Category Archives: Kate’s Posts

What Do You Know About Rhubarb?

Posted on May 4, 2021 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora: I’ve been busy in the gardens, weeding, rearranging plants, and evicting invasives, so today I thought I would share one of my late mother, A. Carman Clark’s, columns with rhubarb lore and recipes. This was originally a column in … Continue reading →

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So What is the Book About?

Posted on April 2, 2021 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora: Something I have learned from more than thirty years at the keyboard is that my writing process is always evolving. It is also different for every book. When I wrote my first book—A Matter of the Will—which is … Continue reading →

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What’s Different? The Challenge of Paying Attention

Posted on March 15, 2021 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora: I’ve written about this before, but being in a new place reminds me again of how important it is for writers to be attuned to our surroundings. As we’ve done for several years, we are spending the month … Continue reading →

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And Then I Ran Away . . .

Posted on March 2, 2021 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora: With a bit of trepidation about Florida’s covid practices (and masking) and with only one Moderna shot for protection, last week Ken and I loaded up the car with shorts and tee shirts and our laptops and flip-flops, and … Continue reading →

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Taking a Trip Down Memory Lane

Posted on September 2, 2020 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora: It was one of those days–the days when a blog post is due and my brain felt empty. I started a post. Trashed it. Started another and it was boring. I got up and prowled around my office, which … Continue reading →

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Painting the Story with Words

Posted on August 18, 2020 by mainecrimewriters

Such is the strength of art, rough things to shape. James Howell Sculpture and painting have the effect of teaching us manners and abolishing hurry. Ralph Waldo Emerson As artists, we belong to an ancient and holy tribe. We are … Continue reading →

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The Intriguing Prospect of Leisure

Posted on July 16, 2020 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora: Apologies for getting to this post so late in the day. For the past week, I’ve been contemplating the possibility of a sabbatical from writing and it seems even contemplating stepping back from the keyboard, and creation, is making … Continue reading →

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Making the World More Beautiful

Posted on June 16, 2020 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora: It’s lupine season in Maine, that time in June and early July when patches of purple and blue, and sometimes white and pink lupines explode in masses of color among the tall grass. At this season, the drive on … Continue reading →

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The Brown Thumb Struggles On

Posted on June 2, 2020 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora: Confessing that today, with so much chaos in the country, I am finding it hard to write. Hard to think because I have no focus. I have nothing to say about writing, wouldn’t touch politics with a barge pole, … Continue reading →

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Romantic Suspense, Kate? Really?

Posted on May 18, 2020 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora:  When I announced to people who know me that my new book, Wedding Bell Ruse, (ebook ISBN 9781647160876) published tomorrow, is romantic suspense, people asked me why the switch? Am I going in a new direction? It is quite a switch to … Continue reading →

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