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We haven’t been on here for a little while, and at least I haven’t been writing for at least as long as my last prompt post. So with some free time coming up in the next few weeks, I have decided to attempt a write a book in 30 days challenge. For many years I…

Our latest theme/prompt is a little bit controversial in the crime writing world, because it breaks rule number eleven of S.S Van Dine’s twenty rules for writing detective stories: A servant must not be chosen by the author as the culprit. This is begging a noble question. It is a too easy solution. The culprit…

Before the word robot existed, there were mechanical characters in fiction with Tik-Tok from Frank Baum’s Oz sequel Ozma of Oz that was released in 1907 being a good example and something that we would refer to as a robot today.  The word robot is relatively new in the grand scheme of word creation, originating…

At this time of year, I try always to be attentive to the wild little things that cling to the margins of the road and stake their claim in the wake of passing cars as well as the gentler, more domestic flowers that grow in the shelter of my garden. Every flower is different, of…

I wrote a book when between the ages of 8 and 10 , it remains my longest work of fiction to date! I continued to say I wanted to be a writer until I was probably around 19 although I didn’t really write much fiction at all then unless it was for English. Then it…