Monthly Archives: May 2013

IT Support

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Barbara Ross

Hi. Barb here. Lea’s chronicle of her computer woes inspired me to bring this post out from my personal archives. Every word of it is still true. The biggest challenge of working at home is the IT support is just … Continue reading →

Posted in Barb's Posts | Tagged Barbara Ross, IT support, working at home | 6 Comments

Gestural Writing

Posted on May 30, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: As the husband of an accomplished practicing artist who often works with the figure, I know my wife often begins what often ends up as a finished drawing, print, encaustic or oil painting with a quick gestural sketch … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged crime stories, crime writing, gesture, James Hayman, Liss MacCrimmon Scottish-American Heritage Mysteries, The Chill of Night, The Cutting, writing, writing craft | 4 Comments

Why I Love/Hate My Computer

Posted on May 29, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

I’m Lea Wait, and during the past week my computer has given me nightmares. Now, I’m usually a fairly calm person. Go ahead – ask my husband. Ask my children. Well – no – don’t ask my children about when they … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged computers, Geeks, Windows 8 | 12 Comments

The Mystery You Cannot Solve

Posted on May 28, 2013 by mcwarchives

Okay — fess up. What’s the enigma that keeps you wondering, the one riddle for which it seems there is absolutely no answer? Is it the perennial question of where socks go to disappear? Mundane, but maddening. The headache over … Continue reading →

Posted in Vicki's Posts | Tagged mysteries, Vicki Doudera | 3 Comments

Mystery Writing: a Matter of Style

Posted on May 25, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here, fresh off finishing, with my collaboration (and daughter) Emily Westbrooks, a stand-alone crime novel called THE DEAD SAMARITAN. SAMARITAN is still a few months from publication as an e-book but moving from this book to … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Dublin mystery writers, Emily Westbrooks, Gerry Boyle, gerryboyle.com, Irish mysteries, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, mysteries, mystery writers, mystery writing, Port City Black and White | 3 Comments

Dreaming

Posted on May 24, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

When I was growing up on a chicken farm in a small Maine town, money was often tight. Bill collectors really did knock on the door, sometimes the phone got turned off, and there was a large hole in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged 4-H, Chosen for Death, Deputy Chief Joseph K. Loughlin, Edgar Awards, Finding Amy, Grub Street, Kate Flora, Katherine Hall Page, Lea Wait, Maine Literary Awards, Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, Paul Doiron, Redemption, Sears and Roebuck, Thea Kozak, Union Maine, Vose Library | 7 Comments

Two of the Best Young Adult Publishers You’ve Never Heard of…And how I discovered them.

Posted on May 23, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

I’m still operating on the same material budget I had when I took on the job as Hartland Public librarian in 2006. I don’t need to tell anyone what inflation has done to book prices, etc. since then. One of … Continue reading →

Tagged Flex Publishing, Hartland Public Library, John Clark, John R. Clark, Orca Books, Teen Fiction. | 3 Comments

Looking for Us?

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Barbara Ross

Hi. Barb here. We’ve been at this Maine Crime Writers blog thing for almost two years now and one of the ways I like to amuse myself (okay, one of the million and one ways I like to procrastinate) is … Continue reading →

Posted in Barb's Posts | Tagged Storybrooke, topless donut shop, Zumba | 3 Comments

THANKS, MOM

Posted on May 21, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Susan Vaughan (www.susanvaughan.com) here. Yes, I know Mother’s Day was last week but this is my day so I’m having my say. I have my mother to thank for introducing me to mystery novels. We seldom agreed on much, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 10 Comments

Do You Know About the New England Crime Bake?

Posted on May 19, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Love mysteries? Love mystery authors? Consider attending the New England Crime Bake, our own regional mystery conference sponsored by the local chapters of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America. Schmooze in the bar, hang out at lunch, and … Continue reading →