Tag Archives: Darby Farr

So Thrilled! My latest news…

Posted on October 24, 2013 by mcwarchives

The world of writing can be fraught with disappointment. The agent who doesn’t want to take on new clients. The editor who isn’t totally pleased with your series. The less-than-favorable review in just about anything from the local rag to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cold war, Darby Farr, Gayle Lynds, J.A. Jance, Jeffery Deaver, John Lescroart, Joseph Finder, Katherine Neville, Laura Lippman, Mystery Writers of America, Raymond Benson, Sara Paretsky, T. Jefferson Parker, Vicki Doudera | 22 Comments

Sam Spade and Me

Posted on July 10, 2013 by mcwarchives

The other day, while out at our camp in Lincolnville, I pulled an old hardcover mystery anthology from 1959 off the shelf, flipped to the first entry, and started reading. The selection was The Maltese Falcon, written in 1930 by … Continue reading →

Posted in Vicki's Posts | Tagged Darby Farr, dashiell hammett, humphrey bogart, Sam Spade, Vicki Doudera | 4 Comments

Aha! It’s Epiphany

Posted on January 7, 2013 by mcwarchives

Vicki Doudera here, at my desk on this snowy Monday. Yesterday was The Feast of Epiphany, occurring on the twelfth day of Christmas, a holiday that has always been one of my favorites. I love the story of the Magi, … Continue reading →

Posted in Vicki's Posts | Tagged Adoration of the Magi, Darby Farr, Epiphany, Oprah Winfrey, Vicki Doudera, writing mysteries | 5 Comments

Words of Wisdom from Lee Child

Posted on September 18, 2012 by mcwarchives

Vicki Doudera here. Did any of my fellow Mainers catch WCSH’s “207” last night? An interview with British thriller writer Lee Child was broadcast as part of the “Writers On A New England Stage” series at The Music Hall in … Continue reading →

Posted in Vicki's Posts | Tagged A House to Die For, A Wanted Man, Darby Farr, Darby Farr Mysteries, Deadly Offer, Jack Reacher, Killer Listing, Lee Child, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Cruise, Vicki Doudera, WCSH 207 | 9 Comments

How We Keep Our Series Characters Interesting

Posted on July 29, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Note: Kate and Vicki will be at the Camden Public library this Tuesday, July 31st at 6:30 p.m., joined by Janis Bolster for a Sisters in Crime Beach Read event. We’d love to see you there. Kate Flora here, starting a … Continue reading →

Tagged Bad Little Falls, Barbara Ross, Brandon Blake, character sheets, Darby Farr, Diana Spaulding 1888 Quartet, Evernote, Face Down Mysteries, Gerry Boyle, Group Post, Jack McMorrow, Joe Burgess, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Lea Wait, Liss MacCrimmon Mysteries, Mike Bowditch, Paul Doiron, Shadows of a Downeast Summer, Thea Kozak series, Vicki Doudera, writing series characters | 2 Comments

Memorial Acts

Posted on April 1, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora here, sharing something I’ve been musing about this morning: memorial acts. I still wear my mother, writer A. Carman Clark’s wedding ring. Struggle to keep her plants alive five years after her death, even though she had a green … Continue reading →

Tagged A.Carman Clark, Barbara Ross, Darby Farr, Fred Gorton, Group Post, Joe Burgess, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Flora, Lea Wait, Life of a Plodder, O Magazine, Oprah Winfrey, Peter Walsh, Seaward Born, shrines, Stopping to Home, Thea Kozak, Vicki Doudera | 6 Comments

Sex in Mysteries

Posted on March 9, 2012 by mcwarchives

Vicki Doudera here, getting ready to head to the “other” coast in a few weeks for Left Coast Crime in Sacramento, California. I’ll be moderating a panel, schmoozing with other writers, escaping mud season here in Maine, and hopefully selling copies of the third … Continue reading →

Posted in Vicki's Posts | Tagged A House to Die For, Darby Farr, Deadly Offer, JD Robb, Killer Listing, Left Coast Crime, mysteries, Nora Roberts, sex, Vicki Doudera | 27 Comments

Darby Farr Makes Sushi

Posted on October 26, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

by Vicki Doudera Something that always surprises “people from away” is the great number and variety of adult education courses offered throughout the state at Maine’s high schools. We’re talking more than eighty adult ed programs offering a total of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Vicki's Posts | Tagged Camden Hills Regional High School, Darby Farr, Darby Farr Mysteries, Heiwa Tofu, Maine Adult Ed, Maine Adult Education, sushi, Vicki Doudera | 7 Comments

Seeing Silver

Posted on September 20, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

Vicki here with breaking news: today is my twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Although the kids threw us a fabulous party back in August, complete with a terrific dancing band, nearly one hundred people, and wonderful weather, today is the actual day … Continue reading →

Posted in Vicki's Posts | Tagged Camden, Darby Farr, John Cougar Mellencamp, Vicki Doudera, Wallace Stegner, wedding anniversaries | 6 Comments

Maine Crime Writers: Vicki Doudera

Posted on August 28, 2011 by mcwarchives

Maine Crime Writers’ own Vicki Doudera is a million-dollar broker with a busy coastal firm handling luxury real estate. She is the author of nonfiction books on real estate relocation, and of the Darby Farr Mystery Series—A House to Die … Continue reading →