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Mark HochbergCourtesy of Juniata College I read recently that Dr. Mark Hochberg passed away in December. He was one of my favorite professors...
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Compiling a Multi-Author CollectionI am glad to welcome guest author Judy Penz Sheluk today, who is talking about anthologies. Take it away, Judy! — Barb Goffman...
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Reverse Bucket ListThings I will never do (in some cases, again): Jump out of an airplane, with or without a parachute. Eat an insect, even if...
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Darkling at DawnI was adopted. No, I don’t mean I was abandoned or orphaned, although strictly speaking, most of us are as parents pass on. Melayna...
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Go Do That Voodoo That You Do So WellFor those who are wondering what kind of instruction that might be, my title today is a quote by the goofy character Hedley Lamarr, in the goofy...
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So damn tired of politicsTurn off the TV. Get online and mute everything about politics. Try this one....
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The Timeless Advice of Dylan ThomasWe have all run across people who ask us the damnedest questions, sometimes so stupid they beggar belief: "How do I write a bestseller?" Look,...
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The Big SleepI was sitting at a light, and the guy in front of me had a “Dude Abides” bumper sticker, and having just watched The Big Lebowski...
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GunsmokedThe television western, Gunsmoke , was a staple at my childhood home. Weekly, we watched Marshal Matt Dillon face down an...
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Nine Levels of PickpocketingHere's a cool video on how to be a pickpocket. I trust you will only use it for good.
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Punishment For the Rich and Powerful: How Do we Stop Them?As a society we think - or at least hope - that punishment for a crime serves as a deterrent for others but will also deter offenders from...
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A Golden Age of the Guest Star?I just streamed my way through Elsbeth , the new CBS howcatchem series, and it has me wondering if we're amid an important renaissance....
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Catch-22Usually, when a novel becomes classic, it's often serious, almost intentionally humorless. No one's really laughing at The Great...
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Locked RoomsAlthough the narrator of Seishi Yokomizo's The Honjin Murders claims that, "The locked room murder mystery [is] a genre that any...
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A Completely Unhelpful Guide to Being Published in JapanLast week I wrote about my publication history at Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and I mentioned being reprinted in...
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The Force of Star WarsJames A. Hearn visits us again to discuss the inspiration behind one of his recently published stories. —Michael Bracken The Force...
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A taste of honey. Or vinegar. Pick your poison.There’s no accounting for taste, thank God. The discrepancies provide an incredible richness of opportunity, a cornucopia of variety, bottomless...
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My First StoryFirst story I recall telling happened in 1st Grade. I didn’t plan a tall tale, nor did I intend to entertain anyone, only myself. As mentioned...
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Titles, Titles Everywhere, and Not a One Will WorkI like story titles. They not only catch the eye, they sometimes provide a look ahead, and if they're good enough, they can make the story...
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Guest post: Twisted UpWhen the mother of my friend Stuart Connelly died some years ago, her cremains were tucked into her youngest child’s closet and promptly...
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Voices, Voices, I Hear Voices...So many of my fellow SleuthSayers have written such excellent articles on writing that I feel like it's got to be my turn to give it a go. But all...
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44 and CountingLast month R.T. Lawton did a piece crunching the numbers on his 51 stories in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. I thought it would...
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Understanding a Story's True MeaningIt's strange how you (okay, I) can start writing a story intending it to be about one thing, and in the end, realize it's really about...
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Yikes, I'm History!I turned 80 last month, and it's a quarter century since I first heard part of my lifetime categorized as "historical" (literary) and my age...
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On WhiteyballWhitey Herzog, former Major League Baseball player and manager, passed away in April, at the age of 92. What does that have to do...
