Tag Archives: crime fiction

Help! I’m Wrestling with a Conundrum!

Posted on April 8, 2022 by Brenda Buchanan

I’m grappling with a conundrum about point of view. Part of me loves writing in first person. Writing from the “I/we” perspective allows the main character’s personality to beam through. First person makes for an intimate bond between the reader … Continue reading →

Posted in Brenda's Posts | Tagged crime fiction, first person, point of view, third person | 16 Comments

Am I Blue?

Posted on June 2, 2015 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora, sitting here on a rainy day. It’s June 1st and the temperature didn’t get above 52 degrees today. According to one of the silly e-mail ads I got this morning, June 1st is National Go Barefoot Day, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged And Grant You Peace, Bull Durham, crime fiction, Eeyore, K.A. Keeley, Maine Literary Awards, Paul Doiron, Vaughn Hardacker | 14 Comments

Kerrigan and Harding: A Tale of Two Skaters

Posted on January 6, 2014 by mcwarchives

I was in Boston over the weekend to bring our daughter back to college, and noticed tour busses driving down the city’s snow-covered streets with posters advertising the US Figure Skating Championships, happening now at the Fleet Center. Vicki Doudera … Continue reading →

Posted in Vicki's Posts | Tagged crime fiction, figure skating championships, Nancy Kerrigan, Tonya Harding, Vicki Doudera | 7 Comments

Julia Spencer-Fleming chats with Hank Phillippi Ryan

Posted on August 31, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Julia Spencer-Fleming: My friend Hank Phillippi Ryan is just fifty miles shy of being a Maine crime writer. Hank is the on-the-air investigative reporter for Boston’s WHDH TV7. Hank’s real life is like something out of a good novel – … Continue reading →

Posted in Julia's Posts | Tagged Agatha award, Anthony Award, crime fiction, Emmy Award, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Help Me Hank, journalism, The Other Woman | 13 Comments

Maine Literary Awards To Include Awards for Crime and Sci Fi.

Posted on January 25, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Jim Hayman: Last week Josh Bodwell, the talented and energetic young Executive Director of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, sent out a press release announcing that nominations for MWPA’s 2012 Maine Literary Awards were open and that submissions will … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged crime fiction, Literary vs. Genre, Maine Literary Awards, MWPA, mysteries, thrillers | 4 Comments

It’s a Small World – of Crime Fiction Writers by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Posted on August 23, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

“Writing must be such a lonely profession.” The patron hands me a stack of audiobooks to check out. She drops in every two weeks at the tiny country library near my house to get books for her commute into Portland. … Continue reading →