Tag Archives: Jack McMorrow Mysteries

An Ode to Crime Writers’ Kids

Posted on September 14, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here. Today is my son’s birthday. He’s my youngest: 22, a senior in college. We have a good time. Watching sports. Fishing. Shooting guns. Driving his vintage El Camino muscle car. Just talking. I even turned … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime novels, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Ken Bruen, maine mysteries, mystery writing, Port City Black and White, Port City Shakedown | 13 Comments

That Doesn’t Happen Here

Posted on August 22, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Gerry Boyle here. Interrupting your lovely Maine summer with a bit of a reality check. Heroin. Triple murders. Brutal beatings. That’s the news from “Maine, the way life should be” this week. Sorry to rain on your lobster dinner but … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts | Tagged Bangor Daily News, Bangor triple homicide, Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Daniel T. Borders, Down East Books, Gerry Boyle, Howland assault, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Lucas A. Tuscano, Nicolle A. Lugdon, Port City Black and White | 7 Comments

Maine, Where Your Neighbor Can Be a Mystery

Posted on August 9, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Gerry Boyle here. Just back from a 30-mile bike ride. The miles fly by on the back roads in my part of Maine—woods, farms, cows, dogs (hopefully on chains), last week a near collision with a tractor pulling a load … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Down East Books, fiction writing, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, mystery writing, Port City Black and White, writing | 10 Comments

We Don’t Write For The Money

Posted on July 28, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Gerry Boyle here, and maybe some of us do. Write for the money, I mean. But even writers who have more money than God keep typing away. Why? Because like the rest orf us, they feel like they have something … Continue reading →

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The Mystery of Mysteries

Posted on July 17, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here, up bright and early to tell you about the book I was reading into the wee hours. But first a thought of two about last Saturday’s Books in Boothbay gathering. Never were so many Maine … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Andrea Kuhlthau, Brandon Blake, Brandon Blake Crime Novels, Damaged Goods, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Joseph O'Connor, maine mysteries, mysteries, Port City Black and White, Star of the Sea | 2 Comments

Let Me Tell You About My Character . . .

Posted on July 8, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora here, posing a challenge to my fellow Maine Crime Writers. From time to time, we write about our books, our characters, the stories we’re developing, and the research that we do, but I’ve been thinking that it would … Continue reading →

Tagged A House to Die For, Bad Little Falls, Brandon Blake, Damaged Goods, Darby Farr Mysteries, Deadly Offer, Gerry Boyle, Group Post, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Jake Tiptree, Kate Flora, Killer Listing, Mike Bowditch, Paul Doiron, Port City Black and White, Sarah Graves, The Poacher's Son, Thea Kozak, Trespasser, Vicki Doudera | 9 Comments

One Morning in Maine

Posted on July 5, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

A quick post today that will serve as a reminder (to me as much as anyone) of why I write in Maine about Maine and have no inclination to do it anywhere else. This came to me in the middle … Continue reading →

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A Book Begins; Commence the Wandering

Posted on June 23, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here. And I’m reporting in after spending much of the day in my favorite part of the writing trade: the wandering. I love the writing itself. I love the long hours in the study with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts | Tagged Brandon Blake, Down East Books, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, mystery writing, New England Crime Bake, Port City Black and White, Waldo County | 5 Comments

Birds of a Feather

Posted on June 11, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here. A reader named Rick, who lives in Belfast, was the winning bidder on lunch with me (I asked him if the was the only bidder and he said no, but he may have been being … Continue reading →

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What Are You Working On?

Posted on May 18, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Hey, all. Gerry Boyle here. Taking a break from work on my next novel. It’s called 50 Shades of Green and it’s set in Ireland. It’s about this young guy, a graduate student, who goes to interview this beautiful and … Continue reading →