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The Nixed Nest of the Girl on the Train
Inspiration (from the Latin inspirare, meaning “to breathe into”) refers to an unconscious burst of creativity in a literary, musical, or other artistic endeavour. Kate Flora: From time to time, we authors find ourselves scanning bookstore shelves, reading best-seller lists … Continue reading
Another Version of the Story
Kate Flora: I never wanted to write nonfiction. I was dragged into that world to help a friend and became fascinated by learning about the real world of crime and the stories of those who investigate it. That fascination with discovering … Continue reading
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Tagged A Good Man with a Dog, Ellsworth Library, Finding Amy, Kate Flora, Roger Guay
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How Much is Too Much?
Kate Flora: It’s Wednesday, not yet seven, and I’m already running behind. I know that many of you like to read the blog with your morning coffee, and while I’m dithering here at my desk, your coffee is probably getting … Continue reading
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Tagged 207, A Good Man with a Dog, Death Dealer, Finding Amy, Kate Flora, Maine Calling, Roger Guay
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The Place Where I Came From
Kate Flora: In his note to readers in Hellhound on his Trail, the story of the manhunt for Martin Luther King’s assassin, author Hampton Sides writes: “All writers sooner or later go back to the place where they came from.” I’ve … Continue reading
I’m Just A Girl Who Can’t Say No
Kate Flora: Lest you get the impression that I am on vacation in Florida this month, I thought I’d share some of my poolside reading. There’s In Defense of Self and Others: Issues, Facts & Fallacies – The Realities of … Continue reading
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Tagged A Good Man with a Dog, Darren Wilson, David Klinger, Death Dealer, Finding Amy, In Defense of Self and Others, Into the Kill Zone, John C. Hall, Joseph K. Loughlin, Lt. Pat Dorian, Maria Tanasichuk, Michael Brown, Miramichi New Brunswick, Roger Guay, Urey Patrick
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Help! The Well’s Gone Dry
Kate Flora: I don’t know about you, but I look forward to each day’s new posting here at Maine Crime Writers. The subject matter is so diverse—real Maine crimes, the challenge of balancing book deadlines and a loved one’s illness, … Continue reading
Saving Her Life So Someday She’ll Save Yours
Kate Flora here. This morning I have a story to tell you, one I hope may open your heart to shelters and shelter animals. First, some background. Although I was carefully watched over as a child by a brilliant collie-shepherd … Continue reading
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Tagged animal rescue, Belgian Malinois, cadaver dogs, Death Dealer, Dutch Shepherd, Finding Amy, Hurricane, Jordan, Maine Warden Service, Merrill's Investigations, Penobscot County Sheriff's Office, Pixel Posse, Roger Guay, search and rescue, Secret Service dogs, White House
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It’s Different When the “Story” is Real
Kate Flora here, just back from a quick drive up to Miramichi, New Brunswick, to deliver copies of Death Dealer to the investigators who are the real life characters in the book. Death Dealer, in case I’ve failed to describe … Continue reading
And Finally – Some Good News!
Kate Flora here. Updating a post I wrote a year ago. When I wrote this, negotiations were underway for a contract to publish the true story of a murder up in Canada called Death Dealer. Here’s what I wrote about … Continue reading
Remembering Amy St. Laurent
The book begins like this: It is every parent’s nightmare–your child goes out on Saturday night and vanishes off the face of the earth.It is also, sadly, something that happens far too often–a sensible and independent young woman who thinks … Continue reading
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