Friday, February 20, 2026

Embracing Human Creativity

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  By Shelley Burbank: This includes an excerpt from my latest PINK DANDELIONS newsletter.  Dandelion Seeds  FROM PINK DANDELIONS With everyt...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Audible Originals

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 by Sybil Johnson In the last few months, I have been listening to a lot of Audible Originals. I got the Audible subscription because I wan...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

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M Chandos  Dr. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle once described the business side of his writing as "hateful negotiations". He immen...
Thursday, February 12, 2026

A Really Good Villain

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 I (Donis) was told once that the construction of a mystery begins with a villain. I think it isn’t that simple. A mystery isn’t necessarily...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Chasing the muse

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    Barbara here. I am writing this high over the coastal plain of Belize, with its patchwork of farmland and forests visible through the fl...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Blogging About Blogging

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 By Catherine Dilts Social media blasts out bite-sized tidbits of info with clickbait headlines. The algorithms flood us with posts on the i...
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Monday, February 09, 2026

Good News-Bad News

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 by Thomas Kies The good news first. It was officially announced this week that I am now working with a new publisher.  I’m thrilled to be w...
Friday, February 06, 2026

Women's Fiction, Chick Lit, and the Dilemma of Genres

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By Shelley Burbank A Little Handmade 'Zine After a successful launch of Strawberry Moon Mystery --and by "successful" I mean t...
Wednesday, February 04, 2026

Bookish Fun

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 by Sybil Johnson I think we could all use some fun right now. I know I could. So here are some interesting/fun things I’ve found recently ...
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Tuesday, February 03, 2026

Con or Legitimate?

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by Charlotte Hinger Steve's post yesterday was about notable quotes from writers. He keeps a booklet full of these.  Words of wisdom ...
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Monday, February 02, 2026

Revel in other people's words

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 Michael Chandos I love quotations. I have several books of quotes, many of them too dry to live, and computer files of quotes stolen from r...
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Thursday, January 29, 2026

Exhausted

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 This is a rerun, Dear Readers, of an entry I wrote on this blog in 2020. I am sorry to say that five years later, I am more exhausted and m...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Writing for the joy of it

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Barbara here. I know, it’s been a while. More than a while. This fall and winter have been so full of distractions and world craziness that ...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Brick and Mortar

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by Catherine Dilts So much commerce is taking place online via the faceless ether that there is a special phrase for businesses with a phy...
Monday, January 26, 2026

What's in a Name?

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 by Thomas Kies How important is it to get the right name for your characters? Think about some memorable literary characters: Ebenezer Scro...
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Saturday, January 24, 2026

I'll Drink to That...Not Any More.

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An inseparable component of writer lore is drinking. Ernest Hemingway and his daiquiris. Charles Bukowski and his boilermakers. Dorothy Park...
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