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Recognizing Facesby Sybil JohnsonI spent last week in the Seattle area visiting family. This was the first time I put the boarding pass on my cell phone rather...
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Scary ThingsBy Thomas KiesHalloween is tomorrow so you know I’ve got to talk about scary things. Things that go bump in the night. Sounds in the attic,...
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Just Because We Can...NASA recently announced that a capsule from the Osiris-Rex spacecraft had landed in Utah. The capsule contained debris collected from the asteroid...
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Connecting with fellow book loversIn my blog post two weeks ago, I wrote about the dark place I was in because of the war and the seemingly endless suffering. The bombings in...
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Love Locks in the News – Againby Sybil JohnsonBack in 2019, I wrote a post on Type M on “Love Locks and Locksporting”. You can read it here. At the time, I was doing research...
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A Time for Weepingby Charlotte HingerThe Hamas/Israel War has displaced all of my thoughts about this week's post. What a tragic event. There are so many possible...
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Retirement---More Time for Writing and MarketingBy Thomas KiesIt's a little hard to tell from that photo, but that was a toast made in my honor at my retirement party. I’m retiring from my day...
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The Copyediting ProcessI was going through some documents I had saved on a thumb drive, searching for a midterm study guide for one of my classes that I thought I might...
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The plot auditionSometimes, I ask my plots to audition. I ask them to try out for their roles as novels that will dominate my life for a year or more by writing...
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Hope and justice for the real worldIt's been a tumultuous week in the world. This past weekend was Canadian Thanksgiving, but many of us have been struggling with the appalling news...
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Where is Cincinnatus?Since I began writing for public consumption, I’ve been careful to keep my opinions on the state of the world to myself. I figure nobody cares (or...
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Aflunters, Biblioklept and Wordifyby Sybil JohnsonFrom the title, you can guess that I’ve spent a bit of time recently looking at books that list obsolete English words. In this...
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Real LIfe and Fiction--The Climate QuestionBy Thomas KiesA while back, I asked the question, will you include the pandemic in your writing? I’m going to ask you another question, will you...
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Back on TrackFrankie here. I'm late today because I'm traveling with a couple of friends. We spent two days in Baltimore and saw the Orioles play. Now, we are...
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After THE ENDIn my last blog, I posted that my work in progress refused to end, rambling on way past the expected word count with endless complications to be...
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Unintended ConsequencesOne of my favorites phenomenons in the universe is that of unintended consequences. We think we have every angle covered resulting from our plans,...
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A Fun Traditionby Sybil Johnson Every time a book comes out in my Aurora Anderson mystery series, I take a copy to Disneyland and do a photo shoot. I started...
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Talk About Perseveranceby Charlotte HingerLast Friday, Judith Briles interviewed mega-bestselling Colorado Authors’ Hall of Fame Inductee Kevin J. Anderson. In addition...
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Telling SecretsBy Thomas Kies I wouldn’t come back again to talk about Bouchercon except I just paid off my credit card for the expenses I incurred while at...
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The tangled stringOh how I wish I had been at Bouchercon! Reading about everyone's experiences, both in this blog and on Facebook, has made me realize how much I...
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At BoucherconI went to Bouchercon, too. I started to write a post last Friday but never had a chance to get back to it. Here's how I started:"Sorry to keep...
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Please Don'tDonis here. I have mentioned previously that besides writing mysteries, I have a side gig as a free-lance mystery reviewer for Publishers' Weekly...
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My Bouchercon 2023 Experienceby Sybil JohnsonAuthors, readers, panels, interviews, awards, friends, books and walking—so much walking. That, in a nutshell, was my Bouchercon...
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Old Booksby Charlotte HingerToday I downloaded Captains and Kings by Taylor Caldwell. I can't pinpoint what made want to re-read this old old book. I read...
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Notes from BoucherconBy Thomas KiesI’m writing this from the Marriott Marqui Hotel in San Diego on the last day of Bouchercon 2023. This is one the biggest, if not...
