Tag Archives: Brandon Blake

Don’t Forget to Hate Their Guts

Posted on March 19, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here with a question: Why would you kill someone? No, I mean really. I ask this as I work on a new book (In my first collaboration I’m two-thirds of the way through the first draft … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, motives for murder, Pavel Dmitrichenko, Port City Black and White, Sergei Filin | 7 Comments

A Writer’s Best Friend

Posted on March 6, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here. And for today’s post the plan was to write about how most writers require solitude for their craft and yet, confirming that each book come together differently, I recently wrote two good chapters on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Down East Books, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, mysteries, Port City Black and White, writer's pets | 4 Comments

Hunker Down with a Good Book

Posted on February 9, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here. And with the blizzard bearing down on Maine, I’m ready. Fridge full of food. Check. Gallons of drinking water, in case power goes out. Check. A beer or two or three. Check. Candles. Check. Some … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Garve, Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, mystery writing, Port City Black and White | 7 Comments

Dick Francis, Still Kicking

Posted on January 29, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here. Taking a bit of a trip down memory lane but, hey, it’s winter in Maine. That means it’s 10-below and I’m sitting by the fire . And reading Dick Francis. This was prompted by a question … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts | Tagged best mysteries, Brandon Blake, Damaged Goods, Dick Francis, Gerry Boyle, Gerry Boyle's Pretty Dead, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, Maine mystery writer Boyle, mystery writer Gerry Boyle, mystery writing, Port City Black and White, Port City Shakedown | 12 Comments

Me and Travis McGee

Posted on January 17, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here. The other day I’m chatting with the good people at the library in Scarborough, Maine, when I get the question, “Who are your influences?” I cut to the chase and tell them: “John D. MacDonald … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Brandon Blake, Colby College, crime stories, crime writing, Dick Cass, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, John D. MacDonald, Maine Crime Writers, Port City Black and White, Travis McGee | 7 Comments

Writing for the News Feed

Posted on January 4, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey, all. @gerryboyle here. I was advised that before publication of my next book I need to have “a more robust presence on Facebook and Twitter.” Okay, I said. Not a problem. So here we are. Still here. Still thinking. … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Facebook for writers, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine Crime Writers, Port City Black and White, Port City Shakedown, social media for writers, writers on Twitter | 17 Comments

When the only justice is made up

Posted on December 20, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here, and I have to confess that my heart isn’t in this. It’s been a difficult week, from a distance or up close. After the Newtown shootings, I joined the rest of the country. Stunned. Paralyzed. … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Brandon Blake, Damaged Goods, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, Port City Black and White | 9 Comments

On Van Gogh and other Mysteries

Posted on December 7, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all, Gerry Boyle here. I’ve been thinking about this post all day and about how not long ago a high school student got in touch and asked if he could job-shadow me. Really, I thought. Flattering, but what would … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, mysteries, mystery writers, mystery writing, New England Crime Bake, Port City Black and White, van gogh | 5 Comments

The Writer’s Ritual

Posted on November 26, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Hey, all, Gerry Boyle here. And I’m here today to tell you that that I couldn’t have written a single line, a single chapter, a single book without one thing. Red Rose tea. Red Rose has been the key ingredient … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Port City Black and White, Red Rose Tea, writers' rituals | 8 Comments

Give Me a Heroine–or a Hero

Posted on November 13, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all, Gerry Boyle here, pausing from my monitoring of crime news in the Bangor Daily—a body in the trunk of a Lexus, brazen burglars in Belfast robbing houses while residents are asleep—to report on a crime novel I just … Continue reading →