Friday, February 17, 2023

Me, Too (Writing and Post-Covid)

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Both Charlotte's and Donis's posts this week struck home with me. At the best of times, I procrastinate even when I have something I...
Thursday, February 16, 2023

There Are People Out There!

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 I, Donis, am actually going to a conference next month! I'm signed up for Left Coast Crime in Tucson, AZ, in mid-March. This is the fi...
Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Road trip!

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 Two weeks ago, I blogged about promotion and my upcoming in-person book launches in Toronto and Ottawa. As could be expected in Ottawa in e...
Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Creative Procrastination

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 by Charlotte Hinger My all-time favorite way to avoid the onerous task of writing a novel used to be through excessive research. I really k...
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Wednesday, February 08, 2023

Writing Historical Mysteries

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  by Sybil Johnson  My comment on Thomas’ post on Monday was a suggestion to have a workshop on writing historical mysteries. That came to m...
Tuesday, February 07, 2023

Curses

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by Charlotte Hinger Writers are a superstitious lot. Curses that people put on our ability to write hold us back. Here are a few that "...
Monday, February 06, 2023

Workshop Ideas, Please?

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 By Thomas Kies Over the past few years, I’ve taught Creative Writing and Advanced Creative Writing classes at our local community college. ...
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Friday, February 03, 2023

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What's Behind Me? By Johnny D. Boggs A fellow writer asked what dictionary I use. Hey, I did not say that this was a stimulating convers...
Wednesday, February 01, 2023

More thoughts on promotional outreach

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Frankie's Friday post about promotional outreach touched close to home because my latest Amanda Doucette book, WRECK BAY was just releas...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Timid Words for Horrific Acts

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 by Charlotte Hinger Please. There is a word I never want to hear again. It's "unacceptable." I mean the word itself. "Un...
Saturday, January 28, 2023

The Director

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 As a writer of crime, I love reading about crime and the history of fighting crime. The fascination of crime is that such acts represent th...
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Friday, January 27, 2023

Post-Pandemic Outreach

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Frankie, here. Today's post is more to invite discussion than to offer any conclusions I've reach. I'd like to hear any thoughts...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

My Year in Books, 2022

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  by Sybil Johnson I hope your week is going well. Internet problems at home has forced me to do this post from my local library. The view ...
Tuesday, January 24, 2023

The Magic of Best Sellers

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 by Charlotte Hinger The making of bestsellers fascinates me. My wonderful agent, Claire Smith (b.1934-d.1998)  once said publishers couldn...
Monday, January 23, 2023

Twilight Zone and Writing Truths

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By Thomas Kies Anne Serling, daughter of Rod Serling, posted a letter her father wrote to a high school student back in 1961,   It read: ...
Friday, January 20, 2023

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Superstitions By Johnny D. Boggs I just made an emergency run to the grocery. I was out of blueberries. Had gone days without any. Which exp...
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Thursday, January 19, 2023

One Hundred Years Ago Today

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My father and mother, 1947  Donis here. January 19 is a big birthday date in my little corner of the world. Today is my brother-in-law Chris...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2023

The power and perils of technology

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 This is going to be a short post about the brilliance and frustration of technology. AKA the domino effect. Recently, my family got me a be...
Thursday, January 12, 2023

Narrative Tension

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This week, I want to share a writing activity that I’ve used with students often. It’s one they tell me they return to for review. If you tr...
Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Happy New Year

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  by Sybil Johnson Happy New Year to everyone! Sorry I didn’t post a couple weeks ago. I was in Seattle visiting family. We didn’t have a po...
Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Haunted by Books

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 by Charlotte Hinger During the Covid lockdown, I reread some of my all-time favorite books. I was curious, too, as to why they were memorab...
Monday, January 09, 2023

Lights Out! Imagination On!

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 By Thomas Kies Isn’t that when your imagination runs wild?  In the dark? On New Year’s Eve my wife and I met friends at one of our favorite...
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Friday, January 06, 2023

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Favorite Novel Openings By Johnny D. Boggs Someone asked: If Peter Cooper’s “Somehow, Johnny Cash is dead” is the best lede to any newspaper...
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Thursday, January 05, 2023

Lie Detector

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Donis here. To start the New Year off right, last night I watched an episode of American Experience on PBS entitled "Lie Detector"...
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Wednesday, January 04, 2023

Turning the page

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 Well, 2023 has arrived! If we are all approaching it with caution, who can blame us? For anyone interested in whether the Fradkin family ma...
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Tuesday, January 03, 2023

A Weird Christmas

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 by Charlotte Hinger This Christmas went awry. Even some of the church services that keep my heart in the right place were displaced due to ...