Thursday, November 21, 2019

Timeouts

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Timeouts. I don’t know what else to call these pauses. I get in a rhythm, write 50 or 75 pages of the novel I’m working on and something –– ...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019

5 in 5

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Monday marked 5 years since my first book, Fatal Brushstroke , was released. Tuesday was the release day for my 5th book, Ghosts of Painting...
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Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Two random thoughts

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by Rick Blechta I found Tom’s post yesterday quite interesting. Here are a couple of riffs that his description of Washington inspired in...
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Monday, November 18, 2019

Thoughts From Capitol Hill

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This week I took a break from working on my fourth novel and flew to Washington D.C. where I joined a group of about fifty coastal business ...
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Friday, November 15, 2019

Writing Weather

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When I was growing up in Virginia, we lived "out in the country." Not deep country, but a few miles outside the city limits. Far e...
Thursday, November 14, 2019

Another Book Launch Under My Belt

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Donis, Barbara Peters, Martin Edwards What a weird couple of weeks it's been. I've had so many things going that I'm in a c...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Cover Design

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Covers sell books. Well, not by themselves, but covers are the "curb appeal" of books. They are what first catches the eye and ma...
Monday, November 11, 2019

How To Grow Readers

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Reading Rick's post this week about how few people are reading these days, I wanted to say that as a family we are doing our best to ...
Friday, November 08, 2019

Flogging My Way to Success

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Just can't do it folks. Can't nag my friends and family members about writing reviews of my books. I consider it an honor when so...
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Thursday, November 07, 2019

What’s in your wallet?

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This week, my audiobook is Dreyer’s English , by Random House copy chief, now NYT best-seller, Benjamin Dreyer. I listen to it at the gym, ...
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Wednesday, November 06, 2019

Bouchercon 2019 Recap

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I spent all last week in Texas, half of it in Dallas for Bouchercon, half doing a little sightseeing in Austin and San Antonio. One of the h...
Tuesday, November 05, 2019

More on travel-related reading habits

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by Rick Blechta If you’re a regular reader of Type M, you’ll know I traveled by air recently and did a bit of rough and ready research on ...
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Monday, November 04, 2019

Writers who inspired me to be a writer

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As I write this, I’m on the 11th floor of the Hyatt Regency in Dallas attending Bouchercon. Last night, I had cocktails with Michael Barson ...
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Saturday, November 02, 2019

The Next Big Thing

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We writers are always getting hit on the head about the need for marketing. You can't turn around without tripping on yet another promot...
Wednesday, October 30, 2019

For the love of libraries

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This past Sunday I had the honour of being the guest speaker at the annual fundraising gala of the Friends of the Haliburton County Public ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

ALWAYS ask questions

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by Rick Blechta This weekend I was in the middle of a chapter and came to a roadblock, or maybe it’s better to put it that I came to a poi...
Monday, October 28, 2019

Making a Start

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It was 33C when I left Saigon on Thursday. Today, it's 4C. But the sun is shining in a brilliant blue sky and I keep telling myself that...
Friday, October 25, 2019

Guest Blogger: Thomas A. Burns, Jr.

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Thomas A. Burns, Jr. is the author of the Natalie McMasters Mysteries. He was born and grew up in New Jersey, attended Xavier High School ...

Random Inspiration

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When my granddaughter Leah was in high school she participated in Equestrian Vaulting Competitions. Not pole vaulting, but acrobatic...
Thursday, October 24, 2019

Outline or handcuffs?

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I’m about 50,000 words into my work-at-hand, I’ve edited what I have, and feel good about it. To date, I have followed my outline, which, tr...
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