Author Archives: mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora: Recently, I asked my fellow Maine crime writers, and some of my writer friends on Facebook, to share the best writing advice they’ve ever gotten, and the worst. It was a fascinating query, and here are some of the … Continue reading →

  Kate Flora: I was going to write today about authors sharing some of the best, and worst, writing advice they’ve ever gotten. But something about the impending snowstorm got me thinking about Maine winters of long ago and about the … Continue reading →

Kate Flora: I am dug deep into a first review of the manuscript of my next book, Not What You Think, with the final edits on the next Joe Burgess procedural, A World of Deceit, waiting for me. With a head so full … Continue reading →

Kate Flora: We’re in a new January, in a new year, and for many, those New Year’s resolutions may involve resolving to finally do that writing you’ve always dreamed of. This post is not intended to be discouraging. Those of … Continue reading →

Friends, today our guest is Matt Cost, sharing some thoughts about the Maine writer’s tribe and his new books:   Hello, Matt Cost here, visiting for the day. I’m a writer of histories and mysteries. I wanted to share my … Continue reading →

Kate Flora: As many of you know, I spent ten years in the unpublished writers’ corner, eight before I got an agent and two more before my first book saw the light. It was a hard ten years, a decade … Continue reading →

Kate Flora: I began writing seriously when my second son was born. That was when I quit my job to stay home with the boys and immediately panicked. I’d always worked. Now what was I going to do? I thought, optimistically, … Continue reading →