Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Today's post

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by Rick Blechta Oh my God, it’s Tuesday! You’ll see that I haven’t written a post. I can’t do my usual bale-out of posting a clever cartoon ...
Monday, November 23, 2020

Court in the Act

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Ah, Scotland. As you know, I'm a Scot, living in Scotland. And because many of you enjoyed the images last time (well, a number of you. ...
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Friday, November 20, 2020

Weird, Weirder and Weirdest

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  Thanksgiving is getting beyond strange. Our county (Larimer) is begging people not to gather in person for Thanksgiving. Our county is und...
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Thursday, November 19, 2020

A mind in knots

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My youngest daughter, Keeley, loves to bake and to play the piano. She loves to read and daydream. Monday night, she sat down at the piano a...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Bank Robberies and Money Bail

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One of my favorite things about being a writer is doing research. I’ve learned so many things that I never would have found out about if I h...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Getting a little wind in our blogging sails

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by Rick Blechta Today’s post will be a short one (I still have a balustrade to install on our new front porch. Look it up if you have no ide...
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Monday, November 16, 2020

Blood on the Page

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 By Thomas Kies Our local college has contracted me to teach another Creative Writing course in January—if our state is still allowing in-pe...
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Friday, November 13, 2020

Lessons to Be Learned

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 As I work on my historical thriller set in 1939, I have come to think of the year itself as a character. 1939 is an adolescent. He is torn ...
Thursday, November 12, 2020

Never Assume.

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 I (Donis) don't know about you, Dear Reader, but I am exhausted. I have generally kept my mouth shut about the state of the world, main...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Promotion in the Age of Covid

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These past two weeks since my last post have been full of drama. First both my dogs got skunked (at 11 pm, pitch dark outside, and I had no ...
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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

The degradation of pronunciation

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by Rick Blechta I’m feeling curmudgeonly today, so you’ve all been warned. My irritation about what I’m going to discuss has been building f...
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Monday, November 09, 2020

Taking the show on the road

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One of the things I love about being a writer is going on the road for book festivals and events. I didn’t do much of that in my non-ficti...
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Saturday, November 07, 2020

Guest post by Judy Penz Sheluk

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I am happy to welcome to Type M our guest this weekend, Judy Penz Sheluk. A former journalist and magazine editor, Judy is the author of two...
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Friday, November 06, 2020

Improve!

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Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear were keynote speakers at the recent Women Writing the West conference. The Gears have over 17 m...
Thursday, November 05, 2020

A week in slow motion

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I greatly appreciated Rick’s Tuesday post . Tuesday, for me, dragged on and on and on. I’m usually pretty good at keeping myself busy. As I ...
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Wednesday, November 04, 2020

Social Distancing? Quarantini? Faceism?

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  Hard to believe it’s almost the end of the year. Pretty soon it’ll be January and time for various organizations to decide on the word/phr...
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Tuesday, November 03, 2020

Today is a special day

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by Rick Blechta I won’t bore you with why it’s so special. If you don’t know, then I won’t ruin your day by reminding you why. However, I’m ...
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Monday, November 02, 2020

On Elections and Quarrulent Logorrhea

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 Seriously.   Is anyone thinking about writing today, the day before election day?  I know I’m not.  Since everyone else is talking about th...
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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 ...