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Canada's Finest: An Interview with Vancouver Crime Writer Extraordinaire Sam WiebeLong-time friend and much-lauded crime writer Sam Wiebe has a new book out, so I thought I'd take some time to ask him a few questions...
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Old Memorials, New ChoicesThey come in two kinds. The official ones look like typical road signs but instead of telling you when you can park...
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Writing DialogHappy Independence Day! Summer is a great time for reruns, so today I present “Writing Dialog,” which has been published in...
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There’s no solving the mystery of great mysteries.Our benevolent overlords here at SleuthSayers, Robert Lopresti and Leigh Lundin, give us wide latitude over the topics we want to focus on. For...
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Time Warped: How Not to Write a HistoricalNo excuses, this comes far too late to be an acceptable movie review, but this article has another purpose— how not to write historicals. Although...
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Another Box of Chocolates (15 Years Later)Back in 2008, when I and three fellow SleuthSayers (Leigh, Rob, and Janice Law) were posting every week at a mystery bog...
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Thinking outside the book signing boxGift shop at Colonial Williamsburg. Today I’m revisiting a post I wrote years ago for another blog that now appears to be...
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South Dakota ManI'm starting to think we here in South Dakota can catch up to Florida. (And, in the interests of keeping it clean - this time - I've left off...
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Dead Man Walking: Prigozhin's MutinyFor those of you wondering what the hell is going on, trust me, nobody else knows much more than you do. A cheat sheet....
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Writing an American NovelDutch author Anne van Doorn has previously written for SleuthSayers. Today, in the wake of the Dutch publication of the novel he's deemed his...
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Déjà Lu: I've read this book beforeThis post was inspired by author Carolyn J. Rose, who wrote on the mystery lovers e-list DorothyL: "Firmly in the category of things I hate is not...
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Stagger Lee had a TwinBy the time you read this, I should be out of the neck brace and almost finished with Physical Rehab. That's why I'm running this previously...
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"So I read your book…" (pause) Why Giving Books Away Can BackfireI gave a dinner party last night for friends of my new husband. Pleasant people. One was a career librarian (recently retired.) ...
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Some Favorite NovelsSince posting a list of some of my favorite short stories back on June 2nd, my mind clicked to some of my favorite novels. Many of these books...
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Schrödinger’s TeenagerAs we wind down the 2022-2023 school year, I am reminded all over again how, when it comes to humanity, plus ça change, plus c’est la même...
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This Film RollsI'd like to tell you about a movie I saw recently, one which I suspect you have never heard of. A funny thing about...
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I'm OutI'm preoccupied these days with watching an ongoing series. It's got tension and drama. Stealing occurs. Twist endings. I've seen the...
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The Short Happy Ad Career of Ernest Hemingway.From Slate Magazine: “Hemingway had no problem letting (his) familiar visage appear in ads, for which he also wrote the copy. In one he...
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Write of WayAs you may have noticed earlier this month, I’ve been paying attention to license plates and signs while idling in traffic. While...
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A Western FantasyI'll start by stating the obvious. This is a mystery blog, I'm a mystery writer, and most of you are (I suspect) mystery...
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The Great Satanic Scare of the 1980sThose of us of a certain age discovered some great music in the 1980s. Before I drifted into jazz by way of progressive rock, my rock gods...
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Medical Genetics Redux: Yes, Virginia, There are More than Two Genders...In July of 2012, I wrote my first and only article on working at Medical Genetics at Emory University (back in the early 80's), and considering...
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The Girl from IpanemaAstrud Gilberto died earlier this month. She was famous, of course, for her breathy vocals on “The Girl from Ipanema,” which...
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Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)My mother’s earliest known work: a self-portrait painted when she was a teenager. Was she dreaming about her future as an artist?...
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Off With Their HeadsSounds really gruesome, huh? And I'm not a horror writer, but dang I have killed any number of character. I'd hate like the devil to...
