Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Hurry up and wait

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 I had intended this post to be the revelation of my new book title, the twelfth Inspector Green mystery, featuring the disgruntled, exiled ...
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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Keeping Track

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 By Charlotte Hinger Boy, do I ever wish I had started keeping track of everything connected with writing from the beginning. Some years bac...
Saturday, February 24, 2024

Back in the Learner's Seat

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I've been at this writing game for awhile. My debut novel was published in 2006. Since then I've had several more novels and numerou...
Thursday, February 22, 2024

Tempus Fugit

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 Time passes so quickly that it alarms me sometimes. How did I get anything done at all in my real life when I worked for other people? The ...
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Becoming A Hybrid Author, Part II

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 by Sybil Johnson Today I’m continuing my thoughts on becoming a hybrid author and what I learned along the way. If you didn’t see Part I, ...
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

We Won

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 by Charlotte Hinger My heart is still in Kansas even though my body is in Colorado. I watched the extremely satisfying Super Bowl game with...
Thursday, February 08, 2024

Bad Reviews

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 Donis here, Dear Readers. Today I'm posting a "Tip of The Week" from wildly prolific writer and my friend, Dan Baldwin,  Dan ...
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Wednesday, February 07, 2024

Becoming A Hybrid Author, Part I

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 by Sybil Johnson The first five books in my Aurora Anderson series are traditionally published by a small press. When they decided not to ...
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Tuesday, February 06, 2024

I Need A Hit Man

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 By Charlotte Hinger      No, I'm not plotting mayhem during this election cycle. Not yet, at least. I need a hit man in my new myst...
Monday, February 05, 2024

Really? JAWS is fifty years old?

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 By Thomas Kies Fifty years…that sounds like a long time ago, and I guess it was.  But sometimes it doesn’t seem like it.  I read in the Was...
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

American and British shows

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 Barbara here, slightly late for my Wednesday morning post. Today I am simply copying a recent post I saw on Facebook, which addresses an is...
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Saturday, January 27, 2024

Superstars 2024

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My big 2024 New Year's resolution was to network more with like-minded writers. To follow up on that commitment I enrolled in Superstars...
Thursday, January 25, 2024

Running Over the Goat

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 Is it my turn again? Time certainly flies, especially when you have a jillion things on your mind and you barely know what day it is. I liv...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Do Cozies Take Murder Seriously?

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 by Sybil Johnson At a holiday party last month, someone said they didn’t read cozies because they don’t take murder seriously. I wholeheart...
Tuesday, January 23, 2024

My Favorite Present

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  by Charlotte Hinger My favorite Christmas present this year was not one I received, it was one I gave to my granddaughter, Audrey Crockett...
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Monday, January 22, 2024

Read Your Work Out Loud

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   By Thomas Kies I was recently one of the judges in a short story contest called “Winter Hauntings”.  The winners were celebrated at a tic...
Wednesday, January 17, 2024

More on ducks and finding the path

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 Donis's post on rewriting struck a chord with me. The first draft is always a challenge. Fashioning a story out of nothingness is like ...
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Thursday, January 11, 2024

Putting All My Ducks in a Row

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  Donis here. I’ve already reached a point in the first draft of my new manuscript where I have begun to rewrite. After I finish first draft...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

My Year in Books 2023

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 by Sybil Johnson It’s time for my annual reading wrap-up. January to December, just to make it clear. One reason I say that is because I p...
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Tuesday, January 09, 2024

About ChatGPT

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  by Charlotte Hinger I spoke with a lady Sunday who knows a lot about ChatGPT. I'm fascinated with this new technology and have used it...
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