The Maine Crime Writers
Monthly Archives: April 2012
PTSD: A Frightening Possibility
Jim Hayman: As I wrote in a recent blog, one of the major characters in my last thriller, The Chill of Night, was a young woman named Abby Quinn who was suffering from schizophrenia. I don’t know whether or not … Continue reading
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Writer’s Lunch – Seven Writing Exercises You Can Do At Lunch
It’s one of those crazy weeks when everyone at MCW is racing off somewhere, too busy for our Sunday group blog, so here, instead, is a new offering: The Once A Month Writing Tips Sunday. We inaugurate this feature with … Continue reading
Are Guns Really Us?
Lea Wait here. And, for the record, in case the rest of this post leaves anyone in the dark, I am not a member of the National Rifle Association. At one point in my life I would have said I … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackhawk, Cabela's, hand guns, Lea Wait, Lexington Avenue, National Rifle Association, National Zoo, Woolrich
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Maine, The Most Peaceful State
Vicki Doudera here. Today I’m headed to Bethesda to join many of my fellow traditional mystery writers at the Malice Domestic conference. From there, I’ll squish in a car with a few other writers and head to Oakmont, Pennsylvania, for … Continue reading
Ayla Reynolds: A Mystery Without End
Hey all. Gerry Boyle here. And I’ve got to say up front that I’d told myself I wasn’t going to write anything more about the Ayla Reynolds case until something happened. I can’t wait that long. Ayla is the toddler … Continue reading
Guilty Confession
Kate here, on a rainy Monday, reporting on illicit pleasures. Periodically, because writers are supposed to craft credible characters who live in the real world, I tear my eyes from the screen, pull myself away from this chair, and take … Continue reading
The (W)Rites of Spring
Kate Flora here, starting a conversation about how we crime writers deal with spring. For me, after a kind of “writing hibernation” in the winter, when I can spend hours at my desk, I emerge as the weather warms wanting … Continue reading
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Time to Shed the Fleece and Star Schmoozing: a guest blog by Brenda Buchanan
Julia Spencer-Fleming here, with a guest post by my friend, fellow law-school classmate, and writing aficionado Brenda Buchanan. Are you a writer – published or unpublished – living in Maine? Have you spent the winter bundled up in front of … Continue reading
The Soundtrack of a Book
Paul Doiron here— If you are a reader of my personal blog, this won’t qualify as breaking news, but something very cool has happened in my life as a writer, and I’d like to share it. The Maine-based folk-rock group, The … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Ludwig, Gateway Studios, Heavy Fire, Paul Doiron, Pete Kilpatrick, Song, Soundtrack, The Poacher's Son, Trespasser
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