Friday, September 30, 2022

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Preventing Brain Fade By Johnny D. Boggs                  Brain Fade. My favorite bit of sports jargon/slang comes from my newspaper days. I...
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Thursday, September 29, 2022

The War Of Art

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I don't read how-to-write books very much. Well, I take that back. I've read more lately than I did before I was published. Not beca...
Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Life's best laid plans

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Wednesday is my Type M time slot, but I am both late and fairly inarticulate. My apologies. Life gets in the way of the best intentions. I h...
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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

The Vampire Craze

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An editor once told me one of things she worried about at every writing conference was underestimating the abilities of someone who really d...
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Saturday, September 24, 2022

Cooks In The Kitchen

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                                             If you've ever written a book, you know what a solitary process that can be. It's just ...
Friday, September 23, 2022

My Travel Log

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 Hello, Frankie here.  I missed my last Friday post because I was away. For the first time since the pandemic began, I boarded a plane. For ...
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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Farewell Mystery Scene Magazine

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  I recently heard from a number of sources, including this one , that Mystery Scene Magazine is closing down. Kate Stine, its editor, annou...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

God Bless The Queen

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Queen Elizabeth was the epitome of sanity and stability in a world that is wobbling on its axis. The way she lived her life assured us of th...
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Monday, September 19, 2022

Strange Places Research Takes You

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By Thomas Kies  During the height of the pandemic when the world was locked down, no, I wasn’t looking to date anyone.  However, I was like ...
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Saturday, September 17, 2022

Guest blog: Researching Bushman Culture

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 This weekend's guest blogger is the talented duo of Michael Sears and Stan Trollip, known jointly as Michael Stanley. I first met them ...
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Thursday, September 15, 2022

Why Do You Want to Read This Book?

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 Last night I was reading an older Barbara Kingsolver book, High Tide In Tucson . a collection of essays. In one of the essays, “Jaberwocky”...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Motive, justice, and the many shades of gray

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 Douglas's Monday post resonated with me, as do many of the varied posts on this blog. Having a collection of authors from different cou...
Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Bite Your Tongue

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Tempted to point out someone else's errors? I've learned the hard way the best policy is to bite my tongue and shut my mouth. Why is...
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Monday, September 12, 2022

The thrill of seeing a book for the first time

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 I've done it. Typed THE END. I think I speak for all in this room when I say, "Phew!" The last time you and I were together, ...
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Thursday, September 08, 2022

Kernels of Truth

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I’ve always believed the best stories begin with a kernel of truth. They stem, in some way, from real life. This week, I'm going to shar...
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Wednesday, September 07, 2022

CCWC 2023

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  This week people are heading to Bouchercon in Minneapolis. I’m not one of them. I admit there’s a bit of FOMO going on with me, but I’m ok...
Tuesday, September 06, 2022

It's a Heart Thing

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When I was in grade school, September and the first day of school was my favorite time of year. The odor of freshly waxed floors and chalk w...
Monday, September 05, 2022

Paranoia and Life Imitating Art

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 Cindy and I are binging on “ The Americans ” currently streaming on Hulu.  We’re on season 5 and loving the show.  It’s set in the 1980’s, ...
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Thursday, September 01, 2022

Life on Fire

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This has been an exhausting summer for us at Chez Casey. My husband has been dealing with doctors, hospitals, procedures, infusions, ad naus...
Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Staring at the mountain

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 Today is the final day of August, and although summer officially ends on September 22, in reality, for most of us it ends on Labour Day. As...