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Ups and DownsAll of us writers, if we write a lot, experience hills and valleys in terms of acceptances, publications, recognition, etc....
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EclipseMonday, Cincinnati will witness something it hasn't seen in decades: A total eclipse of the sun. The path of totality, where the moon...
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Warnings Don't Always Work – But Sometimes They DoThere's been a run of very important warnings given and unheeded this year, haven't there? TERRORIST ATTACKS Bibi Netanyahu was warned about...
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The Murder of Mr. MaI'm not 100% sure when I first met SJ Rozan, but think it was while attending a Bouchercon, maybe San Diego in 1994 or '95. The night...
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Creation of the Perfect Office“ In Search of the Perfect Office ,” my May 2, 2023, SleuthSayers post, described my return to full-time freelancing and my desire to create the...
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K-Drama on Netflix: A Not-Guilty PleasureThe abundant supply of South Korean TV series available on Netflix, like chocolate or ice cream, is only a guilty pleasure if you...
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Nursery Crimes and Grim Fairie TalesLast week, we brought you the surprise discovery of Zelphpubb Blish ’s L’Histoire Romantique et les Aventures Malheureuses de Jacques...
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The Best Movies You've Never Heard OfA friend once told me he thought I'd seen more movies than anyone else he'd ever known. I also seem to recall him rolling...
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How to Turn Your Book Cover into Matchbox ArtI live in a town that sports a stupid amount of gift shops. Such abundance delights the tourists, and keeps the economic engine of this...
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Forget "Time to Write" – What About Headspace?Hello fellow Sleuthsayer Faithful! Feels like forever since I jumped into the swirling maelstrom of thought and discussion which is our...
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The Matter of ArthurI’m not quite sure why Rosemary Sutcliff floated into my periphery, recently - I saw her name somewhere, obviously - but as soon as it...
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Davy the PunkBob Bossin has been an important figure in the folk music community of British Columbia for half a century. I recently had the...
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A chip off the old block.When I went to sailing school, our instructor noted that it’s not a matter of if you get seasick, but when . That...
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Bonfires of the Vanity PressThree convenient locations • Strasbourg Last October prior to publication of Murder, Neat , a SleuthSayers research team...
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Pure Luck!A few weeks ago, I got talking to my gal pal and colleague Sydney about the good or bad luck we writers can have during our careers, and I said,...
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Getting Ideas From CharactersElmore Leonard has been the subject of many fine posts here at SleuthSayers. Just search through the blog for posts by David Edgerley Gates, Dixon...
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Bestsellers Then and Nowby Eve Fisher Constant Reader (me) is part of an Anthony Trollope Group that has almost as much fun as we do here. A while back we read...
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Waving at PlotholesI have been helping an author, call them A., with a short story. A. wrote a pretty good tale but it had one problem: near the end a...
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Stolen OpportunitiesPre-pandemic, my traveling companion and I visited Italy. We journeyed with another couple. I'll call them P and D. On a...
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Novel to Short Story to Novel (Again)Photo by Stephen E. Morton A special treat today. Kevin Egan is the author of eight novels and more than 40 short...
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51 and CountingThere's an old saying that figures don't lie, but liars do figure. However, one can also choose those figures from the data which are more...
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Plotters and PantsersLast Saturday my wife and I drove down to Natchez, a place I've visited many times, especially during my years with IBM, and this...
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From Gun Monkeys to Fast CharlieWhen I started out, back when cell phones were actual phones and texting required learning a new set of runes to type into your keypad, I...
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True Crime HistoryI am not particularly fond of true crime books, which often have a sensationalist and voyeruistic angle that makes one feel for the...
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The Roaring 20'sRaoul Walsh made some terrific pictures, some of them in fact great. You can make a good argument for High Sierra , Pursued ,...
