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About Barbara Ross
Barbara Ross is the author of twelve Maine Clambake Mystery novels and six novellas. Her books have been nominated for multiple Agatha Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and have won the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. She lives in Portland, Maine. Readers can visit her website at www.maineclambakemysteries.comWhew!
Hi, Barb here. You may have noticed my absence from the blog recently. I have been working on this: There comes a time in a writer’s life when the book has to be the highest priority. I haven’t heard from … Continue reading →
Iterative Versus Linear Processes in Publishing
By Barb, who has made it back to New England in time for our very last snow, apparently Last week, as I read Jane Friedman’s excellent blog post on the takeaways for authors from Digital Book World, I was struck … Continue reading →
What Am I Up To?
Thank you for asking. Hi. Barb here. Fogged Inn, the fourth Maine Clambake Mystery launched last week. Here’s the description. An autumn chill has settled over Busman’s Harbor, Maine, but Julia Snowden is warming up the town by offering lobster … Continue reading →
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Tagged Eggnog Murder, Fogged Inn, Iced Under, Lee Hollis, Leslie Meier, Maine Clambake Mystery
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A Key West House Tour
By Barb Ross, sad because I only have two more weeks in paradise Last summer I wrote about the Boothbay Harbor House and Garden tour. At the time I disclosed that in addition to a love of old houses and … Continue reading →
Page 2
Hi. Barb here. I am back in Key West and ready to sing another ode to my favorite small town newspaper, The Key West Citizen. And most specifically, Page 2, the best page in the paper because it tells us … Continue reading →
Edgar Allan Cozy
by Barb, in Key West, where it’s a brisk 63 degrees today and the natives are shivering and moaning and wearing parkas Yesterday was Edgar Allan Poe’s 207th birthday, and over at Wicked Cozy Authors we marked the day by … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barbara Ross, Edgar Allan Cozy, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Maxwell, Sadie Haertwell, Sheila Connolly, Sherry Harris, The Raven, Wicked Cozy Authors
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Happy Second Chances Day!
Tomorrow is my birthday. While others might bemoan having a birthday so close to the Christmas-New Year’s vortex, I rather enjoy it. You see, my birthday is Second Chances Day. Let’s say, for the New Year, you vowed to start … Continue reading →
Why It’s “Read My Book,” Not “Buy My Book”
Hi. Barb here, covered in flour from head to foot from the Christmas cookie baking. We’ve talked and written many times about how annoying it is to have writers, particularly writers you don’t know, shouting through their various social media … Continue reading →
Best New England Crime Stories 2016: Red Dawn–The Maine Connections
Hi All. Barb here. Every year I write a blog post about the Maine writers whose stories appear in the lastest release in the Best New England Crime Stories series from Level Best Books. Sadly, this will be my last … Continue reading →
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Tagged Annelisa Johnson Wagner, Barbara Ross, Bruce Robert Coffin, Dale T. Phillips, Dear Manuel, Devious Doings in Dallas, Dorothy Cannell, Foolproof, Gin Mackey, Hope It Fits, Judith Green, Kate Flora, Level Best Books, Nice Guy, No Aura, Sanford Emerson, Singed, The Demise of My Wives, The Perfect Woman
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Where Are The Perks?
by Dorothy Cannell I am feeling embittered. My life as a published author has little similarity to the glamorous, pampered existence I once believed would be assured me in return for the gift of my every printed word. Where is … Continue reading →
