Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Prepping For Malice

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by Sybil Johnson No, I’m not preparing to commit bad acts. I’m heading to Malice Domestic next week (April 25-27). I am very much looking fo...
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Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Openings

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by Charlotte Hinger So what is the crazy group of people doing? I don't have the slightest idea. But nevertheless, that's the writer...
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Monday, April 14, 2025

Ha Ha Ha

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 A writer can create drama and suspense since the writer is in charge of what the reader knows and when it's available in the story. As ...
Wednesday, April 09, 2025

Reflections on Point of View and Tense

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 In my last post, I shared a few thoughts on guidelines for writing a short story. As I am not good at following orders, or rules, I have br...
Tuesday, April 08, 2025

LCC Lessons Learned from Readers

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by Catherine Dilts In March, I attended Left Coast Crime in Denver, where I picked up new ideas and information on the business of writin...
Monday, April 07, 2025

Big Conference vs. Small Conference

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  By Thomas Kies I confess, I’m signed up to go to Bouchercon in New Orleans in September.   After attending the one in San Diego two year...
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Friday, April 04, 2025

Tariffied: Impacts on Publishing, Writing, & Creativity

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Hello, Type M Readers & Writers: Shelley here reporting from an island in the Philippine Sea and feeling very weirded-out by everything ...
Thursday, April 03, 2025

Shorter

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 I (Donis) am doing rewrites on a new book. The first draft came in at 108,000 words, mainly because this is a whole new setting and cast of...
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Wednesday, April 02, 2025

Another Anthology Event

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 by Sybil Johnson I spent last Saturday afternoon at The Last Bookstore in Studio City for a Sisters in Crime/L.A. anthology event. As you ...
Tuesday, April 01, 2025

Vanishing Book Reviews

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by Charlotte Hinger The mother of all book reviews is the New York Times . The lucky author whose book is reviewed by this prestigious publi...
Sunday, March 30, 2025

What I'm reading

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 by Steve Pease/Michael Chandos      I have a Really bad habit of reading in bed before submitting to the seduction of sleep. I like the qui...
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025

My short take on the short story

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 Once again, I have been very remiss with my posts on Type M. There is so much rapid-fire news and chaos in Canada, the US, and the world th...
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Left Coast Crime 2025

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by Catherine Dilts Even an introvert can have fun in a large group of people, if it’s the right crowd. I stepped out of turtle mode, pokin...
Saturday, March 22, 2025

On the Pulse of Things

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 Like any serious writer, I read a lot. The latest from my TBR pile are mysteries by two of my favorite authors, The Big Empty by Robert Cr...
Friday, March 21, 2025

So Meta Stole Our Stories

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On a typical tropical day in Guam beneath a shelter I woke up this morning and saw my Facebook feed full of outrage about how The   Atlantic...
Thursday, March 20, 2025

Clues

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I'm beginning to see a light a the end of the tunnel with my WIP. I've finally determined on a route to take to the end that pleases...
Wednesday, March 19, 2025

National Craft Month

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 by Sybil Johnson March is National Craft Month. I don’t know who decides these things. Probably a committee somewhere. March is my birth mo...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Boggled Conference

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 by Charlotte Hinger The recent Left Coast Crime Conference wasn't boggled. I messed up my planning. The conference was great. There wer...
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Monday, March 17, 2025

How I do I sell this thing?

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    Stephen King can spend a few days writing a short story and sell it for $10,000 as the lead-off story in an anthology. His name and repu...
Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Gearing Up for Left Coast Crime 2025

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Catherine Dilts At some point, even a determinedly introverted turtle has to poke her head out of her shell. This is the year for me. I’m ...