Tag Archives: crime writing

“Darkness First” Out Today

Posted on October 1, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: My third McCabe/Savage thriller, Darkness First comes out today, October 1st, as the lead title from Harper Collins brand new ebook-first digital imprint Witness/Impulse. As luck would have it, the introduction of Darkness First is being upstaged by … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, ebook first, Harper Collins, iPad, James Hayman, Kindle, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, McCabe, mystery writers, mystery writing, Nook, Savage, The Chill of Night, The Cutting, William Morrow | 4 Comments

ADVENTURES IN RESEARCH

Posted on September 28, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Susan Vaughan here. I’ve written about this adventure—more correctly, misadventure—before, but readers and other writers have encouraged me to share it again. I think they need a chuckle or two. A few years ago the Romance Writers of America conference … Continue reading →

Posted in Susan's posts | Tagged crime writing, hands-on research, mysteries, mystery writing | 16 Comments

Your Book is Done. Now Who Sees it?

Posted on September 25, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all, Gerry Boyle here. And I’m reporting in at a key moment in the life of a mystery novel. It’s done. Sort of. Not done in the sense of it being ready for the agent, but done in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Gerry Boyle, Irish crime novels, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, Port City Black and White, Robert B. Parker, Robert Parker, Spenser novels | 5 Comments

Being a Maine Writer? It’s Tough

Posted on September 16, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all, Gerry Boyle here. And I’ve got a bone to pick with people who say what a perfect place Maine is if you’re a writer. What a crock. I mean, yes, Maine is beautiful. Scenery is to die for. … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, mysteries, mystery writers, mystery writing, Port City Black and White, Port City Shakedown | 4 Comments

Firing Blind in Iowa

Posted on September 10, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: Imagine a blind cop or maybe a private eye whose sense of hearing or maybe smell is so acute he/she can use it to ferret it out a bad guy and make the arrest. It makes an appealing … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged Blind Detectives, crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, gun laws, Iowa, James Hayman, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, mystery writing, New England Crime Bake, The Chill of Night, The Cutting, the gun lobby | 4 Comments

Reflections on Writing, or, What I’ve Learned

Posted on September 5, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here, introducing a guest blog by my friend Earl Smith, author of THE DAM COMMITTEE, and his new one, now in the pipeline, MORE DAM TROUBLE (which I’ve read). Earl’s work is a delight and if … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blog, Uncategorized | Tagged crime stories, crime writing, Earl Smith, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, mysteries, mystery writers, mystery writing, New England Crime Bake, The Dam Committee | 5 Comments

Crime Writers Beware: You Can’t Make This Stuff Up

Posted on August 30, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: In my last post I wrote about unusual ways of knocking off victims in crime novels. This post I’ll be writing about one of the weirdest reasons to kill anyone I’ve ever come across. Karaoke. And guess what? … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged Asian murders, crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, James Hayman, KKaraoke killings, maine mysteries, motives for murder, mysteries, mystery writers, mystery writing, The Chill of Night, The Cutting | 11 Comments

How Do I Kill Thee? Let Me Count the Ways.

Posted on August 14, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: It’s pretty much a given that in mysteries and suspense thrillers that there’s got to be a victim. Somebody or, in some books, a whole bunch of somebodies have got to be done in. One of the interesting … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, Edgar Allan Poe, Hannibal Lechter, How to write a thriller, James Hayman, Julia Spencer-Fleming, maine mysteries, means of murder, Michael Kimball, mysteries, mystery writers, mystery writing, The Chill of Night, The Cutting, Undone, writing | 4 Comments

Darkness First

Posted on July 24, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: My next McCabe thriller, Darkness First, is coming out October 1st as the lead title in Harper Collins’ brand new Witness imprint that plans on featuring mysteries and thrillers initially in Ebook format and, in most cases, later … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, downeast, E-book, e-book sales, Eastport, Harper Collins, iPad, James Hayman, Kindle, Machias, Machiasport, Maine Crime Writers, mystery writing, Nook, Penguin UK, The Chill of Night, The Cutting, Washington County, Witness | 4 Comments

A Writer’s Perks

Posted on July 19, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey, all. Gerry Boyle here, on a sultry July evening in Maine. Thunderstorms headed our way. Lightning on the horizon. Life is good. I’m here to tell you about the perks we get as writers, because I recently cashed in. … Continue reading →