Tuesday, October 27, 2026

What drives writers mad

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 By Michael Chandos      Some say creative people are often mad. Their "genius" propels them to wear odd clothing, to stay up late...
Saturday, October 24, 2026

What Do We Do About The Dead?

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We mystery writers deal a lot with dead people. In fact, the name of this blog uses the word "Murder." Even the coziest of who-dun...
Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Agatha Christie and BBC Maestro

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 by Sybil Johnson I’ve been a big Agatha Christie fan ever since I discovered her books in junior high. So when I saw that BBC Maestro had ...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Forbidden Words

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By Catherine Dilts When are restrictions on word choice censorship? When are they appropriate? Editor-in-chief hard at work The comedian...
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Thursday, October 08, 2026

How to Work A Room

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 I had the extreme pleasure of meeting the Louise  Penny and her husband Michael at my local public library several years ago. I sat next to...
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Wednesday, October 07, 2026

Good-bye Black Cat Weekly, Hello Black Cat Mysteries

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 by Sybil Johnson About a year ago my short story, Mini-Mart Sleuth , appeared in Black Cat Weekly , a digital magazine that features storie...
Monday, October 05, 2026

Beta Readers=Test Audience

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 The deadline for sending my newest manuscript, Exit Signs, was quickly approaching.  I needed a test audience to tell me if this story was ...
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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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