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In With the Old—and the New
Hey all. Gerry Boyle here, and I’ve been looking forward and backward of late. Forward because Islandport Press, a smart independent publisher in Maine, is going to publish my next Jack McMorrow novel, ONCE BURNED. Backward because Islandport has made … Continue reading →
Somethin’ Happening in Here
Hey all. Gerry Boyle here. And I’m feeling sort of nostalgic. This is partly because I’ve had a lot of interest from publishers of late in my backlist, AKA my early books that are hard to find. Gratifying to know … Continue reading →
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Tagged Amazon, book publishing, Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Down East Books, George Packer, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries
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A Week in the Sunshine
James Hayman: Those of you who read my last blog on this site, A Moving Experience, know that my wife Jeanne and I have just survived the rigors of moving from our house on Peaks Island to another on the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Beach Reading, crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, Florida, James Hayman, Kate Atkinson, Life After Life, The Chill of Night, The Cutting, Vacation
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It’s All In Your Head
Hey all. Gerry Boyle here, just off the bike and ready to write. Well, this being Maine, you’re probably figuring I wasn’t riding the roads. Like most serious cyclists in this neck of the woods I’ve moved to a trainer, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Daniel Craig, Down East Books, film adaptations of novels, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, James Bond, Kenneth Branagh, mystery writing, Port City Black and White, Port City Shakedown, Wallander
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A Moving Experience
James Hayman: Last week my wife Jeanne and I sold our house on Peaks Island and simultaneously bought another house in the Back Cove area of Portland. The closing on the Peaks house was at 11 AM on Tuesday. The … Continue reading →
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Tagged crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, James Hayman, Moving, Peak's Island, Portland, The Chill of Night, The Cutting
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Devil in the Details
Hey all, Gerry Boyle here, just back from having a cup of tea in a local cafe, where I read emails from my literary agent and an editor (the business end of the book business), and wrote out plot notes … Continue reading →
Wind chill and other writing devices
Hey all. Gerry Boyle here, wishing you a happy 2014. The year is off to a chilly, snowy start in my neck of the Maine woods. Temps way below zero every night, remnants of the pre-Christmas ice storm glistening and … Continue reading →
The Problem With “Nice.”
James Hayman: At the risk of appearing Scrooge-like in this season of Merry, Happy and Ho-Ho-Ho, I’d like to add my two cents to a kerfuffle over book reviews that’s been brewing both in the print media and on the … Continue reading →
Imagining Ayla Reynolds–If Only
Hey all. Gerry Boyle here. And I had an entirely different post planned for today (good news on the book front) until I read Amy Calder’s story in the Waterville Morning Sentinel marking the two-year anniversary of the disappearance of Maine … Continue reading →
When One Book Leads to Another
Hey all. Gerry Boyle here, lifting my nose out of a a couple of books. That I’m reading, I mean, flipping back and forth like the two works were one. I don’t know how you read (feel free to fill … Continue reading →
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Tagged All Standing, Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Down East Books, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Kate Manning, Kathryn Miles, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, My Notorious Life, mysteries, mystery writers, Port City Black and White
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