Thursday, February 27, 2020

Turning 50

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I turned 50 this week. My wife is planning a big birthday party, which I am trying like hell to squash. It isn’t that I don’t appreciate he...
Wednesday, February 26, 2020

125,744

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125,744. That’s how many steps my Fitbit says I walked last week, Saturday to Saturday, when I was in Las Vegas for the Creative Painting co...
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Musings on how we human beings can screw up ANYTHING.

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by Rick Blechta No, I’m going to be talking about something small and seemingly insignificant: spam. As regular readers of Type M ...
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Monday, February 24, 2020

Getting Readers Invested Through Emotion

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In the creative writing class I teach at our local college, my students all read from their works in progress.  I was very impressed with t...
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Saturday, February 22, 2020

Guest Blogger Ann Parker

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Type M is thrilled to welcome the incredibly talented Ann Parker, whose Silver Rush series has won multiple accolades and deserved every on...
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Friday, February 21, 2020

Writing in the Midst of Much To Do

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I forgot today is my day to blog. I've been checking my phone every morning for the day of the week. Then I check my appointment book. I...
Thursday, February 20, 2020

Segue

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Segue ( SEG-way ): to make a transition without interruption from one activity, topic, scene, or part to another – Merriam-Webster Dic...
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Walking for mind and soul

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Facebook is very useful for the random links it shares, sometimes posted by friends and other times by sponsoring companies. Facebook is al...
Tuesday, February 18, 2020

The saddest thing

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by Rick Blechta Too often we crime writers get caught up in our own plots and either gloss over the tragedy of sudden death or decide the ...
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Monday, February 17, 2020

Weathering the Weather

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Here in Edinburgh the winter has been good so far. When the south was getting day after day of rain, we had those perfect cold winter days –...
Friday, February 14, 2020

Series Characters--To Cherish or Not?

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One of the problems with a mystery series is that of reintroducing characters. Fans of the series don't want a detailed synopsis of e...
Thursday, February 13, 2020

The light and the dark

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Over the past month, I’ve read Where the Crawdads Sing , by Delia Owens, and Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned , by Walter Mosley. Thes...
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

The Books of Dark Shadows

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Lately, I've been rediscovering the books based on the supernatural soap opera, Dark Shadows , which aired in the mid sixties to the ear...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Falling in love with characters

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by Rick Blechta It’s a fact of life that we writers must find a connection with our characters in order to write effectively. Basical...
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Monday, February 10, 2020

Nervous About Teaching Creative Writing.

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Tonight I’m teaching my first Creative Writing class at our local community college. It’s a continuing education program so I won’t be gradi...
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Saturday, February 08, 2020

Guest Blogger Judith Starkston

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Type M is thrilled to welcome our guest Judith Starkston, whose historical fantasy series is set in the most fascinating place, in the most ...
Friday, February 07, 2020

And Life Goes On

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One of the facts of a writing life -- as I and my blogmates have noted -- is that life goes on even when we would rather be focused on a wor...
Thursday, February 06, 2020

Hamster on a Wheel

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As usual, I'm under a deadline and feeling desperate to finish the second installment of my new Bianca Dangereuse series, which is ...
Wednesday, February 05, 2020

I read Canadian

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A very special day is coming up on February 19, 2020: the very first I READ CANADIAN day celebrating Canadian authors and stories coast to...
Monday, February 03, 2020

Let's Hear It For Copy-Editors.

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The copy-edited ms of Devil's Garden , my new book, arrived this week so I've been head-down for the last few days. Usually the co...
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