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    Building a mystery!

    By Cole Matthews

    If you know me at all, you know I love a good mystery story.  Dame Agatha Christie, Jonathan Kellerman, Joseph Hansen, Martha Grimes, Earl Derr Biggers, Dashiell Hammett, Robert Parker, Minette Walters, Joe Lansdale, Wilkie Collins, and many many more all come to mind.  There is something intriguing about a whodunit or even a whydonit.  They are also such fantastic period pieces, where you journey to another place and live in a different time.  You can read about Dave Brandstetter in the 19
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My Daily Bread Crumbs 18 Mar 2022

March 18th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Anniversary of the Oil Expropriation (Mexico) Christian feast day: Alexander of Jerusalem Anselm of Lucca Cyril of Jerusalem Edward the Martyr Fridianus Salvator March 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Flag Day (Aruba) Gallipoli Memorial Day (Turkey) Men's and Soldiers' Day (Mongoli
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Writing World

Let there be Spring!!!

Aaaaahhhh...The Vernal Equinox approaches.  "The March equinox – also called the vernal equinox – marks the beginning of the spring season in the Northern Hemisphere and the autumn season in the Southern Hemisphere. The March 2022 equinox will arrive on March 20 at 15:33 UTC. That’s 10:33 a.m. Central Daylight Time." - EarthSky website [https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-vernal-or-spring-equinox/]   Oh, and it's Randy's birthday too!  But enough about
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My Daily Bread Crumbs

My Daily Bread Crumbs 17 Mar 2022

March 17th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Children's Day (Bangladesh) Christian feast day: Alexius of Rome (Eastern Church) Gertrude of Nivelles John Sarkander Joseph of Arimathea (Western Church) Patrick of Ireland March 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Evacuation Day (Suffolk County, Massachusetts) Saint Patrick's Day, a public holiday in I
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Writing World

Grammar Guide 11 - Interjections

Welcome to week 11 of our Grammar Guide.  This week is all about interjections.  Interjections typically show up in dialog. Interjections are used to express emotion such as surprise, displeasure and other strong emotions.   Interjections are typically abrupt as an aside or interruption and most often appear in dialog. Hey! Wow! Yuck! A strong interjection will typically have an exclamation point ! as punctuation.  However, you will see them with a period if the re
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My Daily Bread Crumbs

My Daily Bread Crumbs 16 Mar 2022

March 16th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Abbán[173] Finian Lobhar (Finian the Leper) Heribert of Cologne[174] Hilarius of Aquileia Julian of Antioch March 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of the Book Smugglers (Lithuania)[175] Remembrance day of the Latvian legionnaires (Latvia) Saint Urho's Day (Finnish Americans a
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jamessavik's Blog

Reddit Prompt

I saw a prompt on Reddit I couldn't resist. A prankster in the future rigged a tank with speakers blasting heavy metal, traveled back to the 1400s, and went on a 2 month havoc filled joyride. Now in 2022 you are reading the legends born from those that witnessed this event. __________________________________________________________________   Trouble in the Provinces "Angus laddie, whatever is that bloody racket? "It sounds like thunder sire."
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My Daily Bread Crumbs

My Daily Bread Crumbs 15 Mar 2022

March 15th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Aristobulus of Britannia (Roman Catholic Church)[82] Clement Mary Hofbauer[69] Leocritia[83] Saint Longinus[84] Louise de Marillac[85] March 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Constitution Day (Belarus)[86] National Day, celebrating the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (Hungary)[87] Wo
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Writing Unblocked

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Good: I've booked myself in on a residential writing course at Arvon in mid April. It's not because I lack inspiration, I just want to get better at what I'm doing. Plus, there hasn't been much opportunity for travel these past few years and it'll be good to get away. The next story I'm working on is set in Yorkshire, not too far from Lumb Bank where the course is being held, so I can do some research at the same time. The Bad: Bloody health again. Had an expected call from the hospital
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My Daily Bread Crumbs

My Daily Bread Crumbs 14 Mar 2022

March 14th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Leobinus[251] Matilda of Ringelheim[252] March 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Constitution Day (Andorra)[253] Heroes' Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)[254] Mother Tongue Day (Estonia)[255] Nanakshahi New Year, first day of the month of Chet (Sikhism)[256] Pi Day[257] Summer Day (Albania)[2
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A Stone's Throw

Bah! This Thing's Dusty...

Jesus... I need my Swiffer duster. When was the last time I wrote in this thing? June of last year? Forget the duster; I need a car-parts cleaner. Hi! How do blogs work again?  ... Okay, just went back and read every entry of this thing. Why didn't anyone tell me I was a rambling, little snot with no sense of punctuation? Heck, all I did was complain about my job.  Who am I kiddin'? I'll still complain about my job. It's so much fun to vent! But we gotta switch things up a bi
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Gay Authors News

Featured Story:

For our first new review of 2022 we need to thank @chris191070. Take a look, if you are interested give it a read and make sure to like, comment and recommend!   Spirit Wolves by Kbois Reviewer: chris191070 Status: Complete Word Count: 125,766 Kbois has successfully tackled the shifter world and brought us her variation, which introduces us to Kappa and Lambda wolves. What happens when you take six wolves, messed-up families, corrupt council members and just a few
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My Daily Bread Crumbs

My Daily Bread Crumbs 13 Mar 2022

March 13th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast days: Ansovinus[237] Gerald of Mayo[238] James Theodore Holly (Episcopal Church (USA))[239] Nicephorus[240] Roderick[237] March 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Kasuga Matsuri (Kasuga Grand Shrine, Nara, Japan)[241] National Elephant Day (Thailand)[242] Africa Scout Day[243]  
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Gay Authors News

Weekly Wrap Up (Mar. 6 - Mar. 12)

First off, a PSA. If you live in one of the areas of the globe that has daylight savings time and you spring your clocks forward, but forgot to last night... YOU'RE LATE Well now that is out of the way, I wonder how many tens of you will be awake enough to read this week's riveting edition of the GA Weekly Wrap Up I know I'm going back to bed right after I get up  I've also thrown in a little poll to gauge everyone's feelings towards this biannual occurrence. For those that did st
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My Daily Bread Crumbs 12 Mar 2022

March 12th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Arbor Day (China)[346] Arbor Day (Taiwan)[347] Aztec New Year[348] Christian feast day: Alphege[349] Bernard of Carinola (or of Capua)[350] Gorgonius, Peter Cubicularius and Dorotheus of Nicomedia[351] Mura (McFeredach)[352] Fina[351] Maximilian of Tebessa[351] Paul Aurelian[353] Po
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Writing World

Earn Your Moments

I can remember a time when this particular term didn't make much sense to me at all. 'Earn your moments'. What does that even mean. I wanted to have a special moment in my story, or my comic book, or my TV show, or my movie...I put it in there...and then you have people out there who are like, "I don't really feel like they earned that moment." Well WTF is that supposed to mean? It's been years and years of trial and error, obstacles and challenges, triumphs and failures...and I believe tha
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My Daily Bread Crumbs

My Daily Bread Crumbs 11 Mar 2022

March 11th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Alberta of Agen[216] Constantine[217] Óengus of Tallaght[218] Sophronius of Jerusalem[219] Vindicianus[220] Day of Restoration of Independence from the Soviet Union in 1990 (Lithuania)[221] Moshoeshoe Day (Lesotho)[222]   Observances National Middle Name Pride Day World Plumb
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