Thursday, January 30, 2025

The Magic Character

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 I'm within a gnat's whisker of finishing the new book and am in the process of making a few changes as per my writing group's s...
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

You Have the Time

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Catherine Dilts One hour. My co-author informed me her window of opportunity was constrained that day by being the Mom Taxi. We could skip o...
Monday, January 27, 2025

Shutting Out the Distractions

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 By Thomas Kies I live on the coast of North Carolina.  I’ve been here for nearly twenty years and in all that time, I might have seen snow ...
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Saturday, January 25, 2025

My New Dog - Seven Years in a Cage

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 My dog Scout, a fourteen-year-old Shiba Inu, seemed as though he was getting close to the end. Severe bronchitis, treated with steroids tha...
Friday, January 24, 2025

Tik Tok, Facebook, and the Intersection of Social Media and Book Marketing

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This is an excerpt from a longer post on ShelleyBurbank.com published Jan. 24, 2025. I'm currently living on the island of Guam with my...
Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Angel City Beat

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 by Sybil Johnson As many of you know I live in the Los Angeles area. We’ve been in the news lately because of the horrendous fires that ha...
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Monday, January 20, 2025

Lying

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   by Steve Pease writing as Michael Chandos     When I was a working stage actor, and a poor film and radio actor - wait a minute - stage a...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Launch preparations

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 Here I am again, a little late and a few words short. I have been very busy juggling a few different balls, always mindful that I need to d...
Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Inspiration from the Past

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Catherine Dilts I never thought I’d write historical fiction, until a story dropped into my lap. A whole trunk full of stories. I had to s...
Friday, January 10, 2025

Welcoming the Unexpected

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Journal Collage Cover By Shelley Burbank One of the best parts of coming to the last page of a journal is starting the first page of a new o...
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Wednesday, January 08, 2025

My Year in Books, 2024

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 by Sybil Johnson Happy New Year! Sorry I missed my last posting date. I was in Seattle for Christmas and, well, was too lazy/busy to put so...
Tuesday, January 07, 2025

My First Type M Blog

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 Good Grief. I came across my first post for Type M and can't resist reposting it. Next time I'll tell you how much has changed abou...
Monday, January 06, 2025

One place to get inspiration - Al Capone

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     People often ask, “Where did you get the idea for this story?” They are often surprised by the answer: daydreams. Perhaps they expect m...
Thursday, January 02, 2025

Off To A Slow Start

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  I'm very late posting today, which is not the greatest way to start the New Year, but it is a way. Here we are again, at  the beginnin...
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Wednesday, January 01, 2025

Happy New Year!

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I have been very remiss in posting this past month, although in fairness, it's been a very busy month with holiday activities and also a...
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....