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K.P. Gresham
Professional Character Assassin
Blog
K.P., along with her fellow ink-stained wretches, put out a weekly blog. Enjoy!


Facing a Writing Challenge
by N. M. Cedeño Many writers find motivation in challenging themselves in various ways. Some attempt to write a novel length manuscript...

K.P. Gresham
Jul 11, 20224 min read
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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...

K.P. Gresham
May 23, 20223 min read
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Writing “Reaching for the Moon” for Crimeucopia: Say What Now?
by N. M. Cedeño Although I may veer off into other areas, my reading pile usually comprises two main categories of books: mysteries and...

K.P. Gresham
Mar 7, 20223 min read
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Writing “Nice Girls Don’t” for Groovy Gumshoes
So what if I wasn’t born in the 1960s? I can do research! In 2020, I came across a call for submissions for mystery short stories to be...

K.P. Gresham
Jan 24, 20223 min read
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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...

K.P. Gresham
Dec 6, 20215 min read
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<strong><em>The Nightingale—A Novel</em></strong><strong> by Kristin Hannah—And . . . Admitting When
The Nightingale—A Novel by Kristin Hannah is a weighty 564 pages. The cover has shades of blue and grey with the embossed golden image...

K.P. Gresham
Aug 9, 20213 min read
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Creating Multiple Identities: the Research Rabbit Hole
by N.M. Cedeño Setting a story in the past requires the author to do research to make sure the details of the story are correct. For me,...

K.P. Gresham
Jun 14, 20213 min read
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“Quaint and Curious”
by Kathy Waller Today is Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, when we remember the men and women of the military to whom we cannot say,...

K.P. Gresham
May 31, 20212 min read
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