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A Distinctive Voice
Several years ago, a well-known book editor challenged the writers on the Dorothyl Mystery List to tell him why he should publish them....

Dale Furutani
Jul 26, 20233 min read


Turin Book Fair
Turin Book Fair 2023 Thanks to the generosity of my Italian publisher, Marcos y Marcos, I was invited to the 2023 Turin International...

Dale Furutani
May 25, 20234 min read


Enthusiastic. Too enthusiastic.
Right after World War II, Harold Robbins was the King of Trashy Beach Books. The New Yorker Magazine called him “the dirty old man of...

Dale Furutani
Jan 27, 20234 min read


Parlez-vous “rights”?
Back in the day, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I used to receive royalty by check in the mail instead of through a bank transfer....

Dale Furutani
Dec 16, 20223 min read


Finding a Writing Guru
Learning from a Master is a very Asian way of education. A lot of story time is spent on the student learning valuable lessons, even when...

Dale Furutani
Sep 21, 20227 min read


Are you a Serious Writer?
“I am not writing for the audience of today. I am writing for readers 200 years from now.” At my first writing conference, I was rather...

Dale Furutani
Aug 9, 20225 min read


Fear of Writing
The first time I had a fellow writer tell me they had a fear of writing, I didn’t understand it. I had been writing and selling...

Dale Furutani
Jul 24, 20224 min read
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