Saturday, September 26, 2026

More Than Nuts and Bolts

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 I'm a nuts-and-bolts type of writer, meaning I adopt a blue-collar approach to putting words on paper as opposed to getting all woo-woo...
Friday, September 25, 2026

Dog In The Manger

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 By Charlotte Hinger The story of "A Dog in The Manger" is ancient and comes to us from Aesop's fables. It refers to someone w...
Tuesday, September 22, 2026

HEY GANG! LET'S GO TO THE MORGUE!

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Writer’s don’t know everything about everything, but they like to pretend they do.  As mostly a short story and article writer, I really enj...
Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Bartz v. Anthropic Update

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 by Sybil Johnson Last November I wrote a post about the Bartz v. Anthropic class action lawsuit. You can read it here . Before I continue...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Obsessed With Small Towns

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Catherine Dilts The only time I’ve been pepper-sprayed was a few years ago when I was in the Black Hills at the beginning of the Sturgis m...
Thursday, September 10, 2026

Minefields in Writing

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 Donis here. Glad to be back, Dear Readers. It's been a strange few months around Casa Casey, mainly due to both our elderly house and o...
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Monday, September 07, 2026

What Are We Thinking?

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 “Who knows what bugs are crawling around in someone’s head?”  That’s one of my favorite lines from my fourth book, Shadow Hill.  A few week...
Wednesday, September 02, 2026

More UFOs

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 by Sybil Johnson Some years ago I wrote a post on Type M about my UFOs. No, not the mysterious lights in the sky, but the unfinished obje...
Friday, August 28, 2026

Oh Canada

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 I'm heartbroken over this separation between America and Canada. America's stance toward our closest neighbor couldn't possibly...
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Saturday, August 22, 2026

Murder In Space

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I was working on the idea of a homicide in the cosmos when I wondered, what would make a person as well-grounded and stable as an astronaut ...
Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Dark Shadows Lives On

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 by Sybil Johnson A few weekends ago, I attended the 60th Anniversary Dark Shadows Festival here in Los Angeles. For those of you who don’t...
Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Living the Pajama Life

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by Catherine Dilts Can I please crawl back into my author cave now? I participated in writing events Saturday and Sunday this weekend. Bot...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Searching For a Home For a Short Story

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 by Sybil Johnson I mentioned in my last post that I was putting the finishing touches on a short story. It’s done now. The husband has re...
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Saturday, July 25, 2026

The Book Contest/Book Festival Hustle

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As the editor for Rama y Raíces, The Best of CALMA ,  I'm always looking for opportunities to promote our work. With that in mind, I ent...
Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Finishing Touches

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 by Sybil Johnson My apologies for missing my last posting date. I was in Seattle for my mother’s 104th(!) birthday. I’m home now and puttin...
Saturday, June 27, 2026

¡Viva la revolución!

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We writers love to do research. Give us the excuse for an arcane detail in our work and we'll devote hours crawling down a rabbit hole. ...
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Thursday, June 18, 2026

Guest Blogger Karen Odden on AN ARTFUL DODGE

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I (Donis) am so happy to host my friend Karen Odden to Type M 4 Murder today. Karen is a wonderful historical mystery author whose latest r...
Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Mysteries with Word Search Puzzles

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 by Sybil Johnson I like mysteries. I like word search puzzles. Until recently I had no idea there are books out there that combine those tw...
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Thursday, June 04, 2026

Guest Blogger Anne Canadeo

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Anne Canadeo I (Donis) am delighted to welcome guest blogger Anne Canadeo to Type M 4 Murder. Anne is the  author of over forty works of fic...