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Category Archives: Sandra’s Posts
Seduced to the Natural World
Sandra Neily here. We need nature writing. We need it now more than ever: need to be seduced into the natural world: need to savor what remains or take direction toward finding new landscapes and experiences. We need to manage … Continue reading
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Tagged Deadly Trespass, deadly turn, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, Sandra Neily, wolves
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Advice from ‘Butt In The Chair’ Experts
Sandra Neily Here; I needed someone wise in my ear this month and a few words of inspiration. Found some! From Joe Fassler’s interviewing 150 writers: First Sentence “The first line must convince me that it somehow embodies the entire … Continue reading
A Dog Vacation (It’s Mud Season)
Sandra Neily : Raven’s vaca post is all ready to share. She (my dog) is partial mostly to pictures. Below, I comment on “Middlemarch,” C.J. Box and hot moments, and confess an edit. Raven here: … Continue reading
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Tagged crime writing, Maine Crime Writers news, maine mysteries, mystery writing, Sandra Neily
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Success: Ruin Meals. Write 5th Grade Prose.
Sandra Neily here: This post is about simple food and simple writing. Both, easily digestible. Author Louise Penny has ruined me for any restaurant or pub memories I used to cherish. What’s more, she may have ruined every attempt to … Continue reading
Pithy. Pithy. Pithy! (am so eager for more of it …)
Sandra Neily here: Are you, like me, pining for the world to get a bit more … Pithy? A pithy phrase or statement is brief but full of substance and meaning. It often feels like a shot of truth. (I don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, mystery writing, Sandra Neily
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On Ignoring Private Property Signs … and More
Sandra Neily here: With a bit of everything: recent lines from book #3, some great Maine winter events to join that fit into the spirit emerging in my novel, and a repeat, by request. ********* (In novel #3, “Deadly Assault,” … Continue reading
Never, Ever … Buy or Eat the Big, Tasteless Ones
Sandra Neily here. My family and friends have given me a reputation for quick or novel fixes to create strategies that add “yum!” to food. My sisters still call me in the middle of gravy-making as that’s always a daunting … Continue reading
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Tagged crime writing, Deadly Trespass, deadly turn, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, Sandra Neily
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“A Mother Moose Won’t Stop Until She Gets You”
Sandy Interviews Wildlife Biologist Ron Joseph on his upcoming book. (I updated this post with a recent Maine Calling interview and book buying links in June, 2023.) I got to know Ron Joseph when he was the wildlife biologist stationed … Continue reading
Tree Stands. Rotting Donuts. Lynx Poop. Environmental Grief.
After two major surgeries in less than a year (a new heart valve and knee replacement) I was surprised to realize how much I missed the characters and dog I’d created. Next to my daughter and her grandgirls of course. … Continue reading
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My First: Nothing Racy. But It is Crafty.
In 2017, Brenda Buchanan invited me to send in a guest post. I am grateful to her and all our team over the years and, still getting better after some knee surgery, have been reading lots of our past work. … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, craft, Deadly Trespass, Maine Crime Writers, Sandra Neily, tips, writing
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