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Closing out the Year with Some Loose EndsFirst of all, there's no "auld lang syne" in my house. My husband Allan and I are more than happy to see the end of 2023 because it's been a...
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Bread & CircusesI’m not sure whether this is a parable, a trope, or a template – I’m sure there’s a term, a part of speech, an expression in Fowler, synecdoche...
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Boxing: Round OneDecember 26th, as all British mystery fans know, is recognized as Boxing Day. The holiday never became established in the United...
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Honorable HeroesJan Grape Despite what some in our country have said or even still say, and despite the public's lack of remembrances on D-Day and...
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Christmas Eve in 3DMany years ago, SleuthSayers published a charming animated version of White Christmas as sung by the Drifters. This year I stumbled upon a 3D...
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Bad Santa! (More humour, and pass the scotch)Santa, I have a complaint. Put bluntly, you are simply not up to the task anymore. In fact, I am going to suggest that if...
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Holiday Tradition: A Very Tom Waits Christmas - An Homage to the MasterAuthor's Note: I've posted this annually, more or less, every year since the mid-2000s. It's going here this year. I pulled on...
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Not Just Another Year’s End “Best Of” ListFirst things first: Happy Holidays! Here we are, half-a-week before Christmas, and Year's End "Best Of" lists are bustin' out all over, as...
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A Christmas Carol ChronologyI whipped this chart up a few years ago and have updated it every December. Seems like this might be a good place for it. One...
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The Best Private Eye Stories of the YearAs we celebrate the holidays and wrap up 2023, we’ll soon be reviewing this year’s accomplishments and making our plans (let’s not call them...
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Writing, writing, writing.You really...
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9Think of a number, any single digit number between 1 and 400. Need a hint? Let’s refine it to the largest decimal digit, the square of...
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Putting Faces to NamesIf you're a writer, you already know--before, during, and after your story--what your characters look like. But do you ever wonder what...
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All I Want for Christmas Is This Post on Your Author WebsiteOne of my pet peeves is a question that pops up often at this time of year: Where can I get your books? Granted,...
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An Early Christmas Present: Florence King on Lizzie Borden[Posted by Eve Fisher] This column by the late great Florence King originally appeared in the National Review , August 17, 1992. I'm...
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1st Person FamiliarI went looking for a book I hadn’t read in 60 years – a novel called The Golden Warrior , that I was assigned in the 8 th...
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Parenting Choices Can Drive Crime Fiction Involving MinorsI've addressed before the benefits of writing crime stories involving children and teenagers. Simply because of their age, they could lack...
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The Sheer Pleasure of WritingWhat is the moment of greatest satisfaction for a writer? What's the carrot, the prize, the gold at the end of the rainbow? I’m not talking about...
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Peace and OrderAt a dinner party I was once told by an American, that while Americans strive for 'Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness’, Canadians...
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Character Tests and Conference RoomsLast summer, I did a Killer Nashville panel on character contrasts, and I got stumped on a question. Now, and this is important, I knew the...
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About booksReading Chris Knopf's December 4th SleuthSayer's Column "Book, books, books. And more books." took me back to how I became a prolific...
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It Seems There Was This Irish Policeman...Foil Arms and Hog are three very funny Irish sketch comedians. They have dozens of videos available on the web but the first one I...
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Courting the B MuseLast month I took a deep dive into linguistics. I'm back in the same waters today. Back in 2013 I wrote a novella...
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Narc Types?The current novel on my bedside table involves a cop who possesses superhuman thinking abilities. He never forgets anything....
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Books, books, books. And more books.I guess I was a pretty privileged kid growing up, though it often didn’t feel that way. There...
