Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Celebrating literacy

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 Today I am excited to be giving a lunch-time Zoom talk sponsored by Literacy Quebec. Literacy has always been dear to my heart, not just be...
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Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Just going for it

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By Rick Blechta Eric Wright (photo: Valerie Wright) In my post two weeks ago I spoke about my difficulty remembering the sort of recent pa...
Monday, March 29, 2021

Give us a smile

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Good Monday to you, Type M peeps - Skelton back at the keyboard. I am in the throes of a house move, as those of you who tuned in last time ...
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Saturday, March 27, 2021

High Crimes and High Adventure

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 Next month my newest novel comes out. Or more specifically, one that I co-wrote. My day job is as a ghost writer. Most of my projects are m...
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Friday, March 26, 2021

Murdering the Myth

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 Recently I've watched a couple of series that were well written, with a sterling cast. The episodes held my interest. Then the bad guys...
Thursday, March 25, 2021

From Chabon to editing

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I’m reading The Yiddish Policemen’s Union again this month, teaching the book, in preparation for the author, Michael Chabon , to visit. Thi...
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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

National Craft Month

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  March is National Craft Month. Any month is craft month as far as I’m concerned. I’ve been doing a fair number of craft projects over the...
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Tuesday, March 23, 2021

My thoughts on Tom’s post

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By Rick Blechta I read Tom’s horrible account yesterday of gun violence that took the lives of two of his friends. Then, before I could eve...
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Monday, March 22, 2021

Senseless Shootings

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On Tuesday, eight people were gunned down in Atlanta at three different massage spas. The suspected gunman, Robert Aaron Long, told police ...
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Friday, March 19, 2021

Murderous March conference

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 My apologies for not having a real post today. Sisters in Crime-Upper Hudson chapter ("Mavens of Mayhem") is hosting our 4th annu...
Thursday, March 18, 2021

Vaccinated!

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I (Donis) am writing this on St. Patrick’s Day, a day which always makes me nostalgic. From my early childhood, I’ve considered St. Patrick’...
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Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Lest we forget

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Douglas's post about the world of forgotten things really touched me. Those bits of the past are our link to memory, often our touchston...
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Living in the past

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By Rick Blechta No, this week’s post title is not a reference to the 1969 song by Jethro Tull but I suppose it could act as a musical back...
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Monday, March 15, 2021

The World of Forgotten Things

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Hi - Douglas Skelton coming to you from Scotland. I'm in the process of moving house at the moment. That means I'm surrounded by box...
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Friday, March 12, 2021

The End is Near

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 Winter, and the ghost of Covid 19 is stealing away. I'm writing this while Fort Collins is preparing for a massive snow storm and we ar...
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Thank You Last Responders

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  I’ve heard the term “first responders” for quite a while now, but I hadn’t heard “last responders” until local newspapers started publishi...
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Monday, March 08, 2021

Covid and Literary Conflict

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 By Thomas Kies  Two weeks ago, today, my wife and I won the lottery…sort of.  We both got our second Pfizer vaccination.  It was like this ...
Friday, March 05, 2021

Using Distractions

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Writing teachers tell us to make our protagonist's life difficult.  Personally, I've had major life events that not only made my lif...
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Thursday, March 04, 2021

Promotion – Too Much or Not Enough?

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The good old days of promotion  My new novel, Valentino Will Die, has been released. I’ve been spending the past few weeks, and will spend ...
Wednesday, March 03, 2021

Aiming at a moving target

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Since the pandemic began, I have posted from time to time about the challenge of writing it into my current work in progress. Or not. The bo...