Tag Archives: crime writing

From Ox to Smack

Posted on May 21, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: Anyone who’s read my third McCabe/Savage thriller, Darkness First, knows the story opens with a bad guy named Conor Riordan smuggling 40,000 80mg oxycontin tablets stolen from a Canadian pharmaceutical distribution center in Saint John, New Brunswick back … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged addiction, crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, heroin, James Hayman, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, maine mysteries, oxycontin, Purdue Pharma, The Chill of Night, The Cutting, Washington County, writing | 4 Comments

Hello Again from Eastport, Maine

Posted on May 7, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

Hello again from Sarah Graves, writing to you once more from Eastport, Maine. It’s been a long, cold, dark winter here, and quiet as an abandoned house, but now we are waking up: to mud when it’s raining, which it has … Continue reading →

Posted in Sarah's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged crime writing, Eastport, Eastport Art Gallery, Home Repair is Homicide, Maine, mysteries, mystery writing, Sarah Graves, Winter at the Door | 8 Comments

Getting Away With Murder

Posted on March 26, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: It wasn’t really McCabe’s kind of place. Or Maggie’s either. A dreary little hangout on the edge of town somewhere in rural Georgia where a few hardcore drinkers started downing shots at about eight in the morning and … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged crime writing, Darkness First, Down East Books, James Hayman, Legalized Murder, mystery writing, Open Carry, Stand Your Ground, The Chill of Night, The Cutting | 3 Comments

Maine Winter Noir

Posted on March 20, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here. I’m a little tired today so bear with the typos, should there be any. I was up in the middle of the night, as has become my habit of late. I wake up, try to … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Islandport Press, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine Crime Wave, Maine winter, Port City Black and White | 4 Comments

Share of Eyeballs.

Posted on March 11, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: Remember the old line by what once upon a time were called skirt-chasers, “So many women. So little time?” These days it seems to apply more to other forms of entertainment that it does to sex. “So many … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, James Hayman, maine mysteries, Media, Reading, Share of Eyeballs, The Chill of Night, TV, writing | 1 Comment

In With the Old—and the New

Posted on March 5, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

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 →

Posted in Gerry's Posts | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Islandport Press, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Port City Black and White, Port City Shakedown | 12 Comments

Can a Writer Retire?

Posted on February 27, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

Philip Roth, long one of my favorite writers, recently announced his retirement. In his apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side there’s reportedly a post-it note stuck on his computer screen that says, “The struggle with writing is over.” But how … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged crime writing, Darkness First, Harper Lee, James Hayman, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, Mel Brooks, mystery writers, mystery writing, Philip Roth, retirement, The Chill of Night, The Cutting, writers | 4 Comments

Somethin’ Happening in Here

Posted on February 18, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

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 →

Posted in Gerry's Posts | Tagged Amazon, book publishing, Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Down East Books, George Packer, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries | 11 Comments

A Week in the Sunshine

Posted on February 10, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

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 →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged Beach Reading, crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, Florida, James Hayman, Kate Atkinson, Life After Life, The Chill of Night, The Cutting, Vacation | 3 Comments

It’s All In Your Head

Posted on February 3, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

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 →