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Historical Fiction (including Historical Mysteries) AgainIn his excellent SleuthSayer's post of 14 August 2023 (What was, what could be, and everything in between), Chris Knopf's advice to writers is...
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It's August, so it Must Be SturgisAnd so it was. First, STATISTICS!!!!! Total attendees were 458,161, the lowest in a long time. In total, 1,479 citations were...
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JUSTIFIED ReduxFirst off, we have to posit that Justified is one of the best series ever . Period, full stop. I won’t hear any...
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I'd Hike ThatIf the world is divided into beach people and mountain people, I fall solidly into the latter category. I have nothing...
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Pet Peeves and AnachronismsDo readers under forty remember the sound of chalk squeaking on a blackboard? Moreover, do they care if characters living in the Sixties, World War...
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English ChaosSketch of Gerard Nolst Trenité aka Charivarius In the spirit of the ‘ English, English ’ article two weeks ago and recent essays...
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I Don't Say Eye-ther (Nor Nigh-ther, Nee-ther)I love language and all its oddities, and one of its quirkiest quirks has always fascinated me. (It has also probably...
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Do You Speak the Language?I've been an editor for Down & Out Books now for about nine months. One of the challenges has been dialect. I apply the normal...
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The Ambassador's Fancy BootsIt happened that a certain Janus Imperial of Genoa lay slain." ...
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The Search CommitteeA few years ago I submitted a one-act play to a contest. It didn't win so I ran it here. This...
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Of Trains and Life Without WallsI first encountered Hugh Lessig’s writing when he submitted “Last Exit Before Toll” to Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir , and I’ve worked with him...
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What was, what could be, and everything in between.One reason I love reading history is it’s already happened. No need to fear impending catastrophe; we already know how the story turns...
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Fodder for Great Crime Stories: Amateur scuba diversRecently, stories have appeared in the news about amateur scuba divers helping solve missing persons cold cases. In Florida, the...
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Holy Turnstiles! When Batman Took the Show to SheaIt was showtime. After two years of development, industry vet William Dozier's Greenway Productions let its Batman project roar loose on a...
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The Day-Hike Bag We Should Have Brought (But Didn’t)View from the Blue Ridge Parkway, in summer. About a month ago we set out for an impromptu hike at a nearby state park. We...
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Great Mistakes in Criminal History / MysterySome days you run across things that just make you go, wait a minute, that's not right. And I'm not talking about Florida Man or South...
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Billy FriedkinThe director William Friedkin died this week. Over a fifty-year career, his movies included, most famously, The Exorcist , as well as...
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More great books I've readEarlier this year, I talked about three books I'd read and enjoyed. Here are three more I highly recommend. A Novel Disguise by...
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Tired of Gun BSI saw this piece on FB and it really struck a chord with me. Because we still have not passed even the simplest gun restrictions:...
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English, EnglishRomance writer friend Sharon sent me English usage questions to ponder, which sparked a discussion. I’ll share some of our notes. Double...
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Sequels, Not EqualsQuestion: Have you ever seen a really good movie, hoped afterward that someday there would be a sequel to it, and then been sorely...
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Opening Lines – OK, here we go againIn his July 30 th posting, R.T. Lawton gave us new insights in the setting the hook in a story. Other SleuthSayers, including me, have posted...
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CSI AucklandI’ve never written a story that involved forensics. Sure, I’ve mentioned fingerprints, crime scenes, and DNA, but only in simple,...
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Hobo BluesI am delighted to have a story in the July/August issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. "Law of the Jungle" is the...
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The Mystery of Hamhock JonesTHE MYSTERY OF HAMHOCK JONES by Michael Mallory It is safe to say that most people have never heard of the TV show Hamhock Jones ─...
