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TATORT ("Crime Scene")In my ongoing quest for something watchable, meaning a bingeable series – and preferably crime – I stumbled across Dresden Detectives ,...
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Road Trip!I insert myself into Hico. I have a story due to an anthology editor by December 31. For the past several months, I have been...
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Life in the Fast LaneYou can’t exactly call a car an inanimate object, since you can use it to drive to San Francisco, or to the 7-Eleven, so clearly animated. ...
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Prohibition Peepers part 3 — How to create closed captions0085 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:51.200 Leigh, let’s wrap our slideshow how-to discussion talking about closed captions. Leigh,...
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Hitchcock and SherlockLike many of our readers here at SleuthSayers , I love short stories. I love reading them and writing them, and I've been doing...
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Three Indigenous Mysteries for KidsFrom Rez Detectives This past summer, my wife and I visited nearby Cherokee, North Carolina, for that city’s annual 4th of July...
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Crime and PunishmentThere was a curious symmetry of crimes committed last week eastern South Dakota: one was by a 19 year old, and the other by a 91 year...
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What's It All About?I've been thinking about what individual stories are about. I don't mean plot. Do I mean theme? Maybe so. What brought...
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What is Real Courage?Earlier this week, Melodie Campbell ran a column here at SleuthSayers about courage — how it takes guts to be a writer. She...
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Our Spook HousesMy late husband, Elmer Grape, loved Halloween as much as Christmas, maybe even a little more. He always said kids liked to be scared....
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Going to BoucherconI assume that others will write about the Bouchercon held in San Diego long before this article gets published, therefore I will report...
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The Guts that it Takes to be a Writer"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand." Harper Lee As I sit...
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Historical InaccuracyHistorical Inaccuracy in movies is nothing new. It's called poetic license. Historical Inaccuracy in non-fiction articles is not usual and not...
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When Writing Historical Fiction, It's Better to Travel(A repost from a few years back. Still useful, still timely. Hope you enjoy! - B.T.) [Elmore]Leonard was originally no more a...
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AnnikaUnforgotten , it ain’t. But it’s still Nicola Walker. And even if we don’t have Sunny and the rest of the Unforgotten crew, we...
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West of HereI was driving through West Texas when a story idea struck me. I'm speaking about West Texas, the geographically vague portion of my state that...
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To __, or not to ___.My computer just developed a strange glitch. It stopped letting me type the letter that lives right after A, and ahead of C . ...
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Prohibition Peepers part 2 — How to create book trailer videoLove that cover! Prohibition Peepers , the trailer how-to continues from last week. Visual presentation typically drives videos,...
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Happiness is a Beatles AnthologyEarlier this week, my old friend Josh Pachter announced the publication of his latest music-themed anthology, Happiness Is a Warm Gun :...
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The Last Stephen King Post. For Now.Stephen King © Rolling Stone It finally happened. Last night, I finished Holly , the latest Stephen King novel, which concludes...
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This Week's Barrel of FunThe state of the world is making me cranky, so I thought I'd channel that feeling by providing a selection from Famous Insults: Enjoy! Why pay...
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My First CenturyMonday was the publication date for Happiness is a Warm Gun: Crime Stories Inspired by Songs of the Beatles. My...
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Daddy, Where Do Anthologies Come From?“Daddy, where do anthologies come from?” “Did you ask Mommy?” “She told me to ask you.” “Sigh. I knew you would ask this question...
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Central Park in My Life and StoriesLike many New Yorkers, I have a lifelong love affair with Central Park. I've been watching, fascinated, as its iridescent pigeons court, its...
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Prohibition Peepers part 1 — How to create book trailer audioGorgeous cover! Trailer Perq Last time, I introduced my 12yo detective heroes, Penrod and Sam, taking on Chicago mobsters at...
