Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Maureen Milliken (Monday), Sandra Neily (Tuesday), Kait Carson (Thursday) and Dick Cass (Friday).

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

Matt Cost will be doing a book signing today (Saturday) from 1-3 p.m. at Shermans Maine Coast Book Shop in Windham. On Sunday, he will be doing a signing at Books-a-Million (BAM) from 1-3 p.m.

Adventures of Writers on Writing (A-WOW)

Matt Cost will moderate a panel of writers including Kate Flora, BJ Magnani, Jule Selbo, and Joseph Souza at the Topsham Public Library on Tuesday, 8/20/24, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. The topic will be adventures in the writing process with an emphasis on some of the more outlandish quirks and occurrences. Writing a novel starts with an idea, the inspiration that germinates and grows into a book. This is followed by research, writing, editing, marketing, and promoting. These Lit Legends will discuss their processes along the way to the birth of a book. The audience will be included in trying to determine which writer was involved in what unorthodox and ridiculous practice in their writing or interaction with the world in the creation of their book. Questions and interaction from the audience are strongly encouraged.

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, along with the very popular “Making a Mystery” with audience participation, and “Casting Call: How We Staff Our Mysteries.” We also do programs on Zoom. Contact Kate Flora