Monthly Archives: January 2013

TV Commercials as Inspiration

Posted on January 18, 2013 by kaitlynkathy

I can see you scratching your heads as you read that title. Inspiration from television commercials? Surely you jest! But the truth of the matter is that the strangest things can spark an “ah-ha!” moment. Sometimes the idea is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Kaitlyn's Posts | Tagged Allstate, Birdie Googins, Christmas tree farms, commercials, inspiration, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kilt Dead, Liss MacCrimmon Mysteries, Mayhem, mystery writing | 3 Comments

Me and Travis McGee

Posted on January 17, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here. The other day I’m chatting with the good people at the library in Scarborough, Maine, when I get the question, “Who are your influences?” I cut to the chase and tell them: “John D. MacDonald … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Brandon Blake, Colby College, crime stories, crime writing, Dick Cass, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, John D. MacDonald, Maine Crime Writers, Port City Black and White, Travis McGee | 5 Comments

Even When You Build the Road, You May Need a Map

Posted on January 16, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora, here, writing this from San Francisco, where I’m settled in a flat that belonged to the late writer Oakley Hall, on a funny little pedestrian lane on Russian Hill, looking across the city at Coit Tower and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged Campanula on Union Street, fire investigation, Hawala, Macondray Lane, Oakley Hall, Rosie's Cafe, San Francisco, structure in fiction | 5 Comments

Online Love + Scam = Death

Posted on January 15, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Jayne here – as promised, here is a chapter that didn’t make it to the final version of my book – which was officially released yesterday. True Crime Online: Shocking Stories of Scammers, Stalkers, Murder & Mayhem is available in … Continue reading →

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Another book review and killing newspapers on the installment plan

Posted on January 14, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

If I Lie / Corrine Jackson, Simon Pulse 2012 9781442454132. What an amazing book this turned out to be. Even though you are let in on the big secret very early on, the author does such an amazing job of … Continue reading →

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Moving back to Maine changed my life . . . and my book

Posted on January 13, 2013 by kaitlynkathy

Please welcome Maureen Milliken to Maine Crime Writers. Maureen is a newspaper editor and columnist who also posts regularly at Pen, Ink, and Crimes (http://sincne.wordpress.com/). She’s generously agreed to share her Maine crime writing experiences with us. Moving back to Maine changed my life, … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blog | Tagged Belgrade Lakes, first novels, Franklin County, Gerry Boyle, Kennebec Journal, Kingfield, Maine, Maureen Milliken, mystery novels, Phillips, Waterville Morning Sentinel, writing | 5 Comments

Famous Last Words

Posted on January 12, 2013 by mcwarchives

Paul Doiron here— Last month, we wrote about our favorite first lines from novels. Well, lately I’ve been thinking about favorite last lines. Ernest Hemingway supposedly wrote 47 endings to A Farewell to Arms—some of them more philosophical and emotionally expressive than … Continue reading →

Posted in Paul's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged "The Dead", Best Last Lines, Ernest Hemingway, Famous Last Lines, Heart of Darkness, Huckleberry Finn, James Joyce, Paul Doiron, Samuel Beckett, The Great Gatsby, The Poacher's Son, The Sun Also Rises, The Unnameable | 5 Comments

Beginnings

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Barbara Ross

Hi. Barb here. I’d forgotten how much I love beginnings. That time in novel writing when all things are possible. That time to noodle and doodle. To read and think and ponder and pause. The synopsis for book 2 in … Continue reading →

Posted in Barb's Posts | Tagged Barbara Ross, beginnings, Boiled Over, clammed up, Maine, maine clambake mysteries, writing | 9 Comments

If Not Now, When?

Posted on January 10, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: On Christmas Eve, Portland got lucky. On that Monday before the holiday, between approximately 11 o’clock in the morning and 2:15 in the afternoon, a twenty-four-year old college student named Justin Dean was seen by numerous bystanders walking … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged AR-15, crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, Gun Rights, James Hayman, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, McChrystal, Newtown, Newtown Massacre, NRA, The Chill of Night, The Cutting | 8 Comments

A New England Tradition: The Boston Post Cane

Posted on January 9, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait here. You know the stories you grew up with, the things that you thought everyone knew? Well, for me the story of the Boston Post Cane is one of those. I don’t remember when I first heard about The … Continue reading →