Let Us Begin
Type M for Murder
by Donis Casey
1w ago
When you open a book you've never read before, when did you first go “Hmm! How interesting!” I (Donis) know you've heard many times how important the opening few sentences of a novel are, and, really, that can hardly be overstated. If you’re Steven King, people are going to cut you a lot of slack about the beginning of your novel, but if nobody every heard of you, you need to create the most ..read more
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Out And About
Type M for Murder
by Sybil Johnson
1w ago
 by Sybil Johnson I recently did a bookstore event hosted by Mystery Ink in Huntington Beach, CA with Jennifer J. Chow, author of four different series including her most recent one, the Magical Fortune Cookie series. She was promoting the first book in her series, Ill-fated Fortune, and I was promoting the most recent book in mine, Brush Up On Murder. (I highly recommend her book, btw.)This ..read more
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Type M for Murder
by Barbara Fradkin
2w ago
In my last blog post, I said I was waiting for the final decision from the publisher on the title for my upcoming Inspector Green novel. It's rare that I don't know exactly the right title for a book by the time I finish it. The perfect title is like the cherry on the top of the sundae, the finishing touch that creates a bit of mystery, captures the essence of the story, and pulls it all together ..read more
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Let Us Talk About Dreams
Type M for Murder
by Donis Casey
3w ago
 I  (Donis) would like to talk about dreams today, Dear Reader.A while back I was getting ready to conduct a journaling and memoir workshop. I pulled out some of my own old journals and went through them in hopes of finding a couple of creative examples of entries I could share with the class. Here is what I discovered: It’s horrifying to go back in time and see what was on my mind ..read more
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Working Environments
Type M for Murder
by Sybil Johnson
3w ago
 by Sybil JohnsonI’ve been hearing a lot lately about how companies are having a hard time getting workers to go back to the office post-pandemic. People seem to have settled in working from home and be reluctant to commute. I suspect some of that reluctance comes from the environment they would be returning to. I think there’s a lot of value in being in an office environment. It’s easier to ..read more
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Looking at Things in New Ways
Type M for Murder
by Thomas Kies
3w ago
By Thomas Kies On Valentine’s Day, my first cataract surgery took place.  Romantic, huh? It was my left eye and before the surgery, it had gotten so that I could barely see out of it.  My vision faded so slowly, so subtly, that I didn’t notice it until it got really bad.  Once that surgery took place, one eye was still nearsighted, as it had been since I was five years old, and ..read more
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Hurry up and wait
Type M for Murder
by Barbara Fradkin
1M ago
 I had intended this post to be the revelation of my new book title, the twelfth Inspector Green mystery, featuring the disgruntled, exiled Green toiling away in the "Siberia" of police assignments and even contemplated retirement. Like THE DEVIL TO PAY, the previous  book, it also features his daughter Hannah, now a young patrol officer, and her boyfriend Josh, a newly minted homicide ..read more
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Keeping Track
Type M for Murder
by Charlotte Hinger
1M ago
 By Charlotte HingerBoy, do I ever wish I had started keeping track of everything connected with writing from the beginning. Some years back when I needed to assemble a Curriculum Vitae (CV) for a writing class I would be teaching it was the pits to put together. A CV is more detailed than a resume. A CV should contain everything: publications, awards received, talks and presentations ..read more
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Back in the Learner's Seat
Type M for Murder
by Mario Acevedo
1M ago
I've been at this writing game for awhile. My debut novel was published in 2006. Since then I've had several more novels and numerous short stories come out, plus I've done time as a creative writing instructor. However, after the pandemic, I felt unplugged from the writing community and to boost my connections, I recently attended Superstars 2024, about which I wrote some in last month's post ..read more
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Tempus Fugit
Type M for Murder
by Donis Casey
1M ago
 Time passes so quickly that it alarms me sometimes. How did I get anything done at all in my real life when I worked for other people? The truth is that I didn't, or at least I was only able to do whatever was absolutely necessary to live.Now my work is writing, and work at it I do, and yet it still feels to me that I'm always short of time. Days bleed into one another, and weeks, and ..read more
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