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December 17, 2018
Post NaNoWriMo Blues
When you finish that 30 days of writing madness that is NaNoWriMo, you need to take stock of what you've done and plan for the future
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December 13, 2018
Thursday Quotables – A Christmas Mystery
A Christmas Mystery by William John Locke is an inspirational, very Chirstian story with a great mysterious atmosphere
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December 5, 2018
Gang Roundup – December 2018
The roundup of December offers a glimpse on Armistice Day 100 and Noirvember, the month-long yearly celebration of film noir. Books and history as usual
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November 11, 2018
The End of the War to End All Wars – Armistice Day 2018
One hundred years ago as of today the Armistice officially ended WWI.And today ends the four-year celebration of this pivoting moment in world’s history
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November 1, 2018
Story Templates: My Secret Weapon to Conquer NaNoWriMo
I like to say that we writers never don't need story structure templates... until we need them. Here's how I use them
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October 26, 2018
The Secret History of Women and Journalism
I'm so happy to have author Fiona Veitch Smith as a guest today. She's the author of the Poppy Denby Investigates mystery series set in the 1920s
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October 22, 2018
How I Wrote My Story SEA PHANTOM
When I learned about the anthology "Grimm, Grit and Gasoline" call for submissions, I couldn't resist. Fairy tale retellings set in the 1920s here I come!
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October 18, 2018
Thursday Quotables – Miss Kopp Just Won’t Quit
The scene of this particular crime was the Italian butcher where I liked to stop for my lunch. The proprietor, Mr. Giordano, put up a kind of Italian sausage called salsicciotto on Tuesdays that he seasoned with salt and peppercorns, then smothered in olive oil for two months, to extraordinary effect. He could sell every […]
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October 14, 2018
Gang Roundup – Ottobre 2018
A swift Gan Roundup this month, with just a couple articles about very unusual (even controversial) behaviour of the 1920s and a couple book recommendations
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September 17, 2018
Frost (Liam O’Flaherty)
I was born on a storm-swept rock and hate the soft growth of sun-baked lands where there is no frost in men’s bones – Liam O’Flaherty
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