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Need a quick buzz? This week’s blog update delivers links to a deadly dose of reviews, releases, free reads, and more.

Includes: A devotee of “rejectomancy” (the arcane practice divining hidden meaning from rejection letters) reflects on what to do about a story after 24 rejections spanning five years.

A short walk down a dark street (#61). Celebrating short mystery and crime fiction.

What I've read recently (or re-read, I should say):
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/07/recently-read.html

Clancy Tucker Interview in Guerrilla Warfare For Writers:

https://clancytucker.blogspot.com/2019/07/24-july-2019-chris-stevenson-guest.html

This week’s blog update will do you right, with links to an alluring host of reviews, releases, free reads, and more.

Includes: Two free stories by Edgar-nominated author Paul Doiron (of the Mike Bowditch series).

Plus: A hot-off-the-presses anthology edited by Lee Child and Jeffery Deaver (July 23, 2019. Contains a new Jack Reacher story).

A short walk down a dark street (#63). Celebrating short mystery and crime fiction.

My experience at Romance Writers of America's literacy signing

Having finished the game and beyond, here's my review of Koji Igarashi's Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.

Writing stats for July:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/08/writing-stats-for-july-2019.html

Reach Out And Give Our Reviewers A Lil Luv:

https://christysyoungadultimagineers.com/2019/08/08/reviewers-our-lifeblood/

My latest blog at Goodreads; a little background on my new book

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/18692636-clear-vision

In my latest blog post I look at children in horror, specifically as the victims. A harsh subject I know, but later I'm going to be addressing them as heroes and the villains.

https://shaunhorton.blogspot.com/2019/08/kids-in-horror-victims.html

A look at the reviews we've recieved for Distaff so far, and a window into the very popular book launch at Titancon in Belfast
http://www.millymollymo.com/distaff-available-now/

After the news of a movie based on the origin of the villainess Cruella DeVil, I tried to write a post about how villains don't need to be sympathetic or have complicated backstories to be good characters, but it more turned into an angry rant.

https://shaunhorton.blogspot.com/2019/08/villains-dont-have-to-be-sympathetic.html

More words written in August:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/09/writing-stats-for-august-2019.html

Posted a new story on my memoir blog, Growing Up Buford.

Book review of A Murder in Thebes, by Anna Apostolou

Randomly generated features of New Jersey

The Horror of Parakeets (not for the faint-hearted)

I have a new fantasy novel available:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/09/alliances-armies.html

After a looong blog hiatus, I posted a Sci-Fi Name Generator

(took me forever to figure out even the simple javascript for it, but finally I pulled something together!)

Celebrity Endorsements:

https://christysyoungadultimagineers.com/2019/09/19/celebrity-endorsements/