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The DVD Extras of a Writing Life (opens the original)
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One of the longest waits I live through is the time between walking out of a movie I truly enjoy and the release of the DVD with all the behind-the-scenes footage. Ever since 1977 when I devoured all things Star Wars (much of it about how the movie was created), I love to know how movies are made. Music as well. I relish all those snippets of musicians in studios, dressed in regular clothes, headphones on, holding an instrument, and working out melodies that we all know by heart. For every behin
Play Time (opens the original)
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It’s been a quiet few months – and I should apologise for that both to regular readers and my fellow Damagers (hey, is that what we should call ourselves?) for my lack of posting.When The Weddle (as he’s known) came and asked me to return to the new style DSD my intent was to try and make this regular deadline and I mostly managed, but the problem with life is that it keeps happening and despite my best intentions, I kept half-writing columns and then getting distracted.<p
Investigating the Speculative (opens the original)
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Scott’s Note: The discussion below was arranged by Richie Narvaez, who has contributed to and co-edited the upcoming anthology he refers to. Full disclosure: I contributed a piece to this anthology as well, and it should be a fun one to read, featuring stories that blend sleuthing and the uncanny.***Richie NarvaezTITLE: Investigating the SpeculativeSUBHEAD Contributors to a new hybrid-genre anthology discuss how they conjured up their storiesThe new anthology A Speculative
Would you pick this book up? Cover reveal for Between the Notes (opens the original)
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On New Year’s Day, I sat down to write a book I’d never written before: a full-length romance novel. Eight months later, the book I thought I was writing isn’t quite the book I ended up with.And now it has a cover.Thanks for reading Do Some Damage! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<input class="button p
I Finally Joined the Thursday Murder Club (opens the original)
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I knew about the series. I watched the Netflix movie. I even bought a paperback copy complete with the cast emblazoned on the cover. But it wasn’t until about a month ago when a friend of mine recommended the book that I finally opened the book and began reading. Or, rather, listening and reading.Thanks for reading Do Some Damage! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<input class="email-input" name=
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