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Park ItQuick: What's wrong with this paragraph? Logan turned onto Main Street and parked the car under a maple tree. He squinted...
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Harsh WordsOne of our correspondents sent an article, ‘ 31 of The Most Hard-to-Pronounce Words in the English Language ’. In actuality, the problem isn’t...
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Doing Its Zone ThingFiction writing is a strange business. Any writer will tell you that. Publishing is even stranger, but to get something published you have to...
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Managing TimeManaging time – Until 2017, I worked full time and wrote in the evenings, weekends, anytime I could find time. When I retired in 2017, I...
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The Uses of Mystery part 3: Tim DorseyIt is probably a sign of old age, but lately I seem to get book recommendations from the New York Times's obits. Depressing as...
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Three Little WordsOccasionally I am reminded of the paucity of the written word. Of course there are wonderful things about the written word. As...
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ToastAs frequently happens on the way to one thing, I encountered something else. While doing some...
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Does anybody really know what time it is?Einstein taught us that time is relative. Popular writers will say this explains why an hour...
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"Hate is as old as man and doubtless as durable."It is with great regret that I’m writing a follow-up article to last month’s Peace and Order , where I looked at the hate laws in Canada...
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A Near-Luddite Tries Bing AIMy Windows 365 updated a few weeks ago, and there on reboot was Microsoft selling hard to check out Edge’s new AI tool. Come on, Edge said. Try...
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RookiesIn the past two years, I've become a professional editor in addition to writing. I'm still good at writing as a writer, editing as an...
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It Is the Worst of Times...For those of us who troll around in the darker sides of the blogosphere, it's easy to see that there are a lot of people who firmly believe that...
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You're Byoodiful in Your WraffGenghis Khan. The name conjures up blood-lust and plunder, barbarism and cruelty. Deservedly so, in some respects. But...
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A Wild Ride: 2023 in ReviewThis past year was a wild ride, both personally and professionally. The 14-month year began in November 2022 when Temple changed employment. The...
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I laughed the first time I heard...I've been thinking about the changing pace of change as the new year rolls in. Before the Industrial Revolution (1760-1840 or thereabouts), the...
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Caesar and the HotboxKaiser Henry J (1951) Last week, RT wrote about his family’s Christmas , which shared touchpoints with my family. Among other...
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Who Put the B in the BSP? (Version 2)Today my post is an updated version of a column I wrote more than six years ago here at SleuthSayers , and the reasons I'm reviving it...
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Sherlock lives, and lives forever!Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A military man returns home wounded from the war in Afghanistan. Desperate for lodgings but short on funds, he...
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And Down the Rabbit Hole We Go!Happy New Year! Another holiday season rapidly retreating in the rearview mirror, and here I am, penning yet another initial blog post of the...
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Chatting with Shanks"So," I said. "When did you decide to become a thief?" Leopold Longshanks raised his bushy eyebrows. "Seriously? Talk...
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My tribute to John Hughes moviesWhen I think of the movies of my adolescence, the first name that pops up is John Hughes. I'd bet many Gen Xers can say the same. While...
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"Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin." - Barbara KingsolverI know I’ve forgotten something, I just don’t remember what it is. I said that once, in all sincerity. I think it adequately...
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Christmas PastMost families seem to have their own traditions for the winter holidays in December, many of which get passed down from...
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2023 in ReviewAnother year's almost done, and I'm posting an easy-to-write column today: a look back at the stories I've published in the...
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Let Them Want MoreGot an email from a reader who said my book GILDED TIME left her in tears. She re-read the ending three times and it brought tears to...
