Tag Archives: Damaged Goods

Maine, the Way Life Is

Posted on June 26, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Okay. We have this post coming about our favorite Maine places. And I confess. I lied. Well, not really. I just talked about the Maine that my family loves, the beautiful reaches of East Penobscot Bay. I love that Maine, … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, Maine life, maine mysteries, mysteries, mystery writers, mystery writing, Port City Black and White, rural maine scenes | 6 Comments

A Writer’s Day Off

Posted on June 14, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here to tell you what you may already know. The writer’s day off? There isn’t one. I say this having been in a holding pattern for some time with two completed books (ONCE BURNED, McMorrow No. … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Damaged Goods, digital publishing, Down East Books, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, New England Crime Bake, Port City Black and White | 7 Comments

When We Were All Writers

Posted on May 4, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here, with my other hat on this morning. When I’m not writing my mystery novels I’m the editor of the Colby College magazine. (My alma mater; bit of a labor of love). As a former journalist, … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime stories, Damaged Goods, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Letters from the front, Port City Black and White, Port City Shakedown, World War I | 4 Comments

Out with the old?

Posted on April 24, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here, taking a break from some spring cleaning. Clearing stuff out. Digging through cartons. Figuring out what stays and what goes. Books. Papers. Manuscripts. Notes. Yes, in the back corner of a closet I came upon … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Down East Books, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Port City Black and White | 7 Comments

No Two Books Alike

Posted on March 29, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here. A quick post this week because I’m headed for the finish line on THE DEAD SAMARITAN, a crime novel set in Ireland. This is the collaboration I’ve mentioned before. I’m here in America (most of … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Borderline, Brandon Blake, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Deadline, Emily Westbrooks, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine, maine mysteries, mystery writers, mystery writing, Port City Black and White | 4 Comments

Don’t Forget to Hate Their Guts

Posted on March 19, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here with a question: Why would you kill someone? No, I mean really. I ask this as I work on a new book (In my first collaboration I’m two-thirds of the way through the first draft … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, motives for murder, Pavel Dmitrichenko, Port City Black and White, Sergei Filin | 7 Comments

A Writer’s Best Friend

Posted on March 6, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here. And for today’s post the plan was to write about how most writers require solitude for their craft and yet, confirming that each book come together differently, I recently wrote two good chapters on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Down East Books, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, mysteries, Port City Black and White, writer's pets | 4 Comments

Dick Francis, Still Kicking

Posted on January 29, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here. Taking a bit of a trip down memory lane but, hey, it’s winter in Maine. That means it’s 10-below and I’m sitting by the fire . And reading Dick Francis. This was prompted by a question … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts | Tagged best mysteries, Brandon Blake, Damaged Goods, Dick Francis, Gerry Boyle, Gerry Boyle's Pretty Dead, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, Maine mystery writer Boyle, mystery writer Gerry Boyle, mystery writing, Port City Black and White, Port City Shakedown | 12 Comments

Writing for the News Feed

Posted on January 4, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey, all. @gerryboyle here. I was advised that before publication of my next book I need to have “a more robust presence on Facebook and Twitter.” Okay, I said. Not a problem. So here we are. Still here. Still thinking. … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Facebook for writers, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine Crime Writers, Port City Black and White, Port City Shakedown, social media for writers, writers on Twitter | 17 Comments

When the only justice is made up

Posted on December 20, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here, and I have to confess that my heart isn’t in this. It’s been a difficult week, from a distance or up close. After the Newtown shootings, I joined the rest of the country. Stunned. Paralyzed. … Continue reading →