Monday, October 31, 2022

What Scares Us?

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 by Thomas Kies Happy Halloween readers!!  Since today is the day when, according to the ancient Celtic tradition of Samhain, we should be l...
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Friday, October 28, 2022

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  Connections By Johnny D. Boggs The telephone rang last week, and I pushed away from the keyboard and answered. The news stunned me. Karl C...
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Thursday, October 27, 2022

The Eighth First Draft

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I have just begun the preliminary research and planning stages for my next novel (number 14), and soon I'll be in that apply-glue-to-rea...
Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Lizzie Noel

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 by Charlotte Hinger My short story, "Lizzie Noel," was published in the Nov/Dec issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. I'm ...
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Monday, October 24, 2022

It'll be alright on the edit

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 It's cold and wet here in Scotland, which is nothing unusual but still seeps into the bones like dampness into old walls. It's the ...
Saturday, October 22, 2022

Vaya con Dios, BookBar

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I originally wrote this for October and set it to autopost, which didn't happen.  Take 2. After too long of a delay, I finally had anoth...
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Friday, October 21, 2022

Facts and Maybe Facts

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 I'm in the midst of fact-checking for a nonfiction book that I'm doing for my academic publisher. The book is about gangster movies...
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Thursday, October 20, 2022

Hectic schedules and tiny egos

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It’s been a hectic fall with lots going on, so I’ve backed off on my Type M commitment, dropping down to one post per month for the time bei...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Reality TV Show, Anyone?

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  by Sybil Johnson  Recently, I’ve been hearing about a new reality TV show that’s in the pilot stage – America’s Next Great Author hosted ...
Tuesday, October 18, 2022

The Library Case

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 by Charlotte Hinger Last weekend my daughter Michele painted my office. It was a major ordeal because we had a lot of heavy furniture to mo...
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Monday, October 17, 2022

Stories All Around Us.

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 by Thomas Kies I was coming up blank for this week’s Type M for Murder blog, so I did what I usually do when I’m mentally blocked, I went f...
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Friday, October 14, 2022

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  Writers' Conference Joy  by Johnny D. Boggs Today should find me at the Best Western Inn of the Ozarks for the annual Ozark Creative W...
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Thursday, October 13, 2022

My Favorite Research Story Ever

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 I write two historical mystery series, one set in Oklahoma in the 1910s and one set in Hollywood, CA in the late 1929's.  I find myself...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Remembering Peter Robinson

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 I first discovered Peter back in the mists of time, a quarter century ago, when the Ladies Killing Circle was in its infancy and looking fo...
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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Juggling

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 by Charlotte Hinger It's that time of year again. All of my programs and activities have kicked into high gear. I'm already struggl...
Monday, October 10, 2022

Back in the saddle on the streets

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First - this was supposed to be posted two weeks ago. I wrote it but then forgot to press PUBLISH.  Yeah, my brain (as we say here in Glasgo...
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Friday, October 07, 2022

Along the Continuum

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 This week, I was reminded of two things about myself that also seem relevant to the characters in my historical thriller. First, I don'...
Wednesday, October 05, 2022

It's Been How Long?

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  by Sybil Johnson I was catching up on old SinC and MWA newsletters this week when I noticed, in one of them, that a fellow author was cele...
Tuesday, October 04, 2022

The Perfect Title

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 by Charlotte Hinger I wasted a lot of time this morning searching for the perfect title for my new mystery. It didn't work. I'm goi...
Monday, October 03, 2022

Yes, the Author Was Dead, But the Characters Lived to Tell the Story.

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By Cindy Schersching Full disclosure…Cindy is my wife and she’s written a glowing review of the dinner theater we did a couple of weeks ago....
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