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Saturday, February 18, 2017

2017 #MarchMysteryMadness Challenge

GROUP & LINKS

#MarchMysteryMadness GOODREADS GROUP

#MarchMysteryMadness on TWITTER

CO-HOSTS ON YOUTUBE

DI'S CHANNEL

DI'S BLOG POST

ELIZABETH'S CHANNEL

~~~~~ The Classic Mystery 50 Years or Older~~~~~

(Read a classic mystery from or before 1967)

“But suppose one doesn't quite know which one wants to put first. Suppose," said Harriet, falling back on words which were not her own, "suppose one is cursed with both a heart and a brain?

'You can usually tell,' said Miss de Vine, "by seeing what kind of mistakes you make. I'm quite sure that one never makes fundamental mistakes about the thing one really wants to do. Fundamental mistakes arise out of lack of genuine interest. In my opinion, that is.” 

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers

There’s a phrase that’s been popular at lot less longer than these old classic pioneers of the mystery genre. It’s “she gets it from her mamma.” In this case, we’ve tumbled deep into getting it from our great-grandmothers and fathers. Now I’m not one to manage numbers well, but anyone shooting for Patricia Wentworth or Mary Roberts Rinehart will nail this one. Unless I’ve miscalculated once again.

But hey. The default is anything by Poe or Christie, right?

They’re always a safe bet. But who wants to be safe this year?

~~~~~ The First or Sequel~~~~~

(Read the first book in a series, or the sequel to another) 

“Even at a glance, even in this light, I could tell my friend was dead. He lay on his side in what common sense told me must be blood. Only it didn’t smell like blood.

My fingers clutched the flash. I stood for a moment, several moments. It seemed like hours. Finally I knelt and dipped my finger into the pool of liquid. It was thick and sticky. Paint. Bright-red house paint.

I straightened, wiping my finger on my jeans before I realized what I was doing.

‘Oh, Jake,’ I said, louder. My words echoed in the cavernous room, and then the old house enveloped me in ponderous silence. From outside came the bellow of foghorns on San Francisco Bay.”

The Cheshire Cat’s Eye by Marcia Muller

The question everyone wants to know is what happens next to our sleuth? What is the next logical or illogical step? Should the sleuth immediately call the police? Should the sleuth exam the body and, effectively, tamper evidence? Or the most important question: what is our sleuth's background? Or are you acquainted with his or her background and here for the next row of shenanigans? Or are you totally new to his or her system?

I guess the question is would you rather have new shoes or stick with your old hats?

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Tuesday, November 8, 2016

COUNTDOWN: Patricia Cornwell's 24th Kay Scarpetta Book, Chaos

There's been a few new Patricia Cornwell interviews popping up as we get closer and closer to the release of Kay Scarpetta #25, Chaos. This particular interview really caused me to pause. I've never seen Cornwell on the brink of becoming emotion. She chokes up a little in this BBC News HARDtalk interview. Enjoy!

Are you looking forward to Chaos? Or have you given up on this series? Share your comments below!

Monday, November 7, 2016

Using Canva to Create Easy YouTube Thumbnails

What’s up, folks. So listen–err, read. Today I wanted to share how you can use the online design tool, Canva, to create easy thumbnails for your YouTube videos. Or at least how I create mine. Nonetheless, you always want an interesting thumbnail to grab viewer’s attention. Especially for those viewers who aren’t familiar with your content. When a video of yours pops up in viewer’s search or on their recommendations list, chances are a unique thumbnail will grab their attention. Especially a thumbnail with eye-popping color and an interesting composite representative of the actual content (no click baiting, please).

But enough of that. Let’s get started… (If images are too small, try clicking on them for a fuller scaled view).

1. First I suggest you grab a screenshot of what’s taking place in the video you plan on uploading. Different video editing programs have different methods of capturing a screenshot. But, with Windows Movie Maker, it’s as simple as clicking SNAPSHOT. Save the image wherever you please before logging into Canvas.

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Saturday, October 22, 2016

(1) World of Final Fantasy Dungeon Demo (PS4 Live Stream)

I don't quite understand what's happening and what I'm doing, but I can say I'm more interested in this Final Fantasy release than Final Fantasy XV (coming out on 11/29/2016). We'll see how the rest of this demo plays out. But if there's any FF game I'm looking forward to, it has to be Zodiac (FF12 HD re-release!)