Thursday, June 30, 2022

More danger

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I’m officially a Midwesterner, moved in and (somewhat) unpacked in Orchard Lake, Michigan. I’ve dragged my writing chair to the corner of an...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

100!

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  by Sybil Johnson This is a short post today. It’s been a busy couple weeks for me. I finished a short story and submitted it to an antholo...
Tuesday, June 28, 2022

WWA Conference

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 by Charlotte Hinger The annual Western Writers of America convention will always be my favorite event. It was due to connections made at th...
Monday, June 27, 2022

Murder Mystery Dinner

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  By Thomas Kies Fair warning that this blog will be short.   One of the reasons is that it’s summertime here on the North Carolina coast ...
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Saturday, June 25, 2022

The Art of the Blurb

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 Once you've been published and have achieved even a modest amount of fame, you'll be asked by another writer to provide a blurb. So...
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Thursday, June 23, 2022

A Love Affair With Writing

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 A lot has been happening in my daily life, as usual, and it's been hard to find adequate time to write. Especially considering the fact...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022

More on reviews

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 Charlotte's post yesterday on writing reviews caught my attention. I loved her thoughtful, sensitive, but honest approach. In a world w...
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Reviews and Mean People

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by Charlotte Hinger I don't give nasty reviews. But I don't lie either. This philosophy puts me in some rather delicate situations. ...
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Monday, June 20, 2022

As others see us

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Even though I have been writing stories for almost as long as I can remember, which is about two weeks back, I didn't always want to be ...
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Friday, June 17, 2022

Summer Plans and Agatha Christie

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I've lost track of my posting schedule, but I'm sure I missed last Friday. Mid-week I went down to New York City to do an interview ...
Thursday, June 16, 2022

Live from . . .

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I’ve been off the grid for a couple weeks, in transit, between Massachusetts and Michigan, between schools (Northfield Mount Hermon and Detr...
Wednesday, June 15, 2022

More On That Hot "New" Writer

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  by Sybil Johnson I read the recent Wall Street Journal article Thomas mentioned in his post on Monday, the one about younger readers disco...
Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Will Rogers Medallion Award

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  by Charlotte Hinger What a surprise! When I picked up my mail this evening there was a brown envelope sent from Fort Worth. It contained a...
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Monday, June 13, 2022

Younger Readers Discover Agatha Christie

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 By Thomas Kies A little a week ago, I attended Thrillerfest in New York.  It was my first in-person conference since 2019 and I loved it.  ...
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Friday, June 10, 2022

Guest Blogger Mary Anna Evans

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Type M is thrilled to welcome our friend and guest blogger Mary Anna Evans, author of thirteen award-winning Faye Longchamp mysteries. Her f...
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Thursday, June 09, 2022

Random Thoughts on Writing

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I (Donis) have been doing my best to write over the past months - though it's hard to concentrate these days. I'd plead that I'v...
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Wednesday, June 08, 2022

Inspector Green or Amanda Doucette

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I am facing a dilemma. My current contract with Dundurn will soon be fulfilled, with Wreck Bay in its final edits and scheduled for winter ...
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Tuesday, June 07, 2022

The Fatal Click

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 by Charlotte Hinger I'm about five pages away from finishing my new mystery. I think. As usual the first 100 pages have been gone over ...
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Monday, June 06, 2022

Time traveling on paper

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 At the moment I am in the 18th century. I don't mean physically for despite the best efforts of Mr Herbert George Wells - not to mentio...
Wednesday, June 01, 2022

No Words, Words

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  Like Charlotte and Thomas, I am saddened by recent events here in the U.S. The last couple weeks have also been tiring for other reasons. ...
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