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About: Delvin R. Chatterson
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Plans & progress reports
Plans & progress reports
Do we need both?
When I was a young management consultant I was often asked by the partner responsible for each project to provide a regular progress report. I sometimes thought it was just an excuse to bill some expensive hours to my budget and waste my time, so my smart-ass response was,...Plans for Readers & Writers in the New Year. What’s on your list?
Plans for Readers & Writers in the New Year
What’s on your list?
Preparing my plans for 2023 I’ve started by looking back at the past year and reviewing the most memorable books to influence and inspire my own writing. Some modern classics, some different styles and themes; all worth reading. They include:- Rick Mofina’s domestic thriller, Her...
Trust nobody. Or trust everybody?
Trust nobody
Or trust everybody?
You may have read the story in NO EASY MONEY told by Dale Hunter to the young entrepreneur next door explaining it as Rule #1 – Trust nobody. An old shopkeeper had decided it was time to teach his young son about the business. He told him to climb up the ladder...Recommended Reading in Crime Fiction
Recommended Reading in Crime Fiction
From writer to reader
During our recent panel discussion at the Atwater Library with Montreal crime writers, members of Crime Writers of Canada (https://www.crimewriterscanada.com/), we were asked what writers we would
recommend who represent the best of what we do. Here... The Evolution of Crime Fiction
The Evolution of Crime Fiction
From Sherlock Holmes to Jack Reacher
A lot has changed in the last 150 years of mystery and suspense writing. The choices for readers and writers have evolved in so many different directions for style, stories, and characters since the early adventures of Sherlock Holmes to the crime thrillers of today. This...Power & Privilege – Writing with passion & purpose
Power & Privilege
Writing with passion & purpose
Writing with Passion and Purpose "Comfort the afflicted, afflict the comfortable." In this follow-up report for fellow writers, readers and friends on the Bouchercon-2022 conference in Minneapolis and my continuing year of re-engaging with the real world, I wanted to elaborate on a memorable quote by Rick Mofina, an internationally acclaimed...Review of Going to Beautiful
Review of Going to Beautiful
Paperback,
300 pages, Published May 1, 2022, USBN: 978-1-988754-35-2
A particularly enjoyable part of the “post-pandemic” era for me is to finally get away from social media and meet real people – writers, friends and fans – in person again, especially those whom... Christmas Gifts in September? And now October? Yes!
Christmas Gifts in September? And now October?
Yes, you deserve it.
Summer holidays are over, the kids are back at school, and you’re back at work trying to navigate away from health risks, climate disasters, and the political and economic turmoil around you. Looking forward to your next break? Let’s leapfrog past Halloween and Thanksgiving and avoid the...Bouchercon? MWA?
