SleuthSayers: 2025 Year in Review: Editing

SleuthSayers: 2025 Year in Review: Editing: I’m splitting my 2025 Year in Review post into two parts. I’ll discuss writing and other things next post; this time I’m concentrating on ed...

SleuthSayers: A Letter to the Editors

SleuthSayers: A Letter to the Editors: I'll start this off with two statements for those who want to write fiction for publication. It's sort of a good news/bad news obser...

SleuthSayers: Frittering

SleuthSayers: Frittering: There are too many hours in the day, and I sometimes fritter them away. When I haven’t enough to do, I do even less, often spending my avail...

Kathleen Marple Kalb's Blog: So You Wrote the Book, Now What?: About Those Edits

 Kathleen Marple Kalb's Blog: So You Wrote the Book, Now What?: About Those Edits

SleuthSayers: Things You Learn From Editing ... Take Two

SleuthSayers: Things You Learn From Editing ... Take Two: I am bogged down with work, so I offer you this repeat of a column from 2019, with some minor edits. The information should be just as hel...

BookLover's Bench: Fifth Monday Guest Author Judy Penz Sheluk

 BookLover's Bench: Fifth Monday Guest Author Judy Penz Sheluk

SleuthSayers: 2024 Year in Review: Editing

SleuthSayers: 2024 Year in Review: Editing: In my previous SleuthSayers post, I wrote about how little I’ve been able to accomplish this year because I’ve been unable to establish a ro...

SleuthSayers: How Do You Count?

SleuthSayers: How Do You Count?: Some of Michael ’ s many publications. How do short-story writers tally their literary output? By the number of acceptances? By the number ...

Writers Who Kill: The Case of the Short Story Spreadsheet by Judy Penz Sheluk

Writers Who Kill: The Case of the Short Story Spreadsheet by Judy Pe...: Something you might not know about me is that I worked in the corporate world for several years, initially specializing in credit and coll...

SleuthSayers: A Thousand Miles from Nowhere

SleuthSayers: A Thousand Miles from Nowhere: Presenting the Edgar Award for Best Short Story. Photo by Aslan Chalom. I returned home after two weeks on the road to find myself hip-deep...

SleuthSayers: Dryer Is a Noun

SleuthSayers: Dryer Is a Noun:    We all know that. It's the big appliance that sits beside your washing machine. If you want to compare the moisture content of things...

SleuthSayers: A Wild Ride: 2023 in Review

SleuthSayers: A Wild Ride: 2023 in Review: This past year was a wild ride, both personally and professionally. The 14-month year began in November 2022 when Temple changed employment....

SleuthSayers: Reading for Gems by Michael Bracken

SleuthSayers: Reading for Gems: Some of the many reasons Michael doesn’t have much time for pleasure reading. Last year, 120 short stories appeared in projects I edited or ...

SleuthSayers: Be Careful What You Wish For

SleuthSayers: Be Careful What You Wish For: Hanging out at Bouchercon San Diego. I swore I would never edit an anthology of “crime fiction inspired by the songs of —.” That’s Josh Pach...

Writer Beware: Editing Clauses in Publishing Contracts: What to Watch For

 Writer Beware: Editing Clauses in Publishing Contracts: What to Watch For

SleuthSayers: How It's Done and Over Mastication by O'Neil De Noux

SleuthSayers: How It's Done and Over Mastication: Inspired by recent posts from Michael Bracken and John Floyd, I wrote the following. In his SleuthSayer's posting of 4/11/23, Michael Br...

SleuthSayers: Editing Evolution by Michael Bracken

SleuthSayers: Editing Evolution: My process for editing has changed over the years, and especially more so lately as the number of editing projects has increased. My first e...

SleuthSayers: When Ignorance is Bliss by Barb Goffman

SleuthSayers: When Ignorance is Bliss: We've all heard the advice that authors should write what they know. (And before you roll your eyes, it doesn't mean write only abou...

SleuthSayers: Where I Write by Michael Bracken

SleuthSayers: Where I Write: Even after a half-day spent cleaning, my desk is still a mess. Over the years, I’ve written in many places, most often a room in my home th...

Blood-Red Pencil: Editing for Voice by Mysti Berry

Blood-Red Pencil: Editing for Voice: One of my favorite things about editing and publishing the LOW DOWN DIRTY VOTE series is the astonishing range of voices the stories present...