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Getting It Right: Fire
Photo courtesy Ross Beckley Smoke Signals Guest Post by John Kenny The theatre manager told us we would have to leave if we couldn’t be quiet. A group of fellow firefighters and I were howling with...
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Getting it Right: Recognising a Crisis Part 1
Meet Minnie. She ruled my household for the last three years of her life and here’s how she adopted me. I had a part-time job back then, teaching people how to use Lifeline’s emergency call buttons....
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Getting It Right: U.S. Military – Combat Uniforms
Last month we covered personnel, customs & courtesies, and some drill. If you missed out on that post, you can find it here. This month we’re going to cover combat uniforms. There’s probably...
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Getting It Right: U.S. Military – Service Uniforms
Our last episode discussed combat uniforms. Today we move on to my least favorite uniform: service uniform. Okay, I joined the Air Force so I could wear camouflage. I’ve always thought it was cool...
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Crime Scene Investigator & Author Offers Tips on Making Fictional Crimes...
At the October meeting of the Maryland Writers Association (Howard County), John L. French, a crime scene supervisor for the Baltimore City Police Department, offered writers some tips on making their...
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The Skinny on How Investigators Use DNA, Fingerprints in Solving Crimes
At the October meeting of the Maryland Writers Association (Howard County), John L. French, a crime scene supervisor for the Baltimore City Police Department, offered writers some tips on making their...
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Getting it Right: Characteristics and Traits of your Supporting Cast
For the first time in history, we are experiencing at least four generations laboring side-by-side in the workplace. In fact, six living generations exist representing six distinct groups. Collective...
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Literature’s Torrid Love Affair with Arsenic
Guest Post by Ben Steele If arsenic had a golden age, it was probably the Victorian era in England and the United States. It was in bloody everything, from wallpaper, to clothing dye, to cosmetics. If...
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Crime Scene Investigator & Author Offers Tips on Making Fictional Crimes...
At the October meeting of the Maryland Writers Association (Howard County), John L. French, a crime scene supervisor for the Baltimore City Police Department, offered writers some tips on making their...
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The Skinny on How Investigators Use DNA, Fingerprints in Solving Crimes
At the October meeting of the Maryland Writers Association (Howard County), John L. French, a crime scene supervisor for the Baltimore City Police Department, offered writers some tips on making their...
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Getting it Right: Characteristics and Traits of your Supporting Cast
For the first time in history, we are experiencing at least four generations laboring side-by-side in the workplace. In fact, six living generations exist representing six distinct groups. Collective...
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Literature’s Torrid Love Affair with Arsenic
Guest Post by Ben Steele If arsenic had a golden age, it was probably the Victorian era in England and the United States. It was in bloody everything, from wallpaper, to clothing dye, to cosmetics. If...
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The Skinny on How Investigators Use DNA, Fingerprints in Solving Crimes
At the October meeting of the Maryland Writers Association (Howard County), John L. French, a crime scene supervisor for the Baltimore City Police Department, offered writers some tips on making their...
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Getting it Right: Characteristics and Traits of your Supporting Cast
For the first time in history, we are experiencing at least four generations laboring side-by-side in the workplace. In fact, six living generations exist representing six distinct groups. Collective...
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Literature’s Torrid Love Affair with Arsenic
Guest Post by Ben Steele If arsenic had a golden age, it was probably the Victorian era in England and the United States. It was in bloody everything, from wallpaper, to clothing dye, to cosmetics. If...
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Getting it Right: Time and Distance on Foot and Horse
Characters in many genres, especially Fantasy and Historical Fiction, often travel by foot. Especially when time is part of the conflict, the author must have a clear idea of exactly how far apart...
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