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However you're celebrating over the holidays, I hope all goes well.

I look forward to hearing from you, and will be back with you in the New Year.

With best wishes...

Here at Patchword we seem to have had a crime wave!

Well, we've received several book recommendations for crime novels as well as a review of the Crime Writer's Handbook. You'll find the latter on the articles page, along with some other writing-specific book reviews and other new articles.

There are also some new poems in the anthology , and remember that each month we have a new selection of quotations. So if you need inspiration or consolation, why not have a look and see if you can find some there?

Even if this is a holiday month for many of us, most writers won't stop writing. So don't forget to check out the diary pages and see what deadlines are coming up for competitions. Let us know if you've got anything you'd like included in the diary in the future.