Thursday, October 17, 2024

Present Tense?

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First, apologies. I have been away far too long. My day job got very demanding, leaving me two free hours a day, which I have spent writing ...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Welcome Back, Suspense Magazine!

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 by Sybil Johnson You may remember that I did a post a few weeks back about Mystery Magazine ceasing publication after the September 2024 ...
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Tell, Don't Show

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by Charlotte Hinger One of the most misunderstood "rules" in writing successful novels is the instruction to "Show, don't...
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Monday, October 14, 2024

Do Private Investigators Carry Guns?

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 By Steve Pease, retired PI and writer   Genre fiction is beset with clichés. Medical shows on TV, cop shows, PI shows. The tropes come wit...
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Thursday, October 10, 2024

What Did He Say?>

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 I, Donis, have been working as Writer in Residence for Glendale, AZ, Public Library, which as most of you Dear Readers know, entails both p...
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Wednesday, October 09, 2024

Pre-release planning

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 What an exciting series of posts Type M has had recently, several from new members who bring fresh perspectives and new energy to the group...
Tuesday, October 08, 2024

Building Your Base

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 by Catherine Dilts The annual Ultra running event 24 Hours of Palmer Lake began at 8:00 the morning of September 28. But preparation began ...
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Monday, October 07, 2024

Critique Groups

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 By Thomas Kies In my creative writing classes, I often suggest that the participants join the North Carolina Writers Network and the local ...
Wednesday, October 02, 2024

A Writer's Superpower

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 by Sybil Johnson I believe that every writer has a superpower. It might be the ability to craft clever dialog or describe a scene so well ...
Tuesday, October 01, 2024

Well Shut My Mouth

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 by Charlotte Hinger Years ago, a lady I think the world of--a dear, dear friend, a native Kansan like me, scolded me after a talk I had giv...
Monday, September 30, 2024

Introducing Steve Pease

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 b y Steve Pease (Michael Chandos) Thanks for the invite to join this most interesting writer’s blog. I am Steve Pease and I live in Colorad...
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Saturday, September 28, 2024

Never let the truth...

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 ...get in the way of a good story.  Mark Twain Fiction requires the suspension of disbelief. If we pick up an epic fantasy, we have no prob...
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Thursday, September 26, 2024

No Good Tale Should Go Untold

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Donis here. Sometimes, we writers wonder about the ethics of using a third party’s actual life experience as a plot line. I use real events,...
Wednesday, September 25, 2024

The long journey

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 This week, I decided to take up Charlotte's question about managing time and juggling the various aspects of a writer's career. My ...
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

The Fun Begins

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 by Catherine Dilts Don’t we always want to skip the boring parts and get right to the fun? When I have a new idea for a story, I’m tempted ...
Monday, September 23, 2024

Bouchercon 2024

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 By Thomas Kies While it seems like a long time ago, it's only been a couple of weeks that I had the pleasure of attending Bouchercon 2...
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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Working With An Editor

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 by Sybil Johnson This week I'm working on edits to my short story, "Fatal Return," which will be in the latest Sisters in Cr...
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Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Writing Time (Or Not)

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 by Charlotte Hinger Last June I had the pleasure of watching my friend, Michael Gear, receive Western Writers Spur Award for Best Short Fic...
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Thursday, September 12, 2024

It's a Miracle

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 Donis here. I've just started a three month gig as Writer in Residence at the Glendale, AZ, Public Library, and the work on my latest m...
Wednesday, September 11, 2024

The shifting season

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 Labour Day weekend has been an annual turning point all my life. First as a child, when I had to give up carefree summer play, either on th...