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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
Sep 16, 20193 min read
Book Clubs for Writers: A Doggone Good Time!
By K.P. Gresham I existed in a happy, but small little world of people who get together to figure out how best to kill other people....
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K.P. Gresham
Sep 2, 20195 min read
VISITING THE AUSTIN DPS – AN EXERCISE IS PATIENCE AND ENDURANCE
by Francine Paino Thank God, I don’t visit every DMV, DPS or departments throughout the country that issue, renew, replace and take care...
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K.P. Gresham
Aug 26, 20193 min read
Recommended Reading: Pat Schneider’s Writing Alone and With Others
by Renee Kimball There are gems of wisdom in Schneider’s book for writers and would-be-writers. Each page speaks in a kind of firm...
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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 13, 20194 min read
Writing an Academic Mystery
My books by Dorothy Sayers. Picture by N. M. Cedeño Academic mysteries are a timeless subgenre in crime fiction. Found on almost every...
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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
Jul 1, 20193 min read
Homicide Detective Speaks to Writers’ Group
Logo provided by Sisters in Crime- Heart of Texas Chapter At the June Sisters in Crime – Heart of Texas meeting, Detective Dave Fugitt...
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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
Jun 10, 20193 min read
Building Character Profiles While Fighting the Battle of the Bulge
by Fran Paino The Battle of the Bulge, (December 16, 1944–January 16, 1945), was the last significant German effort to split the allies...
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K.P. Gresham
Jun 3, 20193 min read
A Book Review: The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
It is also a mournful story, and not one that you can simply close the cover and walk away from, it follows you. It seeks answers to...
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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 20, 20192 min read
Learning to Write My Way: A Cautionary Tale
Don’t do what I did. First, I learned how to write. Then, I learned how not to write. Then, I had to relearn how to write again. As I...
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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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K.P. Gresham
Apr 29, 20193 min read
Book Review: Phyllis Whitney’s The Ebony Swan
by Francine Paino I’d forgotten how much I’d enjoyed her stories, years ago, and I hadn’t read all of her works, which added up to an...
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K.P. Gresham
Apr 15, 20196 min read
Confessions of a Closet Re-Reader: Le Carré and his Characters
by Helen Currie Foster In her 2001 collection Rereadings, Anne Fadiman challenged writers to revisit books they read before they were...
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K.P. Gresham
Apr 8, 20193 min read
Writing in an Atmosphere of Intimidation
Most writers, like all artists who create work for public consumption, have to overcome their own inner critics to create a finished...
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