Friday, October 29, 2021

Not Heaven, But a First Draft

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 In one of his dramatic monologues Robert Browning's chararacter -- an aging artist with a faithless wife -- muses, "Ah, but a man&...
Thursday, October 28, 2021

Go There

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In my Type M entry of Sept 30, I wrote about a new monthly feature on my own website I'm trying called “Tell Me Your Story”. Thus far I&...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Going hybrid

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Last night I hosted a virtual launch on Zoom for my new Inspector Green mystery, THE DEVIL TO PAY. At this point in the pandemic, having att...
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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

No matter how things change, they still stay the same

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by Rick Blechta I was on Amazon the other day, looking for something I needed for a modelling project and somehow got into the book section...
Monday, October 25, 2021

Do You Know the MacGuffin man?

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Let's talk about the MacGuffin. For those unacquainted with the term, it's one Alfred Hitchcock used often and an approach of which ...
Saturday, October 23, 2021

The General and Me

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Colin Powell--former US Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staffs--passed away this week. There was a plenty of discussio...
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Friday, October 22, 2021

Surprise!

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  Last week I picked up Thomas Kies's book, Shadow Hill , when I was in Barnes and Noble. I was delighted to see it prominently displaye...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Seattle Fun

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  I spent last week in the Seattle area visiting my mom and sister. Had a lot of fun visiting, learning how to make lefse and doing some tou...
Monday, October 18, 2021

Kinsey Headed for TV?

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by Thomas Kies  I read an Associated Press article in my daily newspaper this morning that I found jarring.   Yes, most news stories I read,...
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Friday, October 15, 2021

Animal Stories

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 The posts from Charlotte, Rick, and Donis over the past week struck a chord. I have to admit that as much as I love Fergus, my Cavalier Kin...
Thursday, October 14, 2021

Zeros

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I enjoyed Rick's and Charlotte's latest Type M Entries about using pets our novels (though I'm sorry about Charlotte's grand...
Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Going to the wild side

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 Barbara here, at last. Although I'm not sure anyone missed me, I have been AWOL from this blog for the past month and only remembered t...
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Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Pet peeves

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by Rick Blechta I’ve used this title before for one of my weekly posts on Type M, but this post is different. It’s actually about pets, not ...
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Monday, October 11, 2021

A character by any other name brings notes from your editor

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My editor sent me notes this week on the next book in my series and one of the comments made me laugh out loud. I had used four different na...
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Saturday, October 09, 2021

This weekend’s special guest Vicki Delany!

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I am most pleased to welcome back Vicki Delany, one of Type M for Murders founders and long-time members. She is here to tell us all about h...
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Friday, October 08, 2021

The Long Goodbyes

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  This is a photo of my grandson, John Crockett, with Mayzie, the dog he received for his birthday. And if ever a boy and a dog were meant f...
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Thursday, October 07, 2021

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I’ve heard writers described as “pantsers” (writers who write “by the seat of their pants,” not knowing where the book will go as they’re wr...
Wednesday, October 06, 2021

AI and Audiobook Narration

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  For a long time, audiobooks were something I’d only listen to on a driving trip. On cassette tape. Yep, it was that long ago. I believe...
Tuesday, October 05, 2021

Scaring myself silly

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by Rick Blechta Once I read Tom’s post from yesterday , it was just too tempting to riff off it for my post this week. Coincidentally, I was...
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Monday, October 04, 2021

October: Time for Scary Stuff

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We’ve just flipped the page on the calendar to October.  Definitely one of my favorite months, it’s the time when the air turns cool and cri...
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