Friday, July 30, 2021

Out of Season

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  I have this silly morning glory plant that thinks it's a perennial. It's not. It's an annual. It thinks it's purple, too, ...
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Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Mystery Writers Who Host Podcasts

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  Back in April of last year I wrote about how I’d discovered podcasts. Since then, I swear the podcast world has exploded. Or maybe I’m jus...
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Tuesday, July 27, 2021

A public service announcement!

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by Rick Blechta   I will be on vacation this week and next. See everyone on July 10th -- with holiday photos! Stay well.
Monday, July 26, 2021

Believable Behavior

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 If you’re going to be a writer, I believe you need to be a keen observer of your surroundings.  I’m not just talking about places and thing...
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Friday, July 23, 2021

Mama Was Right

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Like my blogmates and all of you, I've been trying to carry on in this new pandemic world. Yesterday I finally admitted something that e...
Thursday, July 22, 2021

How I've Learned That Newton's Three Laws of Motion Perfectly Apply to Writing a Book During a Pandemic

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 I (Donis)  actually went out to lunch with a friend last week (!) and we spent a great deal of time discussing how this pandemic has simply...
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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Summertime non-post

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This is going to be one short post, because I have no time to think of anything intelligent to say about writing life. It's July, it'...
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Three things that bug me

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By Rick Blechta I guess that I’ve just been in a grumpy mood lately, but there are a lot of little things that I am finding irritating. I’m ...
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Monday, July 19, 2021

Matching the music to the mood

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(Image courtesy of Pixabay) I was at a loss over what to write this week but then, while staring at that little cursor winking as if daring ...
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Thursday, July 15, 2021

Community

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I’m always amazed at the sense of community I feel when I engage with other mystery writers (or writers from other genres, for that matter)....
Wednesday, July 14, 2021

In A Relationship With My Air Conditioner

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  You may have noticed, at least I hope you did, that I missed my post two weeks ago. I was out of town for the first time in a year and a h...
Tuesday, July 13, 2021

More on creativity

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by Rick Blechta Just under this post is one by Tom Kies, and I strongly suggest you read it. Not only is it excellent, but my post this we...
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Monday, July 12, 2021

Creativity

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 There’s a theory that everyone is born with in innate sense of creativity.  As babies grow into toddlers, and toddlers grow into school age...
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Friday, July 09, 2021

Watching The Sopranos

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Frankie here. When I was thinking about my "brand" as a writer, I came up with the tagline that appears on my website -- "Eve...
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Thursday, July 08, 2021

Voices

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Donis here. I'm so glad to read about my blogmates finally achieving a measure of freedom through vaccination. My husband and I are full...
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Wednesday, July 07, 2021

Have dose, will travel

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 Liberated! Well, at least the door has been unlocked, so that I can twist the handle, ease it open, and step cautiously outside. Rick's...
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Tuesday, July 06, 2021

On the road again

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by Rick Blechta Grand Central Station Having been double-vaccinated, my wife and I are busily planning a trip home to the NYC area for the f...
Monday, July 05, 2021

Schroedinger's Book

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(Author's note - just noticed this falls into line with Thomas's post last week!) The last time we were all together I mentioned tha...
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Friday, July 02, 2021

Happy 4th of July

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  Wishing a very happy 4th to all who log in to Type M for Murder.  And to all my blogmates on this site who are affiliated with United King...
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Monday, June 28, 2021

What Makes It Worthwhile

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 Today I received the first half of my advance for WHISPER ROOM to be published in 2022.  My wife watched as I opened the envelope from my a...
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