Saturday, March 23, 2024

Stories Not Yet Written

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 I recently saw The Godfather Part II and one scene that struck me as painfully relevant to today was when the young Vito Corleone was proc...
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Thursday, March 21, 2024

Let Us Begin

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When you open a book you've never read before, when did you first go “Hmm! How interesting!” I (Donis) know you've heard many times ...
Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Out And About

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 by Sybil Johnson I recently did a bookstore event hosted by Mystery Ink in Huntington Beach, CA with Jennifer J. Chow , author of four di...
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Proofreading!

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By Charlotte Hinger I've received the pages for Mary's Place, my historical novel that will be published by the University of Nebras...
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Drumroll...

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In my last blog post, I said I was waiting for the final decision from the publisher on the title for my upcoming Inspector Green novel. It...
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Thursday, March 07, 2024

Let Us Talk About Dreams

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 I  (Donis) would like to talk about dreams today, Dear Reader. A while back I was getting ready to conduct a journaling and memoir workshop...
Wednesday, March 06, 2024

Working Environments

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  by Sybil Johnson I’ve been hearing a lot lately about how companies are having a hard time getting workers to go back to the office post-p...
Monday, March 04, 2024

Looking at Things in New Ways

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By Thomas Kies On Valentine’s Day, my first cataract surgery took place.   Romantic, huh? It was my left eye and before the surgery, it ...
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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...