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Deborah Anderson
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Apr 18
P is for Pickle Jar
My first day in Crim 105, otherwise known as Psychological Explanations of Crime, the professor asked us to describe our “profile” of a criminal, in particular, a murderer. The descriptions varied from tattooed gangster, to child molester, assaultive stepfather, car-jackin’ junkie, and accident-causing drunk driver. Our professor smiled and nodded with each—predictable—presumption, and then she …
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Apr 18
O is for October (and Opportunity)
It’s Letter O day in the A to Z Challenge (and I bet, because I’m so late posting, you thought I forgot. I didn’t, just a busy, away from home kind of day.) Now, on to today’s O-word, October! Why October when it’s almost six months away? Because October means, Surrey International Writers’ Conference! The Surrey …
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Apr 16
N for New York
It’s week 3 of the A to Z Challenge, and for those following along, today’s letter is N, and the topic, another place on my must-see list: New York, New York. I am sure you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone in the developed world that has not heard of New York. It is one of …
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Apr 15
M is for Mondays
A to Z Challenge letter: M. Mondays… I recall grade eight, the year I entered high school, as the year Monday mornings emerged from an endless blur of days to something sharp, uncomfortable, the first cut in a series of five cuts patched on weekends, the delicate wounds reopened the following Monday. High school is never …
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Apr 13
L is for London
End of week two of the A to Z Challenge and the letter is L. And L just happens to be the first letter of a place I long to visit: London. I have no idea if reincarnation is real, but if it is, then in a former life I hailed from London, because it is the …
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Apr 12
K is for Kismet
K is today’s A to Z Challenge letter, and today’s theme: Kismet. From Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary: Kismet (kis´met, -met, kis´-), n, fate; destiny. Also, kismat (kiz´mət, kis´-), [1840-50; Turk, Pers qismat, Ar qismahdivision, portion, lot, fate, akin to qasamato divide]. Kismet, as a word, has existed since the mid-19thcentury; I suspect kismet as a …
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Apr 12
J is for James Lee Burke
Today’s A to Z Challenge letter is J, and today’s topic, James Lee Burke. By far, one of my most revered authors is James Lee Burke. His talent is unmatched. His novels poetic. His characters memorable. I don’t recall how I stumbled upon his work, I am only glad I did. If you’ve not read …
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Apr 10
The “I” has It.
Today’s A to Z Challenge letter is I. And today’s I-words: Inspiration, Invention, and Imagination; critical tools in a writer’s toolbox. Inspiration is that Idea moment. You wake up, like VickiPettersson did, from a dream about a woman killing a man with the heel of a stiletto, and after you muse “what the ?” you …
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Apr 09
H is for Horses
Day 8 of A to Z Challenge, which is, if you’re alphabetically aware, the letter H, which means… HORSES!! My step dad bought me my first horse, and that first pony began my long, and enduring love affair with the horse. I think one of the reasons I chose to write a turn-of-the-20th-century novel was …
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Apr 09
G is for Gratitude
A to Z Challenge day 7. Letter G. I received a phone call today. The caller asked if everything was okay; I was behind two letters. And in that call, the essence of this post: Gratitude. The A to Z Challenge allows for one day off–Sundays–so I am not a day behind, and today’s letter …
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