Next week at Maine Crime Writers, there will be posts by Sandra Neily (Monday), Maureen Milliken (Tuesday) Jen Blood (Wednesday) John Clark (Thursday), and Dorothy Cannell (Friday).

In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog regularly at Maine Crime Writers:

Maine Crime Wave

Brenda Buchanan, Richard Cass, Bruce Robert Coffin, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Flora, Vaughn C. Hardacker, Barbara Ross, and Lea Wait are the Maine Crime Writers who will be on panels at Maine Crime Wave in Portland, Maine on May 31-June 1. The deadline to register is May 20. All the information you need is here: http://mainewriters.org/maine-crime-wave/ Also presenting will be Maine Crime Writers alums Gerry Boyle, Jessie Crockett (as Jessie Ellicott), James Hayman, Chris Holm, and Julia Spencer-Fleming, frequent MCW guest Katherine Hall Page, Maine superstars Tess Gerritsen and Gayle Lynds, bestselling author Lisa Gardner, and top agent Meg Ruley.

An invitation to readers of this blog: Do you have news relating to Maine, Crime, or Writing? We’d love to hear from you. Just comment below to share.

And a reminder: If your library, school, or organization is looking for a speaker, we are often available to talk about the writing process, research, where we get our ideas, and other mysteries of the business. Contact Kate Flora