Tuesday, December 31, 2019

A year-end wish to you all

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by Rick Blechta 2019 was not a banner year for the planet nor for many people. Rather than give you my enumeration of the good and bad thi...
Monday, December 30, 2019

Resolving to Write Every Single Day!

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Since the beginning of December, I haven’t been on a deadline and have fallen into a very bad habit.  I’m not sitting down and writing every...
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Saturday, December 28, 2019

Something old, too much new

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As a kid I loved Christmas presents. I liked to think I was easy to shop for since what would always make me happy were model airplanes. The...
Friday, December 27, 2019

Farewell to 2019

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It's the end of another year. This time it's also the end of a decade. I would like to think that I'm not only older but much...
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Thursday, December 26, 2019

Happy Boxing Day

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Don and I hope you all had a wonderful holiday, be it Christmas or Hanukkah or Kwanza or Festivus. We had Christmas brunch with friends...
Tuesday, December 24, 2019

My holiday wish to you — assuming you don't already live in Iceland!

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by Rick Blechta By all accounts, Iceland is a very admirable and civilized country. Sadly, I haven’t had the opportunity to visit, but it ...
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Monday, December 23, 2019

Happy Christmas

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I'm sorry! No time to write a full blog - and I suspect you wouldn't have time to read it if I did! Every good wish to you all ...
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Saturday, December 21, 2019

Guest Post - Laura Oles

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Please welcome author Laura Oles to Type M. I had the pleasure of hanging out with her and her sidekick, Micki Browning, at Bouchercon in Da...
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Thursday, December 19, 2019

Winterly (and Writerly) Conflicts

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Less than a week before Christmas, here in western Massachusetts, and things are great and a tad frustrating at the same time. As a dad ...
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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

More Christmas Favorites

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I enjoyed Thomas’ post on Monday about favorite Christmas movies and books, though I have to admit I’m always taken aback when someone names...
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Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Blew it again!

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by (a very contrite) Rick Blechta I operate on a very specific timeline for getting things done each week. If one thing changes, it can th...
Monday, December 16, 2019

Unofficial Poll of Favorite Holiday Books and Movies

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My latest Geneva Chase mystery, Graveyard Bay , takes place shortly before Christmas. Now, under no circumstances, would I classify it as a ...
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Friday, December 13, 2019

'Tis the Season

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The season that comes at the end of every semester. Today I have research papers coming in from one class while responding to the other abou...
Thursday, December 12, 2019

How Could You! Or The Perils of Writing a Spin-off Series.

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The Wrong Girl , the first book of my new series, The Adventures of Bianca Dangereuse , has been out for a month now, and let me tell y...
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Books make the perfect gift

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I love this discussion about books as perfect gifts. There is an endless variety of them - one for every taste and age and skill - and unli...
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Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Book gift-giving

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by Rick Blechta I really enjoyed Aline’s post yesterday. Hope you did too. If you didn’t get a chance to read it, please Click Here . I ...
Monday, December 09, 2019

Improving Literature

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One Christmas it was dressing-gowns. I don't know how it happened, but without consultation everyone seemed to have thought, 'I know...
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Saturday, December 07, 2019

The Mesdames of Mayhem

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Today I am delighted to welcome as our weekend guests the inspirational group of crime short story writers who call themselves The Mesdam...
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Friday, December 06, 2019

A Fine Bar for Dogs

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I've spent many happy hours listening my daughter Michele's band, the Trucker's Daughter. But a couple of Sundays ago I h...
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Thursday, December 05, 2019

Knowing your audience(s)

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I’m caught between two projects right now: I'm trying to finish a novel that I've waded into 50,000-words deep, and I'm trying t...