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Semper Fi
Carl CaseyTop row, third from left We don’t do much to celebrate Memorial Day at our house any more. That is because my husband and I, Donis, no longer live near any of our relatives. When we lived...
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I, Donis, usually post on the 27th of every month. For the first time since I began writing for this blog three years ago, I totally forgot about last month. I didn’t even think about it until three or...
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Waste Not, Want Not
Grandpa, Mama, Grandma, on their farm in Oklahoma I, Donis, recently read an article in my local newspaper which the modern consumer handy tips on ways to save money so she can sock some away for the...
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Road Trip Arizona
Today’s lesson, children, concerns the charms of my adopted home, the Great State of Arizona. When my husband and I first moved here thirty years ago, we took every opportunity to travel around and...
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Mrs. Casey’s Cafe
A Zero bar. Though in my youth the wrapper had a polar bear on it. A few days ago, my husband and I were driving down the street discussing candy bars. He’s one of the few people in the world who...
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Thankful for Every Word
I hope all of you here in the States are having a nice Thanksgiving. I am actually writing this entry on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, since I intend to be eating as you read this. I spent a...
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You Are Old…
It was a very good holiday! Here it is, the end of the year. Christmas is over, Boxing Day is today, and I’ve eaten too much. For me, the last week of the year is marked not just by Christmas and New...
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War Cake
It went like hotcakes! It’s that time again. As I draw near to the end of each Alafair Tucker mystery I begin testing the early 20th Century recipes that I will put in the back of the book. It’s a...
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Sit Down. Let’s Eat
I have just returned to my home in Arizona following a week-long book tour in Raleigh, North Carolina, with our own Vicki Delany (writing as Eva Gates for this trip), and her fellow Canadian author...
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Three Degrees of Separation
For the past few Sundays I’ve enjoyed watching the PBS series Wolf Hall, based on Hilary Mantel’s two wonderful novels about Henry VIII’s court and Thomas Cromwell, Wolf Hall and Bringing Up the...
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The Latest Weather Report
Everyone who has every studied writing has heard that an author should never begin a book with a weather report, and I, Donis, am always conscious of that bit of writerly folk wisdom every time I do...
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Food in a Hot Climate
Donis here. Jeffrey Siger noted in his previous entry that he’s currently working on a new novel, which process he likens to wandering through a forest. I’m in the same boat right now. I can envision...
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As Accustomed As I Am to Public Speaking…or, Giving an Effective Author...
A few years ago I wrote an entry on my blog about what I was doing to prepare for a book launch. I wasn’t going to have a lot of time, I said, so I wondered “aloud” what would be the best and most...
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The World’s Most Beloved Blog
I, Donis, have been working on my website for the past couple of months, adding pages and sections, getting ready for the launch of my eighth Alafair Tucker novel, All Men Fear Me, in November. All of...
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The Top Ten
Donis here. I love good reviews. Don’t care for bad ones. I’ve been getting some pretty good reviews of All Men Fear Me, which is due to hit the shelves in November. Here’s a good one from Kirkus...
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All Men Fear Me. At Long Last.
Donis here. My eighth Alafair Tucker Mystery, ALL MEN FEAR ME, is finally about to hit the shelves on November 3. It has been a long time coming, and yet I’m always taken by surprise when a new book...
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Rituals
It’s very quiet here in the Poisoned Pen blog spot today, since most of you are enjoying a giant dinner and a football game. But here I sit among the tumbleweeds, listening to the sound of crickets,...
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‘Tis the Season
My Grandparents’ House as rendered by a much younger me. Happy Boxing Day to all. I hope all of you Dear Readers had a wonderful holiday, whether it was Christmas, Chanukka, Kwanza, or some combination...
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The city of Tempe, Arizona, where I live, recently made it illegal smoke in the car when there is a child on board. It is also illegal to drive in town without wearing a seat belt. I applaud the...
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My First Draft Makes Me Ponder the ‘Stupidity Hypothesis’
Since I am at the Left Coast Crime Conference today, I am reposting a blog entry I wrote for Type M 4 Murder back in 2013. Since I am at this moment about to finish the first draft of yet another novel...
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