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October 17, 2017
Bouchercon reflections
Bouchercon, the world's largest mystery conference, held its latest annual crimefest this past week from Wednesday to Sunday. The 2017 version took place in a spectacular, sprawling hotel in downtown Toronto that had two towers, multiple levels of meeting rooms, open foyers, and ballrooms all connected by escalators running up and down through the open centre. Almost two thousand people attended
Another (and logical) benefit of a library
by Rick Blechta
I think I may have posted about this, but not within the past several years. (When you’ve been here pretty well weekly since 2006, things tend to run together a bit.) But considering the discussion here of late, I think it’s entirely suitable to bring this up again.
I like libraries…as a place to write. As in many things in life, discovering this was the result of necessity.
I think I may have posted about this, but not within the past several years. (When you’ve been here pretty well weekly since 2006, things tend to run together a bit.) But considering the discussion here of late, I think it’s entirely suitable to bring this up again.
I like libraries…as a place to write. As in many things in life, discovering this was the result of necessity.
October 15, 2017
Proper Libraries
Marianne has really sparked something off with her post about a digital library. Personally I feel quite sad at the thought. Speaking as someone who went to Mallorca recently for week, taking only seven T-shirts, two pairs of shorts and undies so that I could use the weight allowance for paper books, I'm not prepared to compromise on the quality of my enjoyment.
There is something about a
There is something about a
October 13, 2017
Rapid Reads Novellas
by Vicki Delany
Rapid Reads Novellas
At the end of this month, Orca Press will be releasing my fifth novella for them, White Sand Blues.
This is a cozy mystery, the first in a new series about a young Canadian paramedic working in a small Caribbean Island country. Any resemblance to Turks and Caicos and one of my daughters, is purely coincidental.
It’s a novella, meaning short (about 100
Rapid Reads Novellas
At the end of this month, Orca Press will be releasing my fifth novella for them, White Sand Blues.
This is a cozy mystery, the first in a new series about a young Canadian paramedic working in a small Caribbean Island country. Any resemblance to Turks and Caicos and one of my daughters, is purely coincidental.
It’s a novella, meaning short (about 100
October 11, 2017
Finishing the book: Just what the doctor ordered
It’s good to return to Type M after several missed posts. The past six weeks have offered a wild ride.
Until Aug. 24, the summer of 2017 was the best of my life. Academic work led me to spend weeks in Tampa (gorgeous city), Bozeman, Montana (breathtaking), and had five weeks in Maine with all three girls at home (with one daughter in college, those summers are dwindling, I know). Then I caught “
Until Aug. 24, the summer of 2017 was the best of my life. Academic work led me to spend weeks in Tampa (gorgeous city), Bozeman, Montana (breathtaking), and had five weeks in Maine with all three girls at home (with one daughter in college, those summers are dwindling, I know). Then I caught “
October 10, 2017
Ladies of Intrigue
On a recent Sunday morning, I got up at 6:30 a.m. and headed down to Santa Ana, CA to participate in the 4th Annual Ladies of Intrigue event. I’m not usually up that early, especially on a Sunday, but this was a special occasion.
Co-sponsored by the Mystery Ink bookstore in Huntington Beach, CA and Orange County’s Sisters in Crime chapter, it was similar to the Murder on the Menu event I
Co-sponsored by the Mystery Ink bookstore in Huntington Beach, CA and Orange County’s Sisters in Crime chapter, it was similar to the Murder on the Menu event I
More on old books
by Rick Blechta
I’d like to stay on the topic of old books again this week. Besides the 11 comments left on Type M (a record for one of my posts), I’ve had e-conversations with a number of other people. Several things were pointed out and I’ve cogitated on most of them.
Then yesterday, Marianne posted on the topic of bookless libraries and that led to even more thought pour moi. I believe
I’d like to stay on the topic of old books again this week. Besides the 11 comments left on Type M (a record for one of my posts), I’ve had e-conversations with a number of other people. Several things were pointed out and I’ve cogitated on most of them.
Then yesterday, Marianne posted on the topic of bookless libraries and that led to even more thought pour moi. I believe
October 9, 2017
Would you use a bookless library?
The world's first ever bookless library, the BiblioTech, was opened in 2013 in Bexar County, Texas, in the United States. It has 100 e-readers on loan and dozens of screens where the public can browse, study, and learn digital skills. The BiblioTech people don't like the term bookless, calling it instead a "digital library" - after all, it's filled with books, but in digital form. On its first
October 6, 2017
Julia Thomas, Guest Blogger
What do you suppose it is like to live in a two author household? Type M is most happy to welcome Julia Thomas, author of two well received stand-alone contemporary mysteries, who just happens to be married to Will Thomas, whose Barker and Llewelyn novels, set in Victorian England, is a multiple award-winning mystery series. How do you manage, Julia?
Julia Thomas
Two Authors in the Family
Julia Thomas
Two Authors in the Family
October 4, 2017
Pray for Rain
A few images from Oklahoma
Donis here...more or less. I never really believed in writer's block. Anybody can write something if she'll just sit down in the chair and start typing, and the resulting product can turn out pretty well.
I do very much believe in writer's drought, however, because I've had personal and painful experience of it, more than once. I'm undergoing a severe drought right
Donis here...more or less. I never really believed in writer's block. Anybody can write something if she'll just sit down in the chair and start typing, and the resulting product can turn out pretty well.
I do very much believe in writer's drought, however, because I've had personal and painful experience of it, more than once. I'm undergoing a severe drought right
