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Monthly Archives: November 2016
Alternate Reality #4: Tales of a Ditch Miner
When Kate and I were kids, returnable bottles commanded a hefty two cents apiece. One of my early memories was of she and I sitting on the tailgate of Dad’s 1949 Dodge pickup as he drove slowly up East Sennebec … Continue reading
Okay, okay. I do like lighthouses, but never lobster.
We Maine Crime Writers are frequently asked about setting. Maine, famously, is a mystery and crime writing hot spot, though actual murders in the state average between 20-25 a year. So the topic of Maine as setting for our books … Continue reading
Posted in Maureen's Posts
Tagged Bernie O'Dea mystery series, Maine, Milliken, mystery novels, Portland Head Light
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50 Writers Offer Advice to the Newly Published
Kate Flora: When I asked my Facebook friends for advice for newly published writers, my lovely friend Patricia Smiley immediately offered this advice: If it’s not too late…RUN, RUN AWAY! But if you’re not inclined to run? Here’s a little … Continue reading
Posted in Kate's Posts
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Weekend Update: November 26-27, 2016
Next week at Maine Crime Writers, there will be posts by Kate Flora (Monday) Maureen Milliken (Tuesday), John Clark (Wednesday), Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson (Thursday) and Bruce Coffin (Friday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who … Continue reading
Would You Trust Food Cooked by a Crime Writer?
Happy Thanksgiving, friends. Today, all the writers have the day off. We’re in fine kitchens everywhere, or carefully decanting the wine, or fighting about how a turkey should properly be carved, or we’re sharpening our knives or crimping crusts or just … Continue reading
No Holiday for the Wicked
Dorothy Cannell: Happy Thanksgiving to one and all. I am, as so often happens at this time of year, in book jail – a term coined by Kate Flora. It is where writers go when they have ignored looming deadlines until … Continue reading
Posted in Dorothy's Posts
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Setting and How It Affects Characters
Vaughn C. Hardacker here: This July my fourth thriller will be released by Skyhorse Publishing. The novel, WENDIGO, takes place entirely in the north Maine woods during the midwinter months of January and February. As I was writing the novel I … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Vaughn's Posts
Tagged ashort days, cold, long nights, Native American mythology, setting, WENDIGO, winter
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Remember This Day
“Remember this day.” That was Paul Doiron’s advice to me the day I received the very first paperback copies of my debut novel. It was Saturday morning and the sun was shining and the temperature was nearing eighty as I loaded my … Continue reading
