Monthly Archives: October 2012

NaNoWriMo 101 or Some Planning Tips for Writing in November

Posted on October 18, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Instant Novel (Just Add Writer): NANO, or National Novel Writing Month, begins November 1. If you’re a writer or think you might want to become one, it’s a great place to hone your chops or dip a toe in the water…er, … Continue reading →

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Married to a Poet

Posted on October 17, 2012 by mcwarchives

Paul Doiron here— Being married to a writer requires patience, understanding, and a gentle acceptance of all the anxieties and neuroses that accompany the creation of literature. I know this because I am married to one. My wife, Kristen Lindquist, … Continue reading →

Posted in Paul's Posts | Tagged Book of Days, Garrison Keillor, Kristen Lindquist, Paul Doiron, Writer's Almanac | 6 Comments

I LOVE Scrivener

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Barbara Ross

Hi. Barb here. Back in August, 2011, Paul Doiron wrote a post here about the tools he used in his writing. He said he’d written his last two books with Scrivener and that he loved it. I’d heard good things … Continue reading →

Posted in Barb's Posts | Tagged Barbara Ross, clammed up, Maine Clambake series, Paul Doiron, Scrivener | 5 Comments

The Librarian’s View-Muckling onto the Beast of Angst

Posted on October 15, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

It seems that plenty of YA fiction these days is coming in series, mostly trilogies and falling somewhere on the literary spectrum between the Blessed Trinity and the Unholy Triumvirate. After reading and reviewing as many of them as I … Continue reading →

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When Writers Team Up, What?

Posted on October 13, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here, with a question for the group and anyone else out there in the crimewriter blogosphere. I’m beginning a collaboration with another writer. We’re writing a crime novel together and we’re both psyched about it. We … Continue reading →

Tagged Barbara Ross, Best New England Crime Stories 2013 Bllod Moon, Brandon Blake, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Group Post, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine Crime Writers, Paul Doiron, Port City Black and White | 5 Comments

Pumpkinfest in Damariscotta

Posted on October 12, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait, here, happily sharing that last weekend I was finally able to attend my first Damariscotta Pumpkinfest. It was the 6th Annual Pumpkinfest — but book festivals, antique shows, weddings, and various other Columbus Day commitments had conspired to keep me from attending the festivities … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Damariscotta, Pumpkinfest | 4 Comments

Money, Honey

Posted on October 11, 2012 by mcwarchives

Hello again from Sarah Graves, who has to keep looking at the photograph on the left in order to stay in any kind of halfway decent mood whatsoever. Because first of all, over the weekend a certain publisher who shall remain … Continue reading →

Posted in Sarah's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Eastport, Sarah Graves | 7 Comments

Leader of the Pack

Posted on October 10, 2012 by mcwarchives

Vicki Doudera here. When Hoover (that’s him on the far left in the photo above) was a puppy, my daughter and I took him to obedience school. Lexi was ten at the time, and as she walked him around the … Continue reading →

Posted in Vicki's Posts | Tagged Darby Farr Mysteries, Maine Crime Writers, mysteries, mystery books, mystery series, mystery writers, status, Vicki Doudera | 8 Comments

A Place Called Maine

Posted on October 8, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here. And I wasn’t sure what I was going to write about today until I was reading the newspaper last week and saw a drug bust—bags of Oxycodone, stolen handguns, felons with outstanding warrants. That’s no … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged A Place Called Maine, Bill Roorbach, Carolyn Chute, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Down East Books, E.B. White, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine, Maine writers, Monica Wood, Port City Black and White, Richard Ford, Richard Russo | 2 Comments

Twenty-Five Years Ago Today

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Barbara Ross

Barb: Recently, I participated in an ebook anthology of essays 25 Years in the Rearview Mirror, 52 Authors Look Back. As a tie-in to her mystery book Twenty-Five Years Ago Today, novelist and award-winning journalist Stacy Juba invited her author … Continue reading →