Business Musings: Rest (A Process Blog)

To Get a Free AI Audio Version of this blog, click here. I’m not even sure I can describe the last few weeks of April and the first few weeks of May without using my calendar for help. I had a series of writing, publishing, and work deadlines. Everything in my Spanish class was geared toward the last month, from a presentation (yes, in Spanish, […]

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Free Fiction Monday: DNF

Runners do not finish races for a lot of reasons. But when a runner does not finish at the first Night Frights Run in Las Vegas, Warren worries that the Halloween-themed race might prove far more pulse-pounding than anyone intends. With just the right mix of the mysterious and the terrifying, “DNF” demonstrates Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s mastery of the crime short story. “DNF,” by New York […]

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Free Fiction Monday: The Demise of Snot Rocket

All serious runners know about snot rockets. At least in pre-pandemic times, they did. But one particularly talented runner relishes snot rockets more than others. When he turns up dead, the list of potential murderers runs longer than the list of medals he collected over the years. But when an investigative journalist sees the true crime potential of the case, what she uncovers surprises even […]

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Recommended Reading List: June, 2020

I spent much of the month working on the Holiday Spectacular. You can get last year’s Spectacular in a single ebook volume this month (July), because…Christmas in July! Seriously, you’ll enjoy it. The stories are wonderful. And so are the stories for 2020. I can’t wait to share them with you. A Kickstarter for the Spectacular will start in November, but you can subscribe early. […]

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Business Musings: Habits (A Process Blog)

I’m having a heck of a time with schedules and scheduling right now. Those of you who know me should be shocked by that information. I’m nothing if not a master scheduler. But I learned how to be a master scheduler as I got sicker and sicker. I did an entire series of blogs on writing while ill, which became a book called Writing With […]

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Recommended Reading List: April 2019

Workshops and visitors, plus a business emergency, marked April. I did a lot of manuscript reading, and even more reading for a course that I’m taking. You’ll see some of the manuscripts that I worked on in a special project we’re putting together in December. I’m enjoying the heck out of that. Some of the reading that I did earlier in the year you’ll find […]

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Business Musings: Good Goals

At my in-person writing classes, I give students more work than most people can handle. A few people manage to do everything, usually one or two people per year at the workshops. At this year’s mystery workshop, one person finished all of the writing assignments and two redoes, and (I think) all of the reading (usually on the last day). One, out of thirteen. Most […]

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Business Musings: I Had No Life (The December Process Blog)

A few weeks ago, I asked my Patreon supporters to let me know what they thought were the big take-aways in 2018. Since I had so many life changes and adventures in 2018, I wasn’t able to keep up on everything in the industry the way I usually do. The Patreon folk came through, and I have a list, which goes with my Master Business […]

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