The Maine Crime Writers
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Choices for Crime Writers: The Sleuth’s Love Interest
In the traditional romantic suspense (aka Gothic) novel set up, the heroine meets two attractive men, one good and one evil, only she doesn’t know for certain which is which until near the end of the story. The traditional female … Continue reading
Reading From a Mystery
Hey all, Gerry Boyle here. About to set out for a reading and I’m puzzling, as always, about what part of the book to choose. I’ve decided on PORT CITY BLACK AND WHITE, but that’s as far as I’ve gotten. … Continue reading
Deadly Animals
Paul Doiron here— Before heading to Monhegan this past weekend—a fog-bound island off the Maine coast where you will always find yourself in need of a good book—I went looking for one to bring with me. I have a teetering … Continue reading
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Tagged armadillo leprosy, Bear Grylls, Champawatt tigress, cobra deaths, cobras, dangerous animals, Gordon Grice, hyena deduction, Longfellow Books, Maine, mastiffs in combat, Monhegan, most dangerous predator, orcas, Paul Doiron, prairie dog plague, Rate of dog attacks in U.S., Sarah Graves, shamu, The Book of Deadly Animals, whitetip sharks, wolf attacks
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For Memorial Day – Taps
Words to Taps (Note: there are no “official” words to Taps below are the most popular.) Day is done, gone the sun, From the hills, from the lake, From the skies. All is well, safely … Continue reading
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The Wickedness of Lupine-nappers!
It’s the plant that wonderful author Barbara Cooney wrote about in Miss Rumphius. At this time of year, roadsides along the Maine Turnpike are gaudy with the rich purple blue of wild lupines. Sadly, those same roadside are also often … Continue reading
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A Cruel May
James Hayman: Perhaps, as T.S. Eliot famously wrote, April is the cruelest month. However, for me and for many other writers in Maine, this year, it feels like May. The past few weeks have been filled with both beautiful weather … Continue reading
Fifty Shades of Distraction
Kate Flora here, just back from eight days in London and Amsterdam, and scrambling to catch up, get the laundry done, and sink back into a novel that needs major tweaking before it can go to the agent who has … Continue reading
Upstairs Vacancy
In my head, I mean, and on that note a distracted hello again from Sarah Graves, who is thinking today about… Well, that’s the trouble. Too often lately my personal upstairs contains only cobwebs. I write a few words, then … Continue reading
To Collinsport, With Love
Vicki Doudera here. Last weekend, I gave my mother what some might consider a strange mother’s day gift: a trip to the Flagship Cinema in Thomaston to see the newly released movie Dark Shadows. It’s not that Mom is a … Continue reading
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An Interview with Kieran Shields
Kieran, like a couple of us here at MCW, you’re a lawyer in your day job, so can you tell us what drew you to mystery writing? Is it a life-long dream? I’m happy to say I’ve been writing as … Continue reading
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Tagged 1892, Aleister Crowley, Bintliff's, Chicago World's Fair, Dan Brown, H. H. Holmes, H.P. Lovecraft, historical mystery, Jack the Ripper, Kieran Shields, Lizzie Borden, Maine mystery writers, Munjoy HIll, Portland Maine, Salem Witch Trials, The Front Room, The Truth of All Things
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