived in Southern California. As you might guess, I’ve e...
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Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Memory

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by Rick Blechta Are you the sort of person who tends to put things off? I am, or should I say I try not to be. It can be something as si...
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Monday, July 15, 2019

Thrillerfest XIV

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I’d never been to Thrillerfest in New York.   I’d heard it was pricy…and it is.   Of course it is, it's New York.  But it's also t...
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Saturday, July 13, 2019

Weekend Guest S.G. Wong

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I'm delighted to welcome S.G. Wong to Type M for Murder.  S.G. is a Canadian author, speaker, and community organizer. An Arthur E...
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Friday, July 12, 2019

Wasting Time or Clearing Space?

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Frankie here. I feel the need to establish that because I'm trying to focus with multiple things going on today -- including a visit fro...
Thursday, July 11, 2019

Get It Down

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I didn’t sleep very well last night. I couldn’t go deep. This is a problem I’ve been having off and on for years, one with which I’m su...
Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Cedric is back!

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As I write this, I am sitting in the airport in Montreal, waiting for my flight. Because I’m travelling to the US, I had to rush to get to t...
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