Saturday, October 31, 2020

Guest Blogger Judith Starkston

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Type M is honored to welcome our weekend guest blogger, the inimitable Judith Starkston. Judy has two degrees in Classics from the Universit...
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Thursday, October 29, 2020

When the Veil Between the Worlds Thins...

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Appropriately enough, November 2, the day before Election Day in the U.S., is the Day of the Dead, a Spanish/Aztec celebration much beloved ...
Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Neither a plotter nor a pantser be

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I am fascinated by the many approaches writers use to writing a novel, and the attempts they make to conceptualize and pigeonhole their appr...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Sorry I'm so late!

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by Rick Blechta I unexpectedly had to go out of town this morning to pick up something in the nearby city of Hamilton. I only realized after...
Monday, October 26, 2020

Cruising the block

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I made mention of the guilt writers can feel when not writing last time I was here. Was that really two weeks ago? Time flies when you'r...
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Saturday, October 24, 2020

The Robots Have Won

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Pardon my erratic posting. You'd think with the pandemic lockdown I would've settled into a definite routine but things can get very...
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Friday, October 23, 2020

Our Poor State

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This picture was taken in the front of my house. The actual fire is miles away. Nevertheless this is what the sky looked like in Fort Collin...
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Thursday, October 22, 2020

"Thank God for Books"

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  “Thank God for books.” The remark made me smile when she said it and makes me smile again as I write it here. I’d asked my mother, a woman...
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Are you a plantser?

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  I, Sybil Johnson, being of sound mind (not sure about the body) fully admit to being a plantser. Not a plotter or a pantser, but a plantse...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

The art of the interview

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By Rick Blechta        I’m currently involved in a non-fiction book project. No, I’m not writing the book, although I’m on tap to either do ...
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Monday, October 19, 2020

Dirty Words

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On Friday, Donis wrote an excellent blog about curse words in her writing and in real life. It made me think about the creative writing clas...
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Saturday, October 17, 2020

Hidden Motives

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As my colleagues and I have said these are strange, surreal times. Working at home, I sometimes forget what day it is. Friday felt like the ...
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Thursday, October 15, 2020

Curses

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Donis here. I sometimes wish I didn't live in such interesting times. I often find myself scared and depressed, so much so that I'll...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Spies among us

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Rick's Monday post was sobering. Not only because of the many ways we can be monitored and tracked and spied on, but also because this t...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020

How many of us realize this?

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by Rick Blechta For several reasons I’ve been thinking about the state of our (digital) world for the past several weeks. When creating c...
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Monday, October 12, 2020

You can’t handle the tooth

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Let me just say this now – toothache is not a lifestyle choice I would recommend. Late last year I began having trouble with a tooth at th...
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Friday, October 09, 2020

Gong Show, Anyone?

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I want to moderate the next debate. Let's resurrect the gong show. Every time a speaker ignores a question that could be answered with a...
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Thursday, October 08, 2020

Reading in a Time of Chaos

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I loved Frankie’s post “ Writing in a Time of Chaos ” last week, about writing in the wake (that’s the right word, I think) of all that is g...
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Wednesday, October 07, 2020

Halloween Oldies But Goodies

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  We live in very strange times. Thomas’ post on Monday reminded me just how crazy the world is right now. Every day seems to bring somethin...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2020

Tom is right!

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by Rick Blechta We’re all currently living inside a thriller novel. If you haven’t read Tom’s post yesterday, you should. He lays it all ou...
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