Tag Archives: Finding Amy

The Nixed Nest of the Girl on the Train

Posted on April 10, 2017 by mainecrimewriters

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 →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged A Good Man with a Dog, Cracking the Code of the Twentieth Century's Biggest Bestsellers, Finding Amy, James W. Hall, Led Astray | 15 Comments

Another Version of the Story

Posted on September 12, 2016 by mainecrimewriters

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 →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged A Good Man with a Dog, Ellsworth Library, Finding Amy, Kate Flora, Roger Guay | 4 Comments

How Much is Too Much?

Posted on August 31, 2016 by mainecrimewriters

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 →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged 207, A Good Man with a Dog, Death Dealer, Finding Amy, Kate Flora, Maine Calling, Roger Guay | 7 Comments

The Place Where I Came From

Posted on April 12, 2016 by mainecrimewriters

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 →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged A Good Man with a Dog, Deputy Chief Joseph K. Loughlin, Finding Amy, Hellhound on his Trail, Kate Clark Flora, Kate Flora, Maine, Maine Warden Service, Roger Guay, search and rescue, Skyhorse Publishing | 3 Comments

I’m Just A Girl Who Can’t Say No

Posted on March 25, 2016 by mainecrimewriters

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 →

Posted in Kate's Posts | 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 | 11 Comments

Help! The Well’s Gone Dry

Posted on February 24, 2016 by mainecrimewriters

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 →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged A Fly for the Prosecution, Bangor Daily News, Finding Amy, Inside the Criminal Mind, Joe Burgess, Norton Anthology of Poetry, Paradise Lost, Practical Homicide Investigation, Ramona Defelice Long, The Scarlet Letter, We Get Confessions, writer's block | 5 Comments

Saving Her Life So Someday She’ll Save Yours

Posted on November 4, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

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 →

Posted in Kate's Posts | 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 | 9 Comments

It’s Different When the “Story” is Real

Posted on October 3, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

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 →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged Chief Paul Fiander, Death Dealer, Deputy Chief Brian Cummings, Dewey Gillespie, Finding Amy, Maria Tanasichuk, Miramichi NB, Newport Cultural Center, Pat Dorian, true crime | 4 Comments

And Finally – Some Good News!

Posted on September 4, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

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 →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged Death Dealer, Finding Amy, Kate Atkinson, Maine Warden Service, Miramichi NB, Pat Dorian, When Will There Be Good News | 12 Comments

Remembering Amy St. Laurent

Posted on October 18, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

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 →