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PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE WITH MAUREEN KLOVERS

June 4, 2024 Lane Stone Mystery Community, Writers inspirations

As you know, I love Vanity Fair. At the back of the magazine is a “Proust Questionnaire” where they ask[…]

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Part One: What happened at Malice …

May 8, 2024 Lane Stone Conferences, Setting, Uncategorized

…doesn’t have to stay at Malice. My panel was “International and Off the Beaten Path Settings. Here’s the low down[…]

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Sit down with your protagonist and listen to this music.

April 15, 2024 Lane Stone Contemporary Culture, Creating Characters, Inspiration, Language, Music

Almost a year ago my post offered links to music from YouTube, Get Your Free Music Sample Here. Then in[…]

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That voice was a deathless song…

March 21, 2024 Lane Stone Books, Creating Characters, Fiction, Tips and Tricks, Word choice

Who said that about whom? Of course, that’s how F. Scott Fitzgerald, through Nick, described Daisy Buchanan’s voice in The[…]

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A primer on Death Notification Teams

February 27, 2024 Lane Stone Creating Characters, Uncategorized

I’m currently writing book three of my art thriller trilogy. The other day I was writing away, minding my own[…]

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PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE WITH Lily Charles

February 6, 2024 Lane Stone Books, Fiction, Mystery Community, Uncategorized

It’s my pleasure to introduce you to the writing duo known as Lily Charles. Libby Ware and Charlene Ball use[…]

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If you love a word, set it free

January 16, 2024 Lane Stone Contemporary Culture, Creating Characters, Uncategorized, Word choice

We’re writers and readers so of course we love words. Maybe too much sometimes? I remember a New Yorker cartoon[…]

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Food as Shorthand Descriptions

December 27, 2023 Lane Stone Uncategorized

I don’t write culinary mysteries. And I only cook when I can’t get out of it. Nice people at Whole[…]

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For Everything There Is a Season…

December 6, 2023 Lane Stone Uncategorized

Turn, Turn, Turn.When I begin plotting a new book, I decide on the time of year for it to take[…]

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WHY WON’T JUST STOP OIL, JUST STOP? Why should they?

November 15, 2023 Lane Stone #inspiration, Contemporary Culture, True Crime, Uncategorized

The British environmental activist group, Just Stop Oil, calls for the UK to stop licensing new oil, gas or coal[…]

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