Next week at Maine Crime Writers, there will be posts by Jen Blood (Monday), Sandra Neily (Tuesday), Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson (Thursday) and Kate Flora (Friday).

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

 Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson and MCW alumna Sarah Graves are featured in a recent article on mysteries set in Maine. https://www.criminalelement.com/maine-in-crime-fiction-light-and-dark/

If you missed it last year, here’s a Christmas story from Kate. Click on the link and then on A Christmas Story in the header.

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From Christmas long ago – Kate Flora and John Clark on the Union, Maine farm:

When you’re a kid, you don’t need much snow to go sledding. You don’t even need a sled.

Kate and her dad bringing back a Christmas tree

Skating on the pond across the street

Our dad loved to decorate. Here he’s done fancy fake snow on every window pane. He also loved to wrap presents, and they were beautiful when he was done.

Note that Kate is holding a handgun in this otherwise cute photo

Mom, dad, John, Kate and Sara with our Christmas tree.

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