Thursday, December 28, 2023

Happy New Year - Please!

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  Don and I - 49 years later... Here we are again, at the end of the year, and the beginning of a whole new cycle. December has always been ...
Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Happy Holidays!

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 Wishing you all the best this holiday season. May the new year bring you lots of great books to read.
Monday, December 25, 2023

Happy Holidays!!

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 Happy Holidays from the coast of North Carolina.  May all your mysteries be intriguing, and your endings be happy.   Thank you Lee Hinson a...
Saturday, December 23, 2023

Four Books for the Holidays

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The original idea for this month's post was a humorous reflection on my family's Xmas traditions. Then last night I learned that a g...
Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Evolving traditions for the modern world

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 As a few people have noted, the holiday season has begun, and with it, the good, the bad, and the sad of family traditions. I decided that ...
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Thursday, December 14, 2023

Traditions!

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 Thanksgiving is over for both the U.S. and Canada, which means that the holiday season is officially off and running. My husband and I had ...
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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Words of the Year 2023

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  by Sybil Johnson  Words of the year for 2023 have been announced by various organizations. A number of them use word of the year in the b...
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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

I Wonder If . . .

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 by Charlotte Hinger Is there anything more frustrating for a writer than being half-sick and half-well? This year I've been plagued wit...
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Monday, December 11, 2023

Favorite Holiday Tales

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 by Thomas Kies My third Geneva Chase mystery, Graveyard Bay, takes place shortly before Christmas.  Now, under no circumstances would I cl...
Wednesday, December 06, 2023

Timing and the Big Reveal

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 Last week, Sybil posted about the importance of pulling the various threads and subplots of the book together at the same time at the end o...
Saturday, December 02, 2023

Life Happening

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 I'm really, really late today but I want to post because I missed my last Friday. I was busy with my day job (teaching at university) a...
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Thursday, November 30, 2023

The End of an Era, or What Not to Do Redux

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 Donis here, wishing you all a lovely holiday season. Since last I posted I've made a big change in my writing life. After seven years o...
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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Timing Is Everything

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  by Sybil Johnson I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. Ours was very nice with a lot of food.  Every time I put together a dinner with ...
Monday, November 27, 2023

Weather or Not?

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 By Thomas Kies On Saturday I was the emcee at a Small Business Vendor Holiday event at our local community college where I also happen to t...
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Saturday, November 25, 2023

Sidestepping Tradition

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 We've entered that period in America known as the Holidays! And with my schedule here on Type M For Murder, my posts coincide with the ...
Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Messy middles and beyond

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 I have enjoyed both Charlotte's and Donis's posts this week, and boy, can I identify. Every comment and experience they related mad...
Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Muddled in the Middle

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  by Charlotte Hinger Boy, do I ever identify with Donis's problem. I'm totally bogged down in the middle of my latest mystery. I th...
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Thursday, November 16, 2023

In the Weeds, or the Tale of the Pantser

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Donis here. I've passed the middle of the manuscript I'm currently working on, and as usual, I'm a little bit lost. I know just ...
Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Stuff That Makes Me Smile

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  by Sybil Johnson I enjoyed Monday’s post by Thomas. I think we could all use a little fun in our lives right now.  Here are a few things r...
Monday, November 13, 2023

A Little Writing Humor

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 By Thomas Kies I’ve been watching way too much news these days.  It’s scary and depressing.  I mean it’s soul sucking and makes me want to ...
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