Tuesday, December 31, 2024

2024 – The Year I Discovered True Crime Podcasts

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 Catherine Dilts This year had the usual ups and down. Some more sad than usual, like my father passing in March at the age of 89. Some st...
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Monday, December 30, 2024

What Are We Afraid Of?

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I was recently asked to judge a writing contest called “Winter Hauntings”.  Local writers were invited to create eerie stories with a local ...
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Saturday, December 28, 2024

Writer Anxiety

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 You don't have to scratch a writer very deep to have them vent about writer anxiety. I suppose that most everyone involved in a demandi...
Friday, December 27, 2024

Five Ways to Empower Yourself Regarding Social Media in 2025

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By Shelley Burbank  I'm adding art journaling to my life in 2025 The new year is just a few days away. As 2025 rounds the bend, many of ...
Thursday, December 26, 2024

Merry Day After Christmas

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Merry Day After Christmas, Type M-ers. I hope that you’ve enjoyed time with family and friends and you are enjoying vacation days this week....
Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Book Mania

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 By Charlotte Hinger Every Christmas our family goes all out to support the publishing industry. We buy books like crazy.  A friend asked me...
Monday, December 23, 2024

Every Day Is Saturday

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By Steve Pease/Michael Chandos.        I’m a day late with my blog because I don’t know what day it is.        When you have a job, you have...
Thursday, December 19, 2024

How the Sausage is Made

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 I read Tom's entry about letting your newly-finished MS rest, below, with great sympathy and understanding. Mainly because I am doing t...
Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Encouraging Your Muse

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 Catherine Dilts Waiting passively for “the muse” to whisper in your ear is like sitting in a dark room waiting for someone to turn on the...
Monday, December 16, 2024

Let That WIP Rest

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 When I was in the hospital, I had a lot of time to think.  It’s either that or watch a ton of FRIENDS reruns. Before going to the Galapagos...
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Friday, December 13, 2024

Creative Longings

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By Shelley Burbank I was chatting with an artist friend of mine, Sharon, about creativity.* Sharon once wrote a novel. She always wanted to ...
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Thursday, December 12, 2024

Head Scratching

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I sold my first book when I was in my twenties, which seems like a lifetime ago. That makes sense since the publishing industry ages in dog ...
Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Rereading Your Past AKA I Wrote That?

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 by Sybil Johnson While I’m proud of all the stories I’ve written over the years, I’m not fond of rereading them. Whether it’s a short stor...
Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Is snow a blessing

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 by Steve Pease writing as Michael Chandos      My To-Do list is huge. I have house tasks, cars, lawn, filing, all the stuff that occupies l...
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Thursday, December 05, 2024

Grateful

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My husband just made a delicious batch of molasses bread. I love it. It makes the whole day better. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. I’m...
Wednesday, December 04, 2024

Shy authors and the promotional game

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 Catherine's post on Persistence, and the struggle of introverted authors to toot our own horn, made me smile. How I can relate! It'...
Tuesday, December 03, 2024

Persistence

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 Catherine Dilts In the day job from which I recently retired, I outlasted many employees who had much more flash and verve. Merely showin...
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Monday, December 02, 2024

AWOL

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  I’m afraid I haven’t contributed to our Type M for Murder blogs in much too long.  My initial excuse was a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the ...
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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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