Tag: mystery
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Fresh Office Design
During the pandemic, I moved out of the large home office Econ Husband and I shared and into a small bedroom at the opposite side of the house. It was for the best. I didn’t want to hear his meetings about the fate of the economy and his bosses didn’t want to see me acting…
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Word of the Year 2024
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2024. There’s nothing more joyous to me than the idea of putting the past year to bed and allowing yourself a fresh start. Cleaning off the slate to have space to begin anew. But it’s equally worthwhile to review the past year before you move forward. I start with contemplating…
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October is NaNoWriMo Prep-Month!
So. You want to write a novel this November. Awesome! Amazing! Do it! A mystery novel needs to be around 75K – 90K words. (Other genres have different word count ranges.) Agents are pretty specific about word counts and I’ve known some agents who have rejected a book without reading it because it was below…
Mindy Carlson 