K.P. Gresham
Colleen McCullough and the Roman Empire
by Renee Kimball Reading is like swimming. Sometimes a novel is like a wading pool, low-level, light, humorous. Then there are others...
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K.P. Gresham
Professional Character Assassin
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K.P., along with her fellow ink-stained wretches, put out a weekly blog. Enjoy!
K.P. Gresham
Feb 7, 20222 min read
The Lost Characters
By K.P. Gresham This week I lost a very good friend and an incredible mentor. Anna Castle wrote historical mysteries including two...
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K.P. Gresham
Dec 6, 20215 min read
Historical Fiction–Literary Time Travel
Whatever may be said about Through A Glass Darkly, it was and remains a hugely popular historical fiction novel. I recently re-read...
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K.P. Gresham
Nov 1, 20214 min read
Book Review: FULL DARK, NO STARS by Stephen King
“From the start . . . I felt that the best fiction was both propulsive and assaultive. It gets in your face. Sometimes it shouts in...
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K.P. Gresham
Nov 9, 20202 min read
Writing Humor in Mysteries
by K.P. Gresham I recently appeared on a “Writing Humor in Mysteries” panel at the Pflugerville, Texas, Library along with fellow authors...
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K.P. Gresham
Sep 22, 20203 min read
Book Review: Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do; Edited by Mere
by Renee Kimball Meredith Maran decided to write a book about writing to show her “gratitude to writers everywhere.” To do that,...
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K.P. Gresham
Sep 6, 20202 min read
More Than There Was Before
* The first few years I studied Romeo and Juliet with my high school freshmen, when I was in my The way Juliet’s father tells her to...
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K.P. Gresham
Jun 16, 20209 min read
Learning from Memoir–Surviving Catastrophe and Loss
Memoir – noun: a narrative composed from personal experience – Merriam Webster Dictionary. Every memoir reminds us of the faraway and...
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K.P. Gresham
Nov 11, 20194 min read
Characters We’re Drawn To
By Helen Currie Foster Last week Big D hosted the Bouchercon book conference. Two sessions made me wonder why we’re drawn to particular...
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K.P. Gresham
Oct 21, 20192 min read
New Mystery Series: Bullet Books Speed Reads at Texas Book Festival
No matter what they tell you, Texas isn’t all cowboys and cactus and bullets and brush. Texas Book Festival opens on the grounds of the...
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K.P. Gresham
Sep 30, 20193 min read
Further Thoughts on Smell in Literature, or The Dog as Watson
by Helen Currie Foster An author can get great mileage by giving the point of view to a Watson sort of character. The Watson can be...
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K.P. Gresham
Aug 19, 20194 min read
THE SCENT OF A WOMAN…THEATER…SEA
by Helen Currie Foster Even just thinking of certain smells can yank me straight back to childhood. Oil paints? Mama working on her...
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K.P. Gresham
Aug 5, 20194 min read
An Interview with Elizabeth Buhmann, Author of BLUE LAKE
[Notice: Typgress is not authorized to post content from this blog on its site.] When I began Elizabeth Buhmann’s BLUE LAKE, I was–I’m...
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K.P. Gresham
Jul 29, 20193 min read
PLAYING FOR PIZZA – by John Grisham
The master of suspense took a break from his usual mystery, crime, and thriller books to write Playing for Pizza; a football story...
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K.P. Gresham
Jul 8, 20195 min read
How Did She Think of That? And How Did Adamsberg Figure It Out?: Thoughts on Fred Vargas and her Pol
by Helen Currie Foster Fred Vargas by Marcello Casal/ABr, licensed under CC BY-3.0 BR. Via Wikipedia Her sheer imagination, her complex...
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K.P. Gresham
Jun 24, 20193 min read
Well-Rounded Thrillers? Naw…Really?
By K.P. Gresham Sara Paretsky created quite a stir in the mystery writing community with her recent letter to the editor. (New York Times...
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K.P. Gresham
Jun 17, 20194 min read
One Pebble in a Shoe Can Change the Universe
It happened again. An author killed off a character I love. I hate that. I hate the author. I continue to like the book, but the author I...
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K.P. Gresham
May 27, 20194 min read
Watching the Watcher: Navigating Venice with Commissario Brunetti
My heart speeds up on news that Donna Leon’s got a new police procedural, because I love her Guido Brunetti. Not in a romantic way, of...
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K.P. Gresham
May 13, 20192 min read
Well Said
by K.P. Gresham “After all, tomorrow is another day.” Recognize that book quote? They’re the five favorite words of Scarlet O’Hara in...
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K.P. Gresham
May 5, 20193 min read
Author, Author: Josephine Tey–Occupying the Hinterland
by M. K. Waller The other Ashby children—Simon’s sisters, nineteen-year-old Eleanor and nine-year-old twins Jane and Ruth—look forward to...
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