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Conferences are part of a writer’s life.

May 12, 2025 Lane Stone Awards, Conferences, Mystery Community

From April 25-27, 2025 Bethesda, Maryland was where you wanted to be. Malice Domestic is a fan conference celebrating the[…]

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Fashion in Fiction

March 3, 2025 Lane Stone Contemporary Culture, Creating Characters, Fiction, Inspiration, Tips and Tricks

Let’s talk about fictional characters and real fashion. I love this description from Orlando Whitfield’s, All That Glitters: A Story[…]

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Self care for Writers

January 9, 2025 Lane Stone Mystery Community, Tips and Tricks, Writers, Writers habits

Let’s start with your skin. I apply a moisturizer that “helps shield blue light exposure” once or twice during a[…]

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Merry Everything – that’s all.

December 18, 2024 Lane Stone #inspiration, Contemporary Culture

We were recently in Southeast Asia. One of the highlights for me was the street art in George Town, Malaysia.[…]

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Author Lynda Allen stops by to answer our Proust Questionaire – and also to let you know what a Jersey Cozy is.

November 28, 2024 Lane Stone Contemporary Culture, Fiction, Uncategorized, Writers, Writers inspirations

Vanity Fair, which I love, has a “Proust Questionnaire” at the end of each issue.  Today we’re asking Lynda Allen, author[…]

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Ripped From the Headlines –

November 6, 2024 Lane Stone Contemporary Culture, Tips and Tricks, True Crime

TikTok’s Redacted Statements – that weren’t.  In October (2024) I wrote about the exploding pagers and walkie talkies Israel got[…]

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Ripped from the headlines

October 17, 2024 Lane Stone Editing, Fiction, Tips and Tricks, True Crime, Uncategorized

(Image Credit: Reuters) In September, 2024, Lebanon was rocked when the batteries inside pagers and walkie talkies purchased by the[…]

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LET’S ALL PRETEND WE’RE BRITISH

September 9, 2024 Lane Stone #inspiration, Contemporary Culture

A third Downton Abby movie is on the way! It was filmed and will premiere on 12th September 2025.  To[…]

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LISTENING TO PODCASTS FOR RESEARCH

August 14, 2024 Lane Stone Podcasts, Tips and Tricks, True Crime, Writers inspirations

I listen to art crime podcasts to farm for ideas and to research specific topics.  Here are a few I recommend:[…]

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I have no idea what I just said

June 26, 2024 Lane Stone #inspiration, Creating Characters, Editing, Word choice

Nothing makes your characters pop off the page like well chosen phrases in their dialog. Have her use specific, well[…]

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