K.P. Gresham
Take Control of Your Life! Write!
by K.P. Gresham This pandemic thing is getting really old. (A quote from Captain Obvious, obviously) But we writers have one thing in our...
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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
Aug 10, 20203 min read
A Post That Wasn’t Supposed to Be Posted
I was writing a book review when Lark Rise to Candleford, a television series I had running in the background as a helpful distraction,...
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K.P. Gresham
Aug 4, 20205 min read
SETTING STORIES IN HISTORICAL FACTS
By Francine Paino Past, present, future. Measures of time. The future is uncertain, or at least cannot be seen by the finite minds of...
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K.P. Gresham
Jul 26, 20206 min read
Book Review: The Wife, by Meg Wolitzer
by Renee Kimball “The moment I decided to leave him, the moment I thought, enough, we were thirty-thousand feet above the ocean, hurtling...
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K.P. Gresham
Jul 20, 20206 min read
Are You Hungry? Food Idiosyncrasies and Local Flavor
Why, exactly, do we take such interest in what our favorite detectives eat or what a character like Aunt Agatha grabs for first at...
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K.P. Gresham
Jul 13, 20203 min read
Alice Littlefield Residence Hall: Inspiration for a Ghost Story
“Alice’s ghost is rumored to haunt the dorm, but don’t worry, she’s a benevolent ghost. She likes to watch over students. Here is her...
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K.P. Gresham
Jul 6, 20203 min read
I Won’t Kill the Governor!
by K.P. Gresham The Texas Governor’s Mansion is the perfect setting for my next book in the Pastor Matt Hayden Mystery Series. I’ve said...
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K.P. Gresham
Jun 29, 20203 min read
Reverted to Type
by Kathy Waller When I opened my personal blog, back in the Dark Ages, I titled it To Write Is to Write Is to Write. I intended to tell...
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K.P. Gresham
Jun 22, 20206 min read
MORE OLIVE OIL, PLEASE? Francine Paino
From better writers than I’ll ever be, over the past weeks of being locked down, I’ve read many beautifully written high-minded prose on...
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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
Jun 8, 20204 min read
Please Take (a) Note!
Lately I’ve been thinking about remarkable people who never got to see the significance of their work, regardless of its brilliance....
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K.P. Gresham
May 25, 20202 min read
Beware, Sherlock Holmes!
By K.P. Gresham The spring of 2020 has provided me with the opportunity to return to one of my favorite pastimes…and escapes. READING!...
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K.P. Gresham
May 18, 20206 min read
The Uses of Disguise
By Helen Currie Foster So, did you dress up for Halloween? Did you buy a mask in New Orleans, or Venice, perhaps one with feathers? What...
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K.P. Gresham
May 11, 20203 min read
WW II: Paying Tribute in the Time of COVID-19 – Never Forget
May 8 was VE Day. 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of Germany’s surrender in Europe. Three-quarters of a century ago, Adolf Hitler and his...
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K.P. Gresham
May 4, 20203 min read
Inspiration for My Short Stories
Sometimes, as an author I am asked where I get ideas for my short stories. I get my inspiration from books and articles I read, places I...
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K.P. Gresham
Apr 13, 20204 min read
A Dream Come True
By K.P. Gresham K.P. Gresham Writers love to dream. We dream when we’re awake and when we’re asleep. Sometimes its hard to tell the...
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K.P. Gresham
Mar 31, 20204 min read
CORONAVIRUS AND DRAGONWYCK by Francine Paino
Feeling confined? Suffering from a bit of cabin fever? Getting Stir Crazy? While we shelter in place, we have an excellent opportunity...
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K.P. Gresham
Mar 23, 20203 min read
Neil Gaiman’s Art Matters: “Make Good Art”
by Renee Kimball Neil Richard Gaiman will turn 60 this year. Gaiman’s stories and characters are now in our hearts and embedded in our...
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K.P. Gresham
Mar 17, 20203 min read
Love in the Time of Coronavirus, or Pulling Poems Off the Shelf
by Helen Currie Foster Maybe you recall an interview like this, a chance for a fellowship. Three dour English academics at eight a.m.,...
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K.P. Gresham
Mar 8, 20203 min read
Down the Research Rabbit Hole
Have you ever fallen down the research rabbit hole when looking for details for your writing? by Pixabay I have. Because I read...
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