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The Glamorous Life of the Author by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Many people come up to me and say, “Hey! Julia! What’s it like being the glamorous author of bestselling mysteries?” I usually just draw my full-length mink closer to myself and hurry past, but occasionally I like to share glimpses … Continue reading
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Tagged cats, dogs, glamorous life of author, humor, kids, life in Maine, writing life
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My Maine Muse: a guest blog by Chris F. Holm
Julia Spencer-Fleming here. I wish I had an amusing story about how I heard of Chris Holm, but to tell the honest truth, I can’t recall. It seemed as if I read a review here and a tweet there, all … Continue reading
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Tagged Angry Robot Books, Chris F. Holm, Dead Harvest, Maine, noir, paranormal, pulp, Pulp Fiction, writing
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Florida, ME by Julia Spencer-Fleming
I’m pursuing a very traditional Maine pastime today: I’m visiting Florida. Specifically, I’m here for the annual Broward County Library Foundation Literary Feast. And while I came for work, when my plane touched down in Fort Lauderdale and the pilot … Continue reading
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Tagged Disney, Florida, retirement, Snowbirds, Spring break, winter
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Winter’s Lease Hath All Too Short a Date by Julia Spencer-Fleming
I realized this season had become The Little Winter That Didn’t last night. We had all gotten home exhausted from serving a Shrove Tuesday pancake supper at church. I changed into pj’s, threw a load into the wash, and then, … Continue reading
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Tagged global climate change, ice fishing, ice skating, skiing, snow shoeing, snowmobiling, Weather, winter
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An Original Millers Kill short story by Julia Spencer-Fleming
I’ve been posting a series of original flash fiction (stories under 2000 words) for my Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne series. You can find the first three here. This little piece takes place a few hours after the end of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Clare Fergusson, Millers Kill, original fiction, Russ van Alstyne
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Stop Me Before I Cook Again! by Julia Spencer-Fleming
It begins innocently enough with a few “holiday dinner” articles in Southern Living. Then I start taking down the cookbooks – not the day-to-day ones I consult when I need to be reminded how long stuffed pork chops bake, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, cooking, dinner, disasters, Maine, parties, shopping
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Santa and the Puritans by Julia Spencer-Fleming
By this point, you may already have heard the news story about the second grade teacher in Nanuet, NY, who, presenting a geography lesson about the Arctic, decided to tell her entire class of second graders that there is no … Continue reading
Escaping it All on the Maine Art Museum Trail by Julia Spencer-Fleming
The past week has been fun, frantic…and undeniably stressful. The upcoming weeks aren’t looking any better, with holiday planning and shopping and socializing, with midterms and finals and end-of-quarter reports. So this post is going to be very light on … Continue reading
Julia Spencer-Fleming interviews Paul Doiron
JULIA: For those new to your acclaimed series, can you describe the Mike Bowditch mysteries? PAUL: The protagonists of so many mystery series are already mature and hardboiled people when we meet them. Philip Marlowe is already Philip Marlowe in … Continue reading
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