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The Blog of Last Resort
Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here. I’m having trouble coming up with something I want to write about this time around. The world outside my cave alternates between depressing and horrifying. I’m not actively engaged in any writing project at the … Continue reading
Posted in Kaitlyn's Posts
Tagged cats, Deadly Edits series, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Liss MacCrimmon series
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Inspirations for Names
Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here. The other day my friends over at the Word Wenches blog answered a reader question about where they got their characters’ names. A couple of days later, the same topic came up at Jungle Red. … Continue reading
How It All Began, Part Two
Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, continuing with a theme I started with my last post. This time I’m looking back on my earliest attempt at writing non-fiction. Later I wrote and sold several books in this genre, including my Agatha-award-winning … Continue reading
Posted in Kaitlyn's Posts
Tagged biography, cats, early writing, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kathy Lynn Emerson
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A Very Fine House (but only one cat in the window)
Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, again blogging with family photos, but this time there’s a difference. There is actually a connection to my mystery novels. When I set out to write the Deadly Edits series as Kaitlyn Dunnett, I decided … Continue reading
Posted in Kaitlyn's Posts
Tagged cats, Deadly Edits Mysteries, family photos, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kathy Lynn Emerson, memories, Mikki Lincoln, research
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Back in MY Day
Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here. Those in my age group (old farts) have a tendency to praise the good old days, just as our parents and grandparents did to us. Since those tales frequently ran along the lines of walking … Continue reading
It’s Win an ARC Wednesday
Would you like to win an Advance Reading Copy of the fourth Deadly Edits Mystery? All you have to do is leave a comment here to be entered in a drawing to be held May 15. Murder, She Edited (publication … Continue reading
Posted in Kaitlyn's Posts, Win a Book Wednesday
Tagged cats, Deadly Edits Mysteries, drawing, giveaway, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Mikki Lincoln, Murder She Edited
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Pieces Falling into Place
In my last post, I talked about the possibility of self-publishing a collection of my essays, to be made up of some of the 249 blogs I’ve posted at Maine Crime Writers since the summer of 2011. The response to … Continue reading
The ‘feral’ cats and a thought on writing good characters
I’d been waiting in line for nearly two hours at the Waterville Humane Shelter Saturday when I finally was let into the cat area to see the cats. It was “clear the shelter” day and by the time my number … Continue reading
Posted in Maureen's Posts
Tagged cats, character description, character development, feral cat
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HE WAS RIGHT. HE WAS RIGHT …
Sandra Neily writing here. My husband tells that I’m trying to do too much. And someone at a library presentation recently asked me how I had time to write. Good question. I thought I might journal my week, just to … Continue reading
Posted in Sandra's Posts, Uncategorized
Tagged author Sandra Neily, blueberry muffins, cats, chickadees, crime writing, Deadly Trespass, eagles, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, Maine Crime Writers news, maine mysteries, maine wildlife park, Moose, mystery writers, mystery writing, pine marten, Sandra Neily, wolves
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Too Darn Hot
Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, writing this on August 10, the first relatively cool day we’ve had in weeks. More heat and humidity are due in next week, when this blog will actually appear. Let me just say . . … Continue reading
Posted in Kaitlyn's Posts
Tagged cats, heat wave, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kathy Lynn Emerson, New Orleans, western Maine
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