Tag Archives: Crime & Punctuation

Weekend Update: June 27-28, 2020

Posted on June 27, 2020 by kaitlynkathy

Next week at Maine Crime Writers, there will be a group post on Monday, and posts by Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson (Tuesday), Kate Flora (Thursday), and Vaughn Hardacker (Friday).   In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of … Continue reading →

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A Cure for a Slow-Moving Plot: Add Conflict

Posted on October 18, 2019 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, today writing about conflict. Most people aren’t crazy about encountering conflict in real life. It’s much more pleasant to avoid acrimonious clashes. But in fiction, especially mystery fiction, a plot without conflict is apt to … Continue reading →

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A Baker’s Dozen

Posted on August 16, 2019 by kaitlynkathy

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 kaitlynkathy

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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Forget Me Not

Posted on June 4, 2018 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, for a change NOT writing about the newly released Crime&Punctuation. Go to my last few posts if you want to know about the new “Deadly Edits” series now that the first book is in stores. … Continue reading →

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My Home Town

Posted on May 31, 2018 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, today writing about the inspiration for Lenape Hollow, New York, the setting for my “Deadly Edits” mysteries. Crime & Punctuation, the first in this series featuring retired teacher turned book doctor Mikki Lincoln, came out … Continue reading →

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Weekend Update: May 26-27, 2018

Posted on May 26, 2018 by kaitlynkathy

Next week at Maine Crime Writers, there will posts by Susan Vaughan (Monday) Dorothy Cannell (Tuesday), a guest post (Wednesday), Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson (Thursday), and Special Crime Wave Coverage (Friday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some … Continue reading →

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Selective Memories

Posted on May 16, 2018 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, today thinking about how subjective our memories are. I’ve known this for a long time. Back in 1980, I edited my grandfather’s memoirs. He wrote them based on his diaries, most of which recorded nothing … Continue reading →

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What’s in a Name?

Posted on May 1, 2018 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, writing today about naming characters and places in mystery novels. It’s not as easy as you might think. Take my new “Deadly Edits” series, for example (Crime & Punctuation will be in stores May 29), … Continue reading →

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Feline Muses

Posted on April 17, 2018 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, today musing about muses, this time of the feline variety. Anyone who reads by books is probably aware that I almost always have at least one cat as a character. In my Liss MacCrimmon Mysteries, … Continue reading →

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