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HOOKED ON READING DURING THE PANDEMIC
Like everyone, I’ve been practicing social distancing and mostly staying home, but that’s par for an introvert and a writer, both of which I am. I’m a voracious reader normally, and now is no different. I wish I could say … Continue reading →
And I Thought I knew What NOIR Was
Back in 2002, I attended New England CrimeBake, the initial one. Jerry Healy was the keynote speaker of the single day event held at Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill, Massachusetts. During the conference I was asked what I wrote … Continue reading →
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Tagged crime stories, Maine Crime Writers, noir, Vaughn Hardacker, Writing noir
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The River. Thoreau. The Dam … and the River
(Sandra Neily writes) In September I lived at the Penobscot River for a week. For 35 years I’ve camped by its rapids and under its pines. My husband and I caught landlocked salmon and brook trout, releasing them to shove … Continue reading →
Thanks, Mom
Yes, I know Mother’s Day was last Sunday but this is my day so I’m having my say. I have my mother to thank for introducing me to mystery novels. We seldom agreed on much, but shared the love of … Continue reading →
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Tagged Agatha Christie, Carolyn Keene, crime stories, Hercule Poirot, Mary Stewart, mystery writers, Nancy Drew, Susan Vaughan
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Do We Wait ‘Til It Dies? Caddis Scrabble
“Do we have to wait until it dies?” asked my husband, watching a struggling caddis fly cover the Scrabble square he wanted to use. “I don’t think so,” I said. “They’re landing and taking off again.” Lured by lantern light … Continue reading →
Are Maine Winters Murder? Try Some Of This Stuff!
Sandy Neily sharing here. (And there will be more good winter stuff; look for a special Maine Crime Writers “Cabin Fever” post, January 30th.) It was late. The snow was still falling furiously and I was still typing furiously, finally … Continue reading →
Romance, Suspense, Mystery, Anyone?
When I first joined the Maine Romance Writers, Kathy Lynn Emerson aka Kaitlyn Dunnett and Tess Gerritsen were then writing romantic suspense for Harlequin, which also published some of my romantic suspense novels. Kaitlyn’s move to mystery and Tess’s to … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barbara Ross, crime stories, crime writing, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Lea Wait, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, mystery writing, Susan Vaughan
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Back To Basics
Vaughn C. Hardacker here: It’s been a long winter up here in The County (it’s a quarter past April and we’re still looking at two feet of snow on the ground). The winter of 2017/2018 seems to want to hang … Continue reading →
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Tagged crime stories, crime writing, masters of crime genre, mystery writers, mystery writing, Vaughn Hardacker
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DECEMBER CRIME ODDITIES
Susan Vaughan here. Because this is a crime writers’ site, crime being one of the key words, I thought I’d check out interesting crimes during the month of December. According to FBI statistics of crimes reported to law enforcement agencies, … Continue reading →
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Tagged crime scenes, crime stories, December crimes, Susan Vaughan
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Crime Writers in Shorts
Ha! We know you were hoping for pictures of our knobby knees, but they are mostly hidden beneath our desks. This post is really about short story collections, either compilations of our own work or collections in which we have … Continue reading →
Tagged Bruce Robert Coffin, Busted: Arresting Stories from the Beat, crime stories, Day of the Dark-Stories of the Eclipse, Different Crimes, Different Times, Gary Phillips, Group Post, Joseph Souza, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Kay George, Level Best Books, mystery stories, Noir at the Salad Bar, short stories, The Obama Inheritance, Three Rooms Press, Walter Mosley
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