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A View to a Kilt

Posted on January 29, 2020 by

Kaitlyn Dunnett here, reminding everyone that the thirteenth Liss MacCrimmon Mystery, A View to a Kilt, was released as a hardcover and in e-book format yesterday. I’ve been plugging this book for a while now, so I apologize if you’re … Continue reading →

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Local Color in A VIEW TO A KILT

Posted on January 16, 2020 by

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, asking what makes a book a Maine mystery? Well, obviously, the setting. But what most people think of first when my home state is mentioned—lighthouses, sailing ships, clambakes, lobsters, the rocky coastline, or perhaps a … Continue reading →

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Where Did You Get THAT Idea?

Posted on January 2, 2020 by

UPDATE: 1/10/2020 the winners have been chosen and notified in the drawing for advance reading copies of A View to a Kilt. Thanks to all who commented. Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, with more ARCs to give away. See the … Continue reading →

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Weekend Update: October 5-6, 2019

Posted on October 5, 2019 by

Next week at Maine Crime Writers, there will be posts by William Andrews (Monday), Brenda Buchanan (Tuesday), Susan Vaughan (Thursday) and John Clark (Friday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog regularly at Maine … Continue reading →

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A Baker’s Dozen

Posted on August 16, 2019 by

Kaitlyn Dunnett here, today celebrating the fact that all twelve of my Liss MacCrimmon mysteries published to date are on sale this month in e-book format. Yes, I know that a “baker’s dozen” is actually thirteen. Number thirteen in the … Continue reading →

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Escape from the Real World

Posted on July 18, 2019 by

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here. As many of you already know, I’m a firm believer in reading as an escape from the real world. Relax, I’m not going to get political, or at least not radically so. On the other … Continue reading →

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Whether or not to use the Weather

Posted on May 16, 2019 by

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, mulling over another of those questions that writers come up with to drive themselves crazy. If your book—which, remember, is FICTION—is set in a certain time and place and you know what the weather was … Continue reading →

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Mothers and Daughters

Posted on November 1, 2018 by

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, once again writing about Overkilt, the new Liss MacCrimmon mystery, now available in hardcover and e-book formats. For the first time since Bagpipes, Brides, and Homicides, where Liss and her mother clashed over Liss’s wedding … Continue reading →

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The Paperback Reprint Dilemma

Posted on October 1, 2018 by

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here to talk about one of those problems that’s nice to have . . . but which is still a problem. I’m talking about what happens when the paperback reprint of a book that originally came … Continue reading →

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