Friday, November 29, 2024

Black Friday Thoughts

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Margaret Mitchell at work Several years ago, a plot for a short, Black Friday story popped into my head. I don’t write horror or Die Hard t...
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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Words of the Year 2024

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 by Sybil Johnson It’s that time of the year again. No, I don’t mean Thanksgiving, though it is tomorrow. I’m busy prepping for that.  No, I...
Tuesday, November 26, 2024

On Epilogues

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By Charlotte Hinger  In this blog I've complained about novels that have a beginning, a middle, and a middle. That's it! No end in s...
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Monday, November 25, 2024

Watching People

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 By Steve Pease / Michael Chandos    Our stories are about people. Not about the setting, the action, or the clues, but about the people liv...
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Saturday, November 23, 2024

In Memory

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Friday I attended the Celebration of Life for Christine T. Jorgensen (1941-2024). I met Christine during my first Colorado Gold conference i...
Thursday, November 21, 2024

Rewrite Time

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 I've finally finished the first draft of my new book, and have begun the rewrite. We've all heard many times that writing is rewrit...
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

A novel way to connect with readers

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 This is a very quick post because I am already late with it and many other things need to be done. But I want to report on a very interesti...
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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

I Hired a PI - the conclusion

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 By Catherine Dilts My previous post on Type M for Murder (11/5/24) described the events that led to hiring a real-life private investiga...
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Friday, November 15, 2024

It's the People You Meet

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What’s the best part of this crazy writing life? It’s the people you meet.  Way back in college in the 1980s, I met my friend, Mary Ann. She...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Thanksgiving Mysteries

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 by Sybil Johnson Halloween is behind us. Here in the U.S., Thanksgiving is only a couple weeks away. Yet a lot of retailers are focusing, a...
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Monday, November 11, 2024

Snow and Long Ago by Steve Pease/Michael Chandos

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     Every dozen Octobers, Halloween in Colorado delivers a serious snowstorm. We had an enormous blizzard in 93 (or was it 94?), 60 mph win...
Saturday, November 09, 2024

Guest Author Lorie Lewis Ham

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Lorie Lewis Ham This weekend, Type M 4 Murder is happy to welcome our honored guest blogger, Lorie Lewis Ham. Lorie lives in Reedley, Califo...
Tuesday, November 05, 2024

What It's Like to Hire a PI

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 By Catherine Dilts This summer, I hired a Private Investigator. The experience had little in common with what I’ve seen in movies or read...
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Friday, November 01, 2024

Middle Age & The Madness of Art

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At the Bangor Pubic Library in Bangor, Maine  It’s the first of November, and I’m in Maine watching orange and bronze leaves carpet the scra...
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Thursday, October 31, 2024

Why do we write what we write?

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Happy Halloween! I have some scary questions for you today. What leads us to write what we write? And in an ever-shrinking market, what shou...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Happy Halloween!

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 by Sybil Johnson I can’t believe tomorrow is Halloween! The year has sped by.  When I was growing up, Halloween wasn’t as big a deal as it ...