Words, Words, Words Part 2: The Natives
Last time we looked at unusual words and their origins. This time, I’m taking a look at words that our[…]
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“This couldn’t be set anywhere else.”
Have you said that about a mystery series or a TV show? Is that right? Sure, some series have ties[…]
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Wonderful World of Words
“Words! Words! Words!” Eliza Doolittle sings in My Fair Lady. She wants Professor Henry Higgins to ‘show me’ how he[…]
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Geeking Out on Research
Authors have different avenues for research depending on the topic. I write contemporary fiction, and my preference is to interview[…]
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Los Angeles Mystery Author Delves Into A Sherlock Holmes Pastiche
An Interview with Jeri Westerson I confess! I’ve been a Sherlock Holmes fan since before I could read (well). Also,[…]
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Nancy Bilyeau’s The Orchid Hour
I’m thrilled to welcome Nancy Bilyeau to Miss Demeanors. Her latest novel, out now, delves into the glamour of Jazz Age New York and illuminates a time almost as liminal as our own. Society balanced between two world wars, between the Victorian Age and the modern one, between poverty and riches, with a malleable morality–look no further if you’d like to be swept away.
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Notebooks, Anyone?
Whenever I start a new novel, I buy myself a fancy notebook. Then, I spend the next month filling in[…]
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What’s The Point (of Art)?
I was going to write about something else, but the news of Sinéad O’Connor’s passing hit me a bit hard,[…]
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A Week in the Life of a Self-Published Author
I may be a full-time writer, but that doesn’t mean I can write full time. Here’s an overview of some of the stuff I had to do this week to keep my writing career going.
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An Interview with Holly West, editor of KILLIN’ TIME IN SAN DIEGO
A warm welcome to Killin’ Time in San Diego’s editor, Holly West, who shares with us a little of how an anthology is made. Killin’ Time in San Diego features twenty of today’s best crime and mystery writers and is published in conjunction with Bouchercon 2023.
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