Tag Archives: James Hayman

From Ox to Smack

Posted on May 21, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: Anyone who’s read my third McCabe/Savage thriller, Darkness First, knows the story opens with a bad guy named Conor Riordan smuggling 40,000 80mg oxycontin tablets stolen from a Canadian pharmaceutical distribution center in Saint John, New Brunswick back … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged addiction, crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, heroin, James Hayman, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, maine mysteries, oxycontin, Purdue Pharma, The Chill of Night, The Cutting, Washington County, writing | 4 Comments

Weekend Update: April 19-20, 2014

Posted on April 19, 2014 by kaitlynkathy

This is our special Maine Crime Wave edition. If technology cooperates, we’ll be adding to this post from the venue in Portland. If it doesn’t, look for more follow-up in future posts. Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will … Continue reading →

Posted in Sunday Updates | Tagged Barbara Ross, James Hayman, John Clark, Kate Flora, Maine Crime Wave, Maine Crime Writers, Susan Vaughan | 2 Comments

Getting Away With Murder

Posted on March 26, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: It wasn’t really McCabe’s kind of place. Or Maggie’s either. A dreary little hangout on the edge of town somewhere in rural Georgia where a few hardcore drinkers started downing shots at about eight in the morning and … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged crime writing, Darkness First, Down East Books, James Hayman, Legalized Murder, mystery writing, Open Carry, Stand Your Ground, The Chill of Night, The Cutting | 3 Comments

Weekend Update: March 22-23, 2014

Posted on March 22, 2014 by kaitlynkathy

Next week at Maine Crime Writers we’ll be featuring posts from Susan Vaughan (Monday) Vicki Doudera (Tuesday), Lea Wait (Wednesday), and Jim Hayman (Thursday), and on Friday there will be a guest post by Noelle Carle. In the news department, … Continue reading →

Posted in Sunday Updates | Tagged first day of spring, Gerry Boyle, James Hayman, Lea Wait, Maine Crime Writers news, Maine products, Susan Vaughan, Vicki Doudera, York Library | Leave a comment

Share of Eyeballs.

Posted on March 11, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: Remember the old line by what once upon a time were called skirt-chasers, “So many women. So little time?” These days it seems to apply more to other forms of entertainment that it does to sex. “So many … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, James Hayman, maine mysteries, Media, Reading, Share of Eyeballs, The Chill of Night, TV, writing | 1 Comment

Weekend Update: March 8-9, 2014

Posted on March 8, 2014 by kaitlynkathy

Next week at Maine Crime Writers we’ll be featuring posts from Lea Wait (Monday) Jim Hayman (Tuesday), Barb Ross (Wednesday), Dorothy Cannell (Thursday), and John Clark (Friday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Sunday Updates | Tagged A Dangerous Life, adam purple, Barbara Ross, Best New England Crime Stories 2014: Stone Cold, Derringer award, Dorothy Cannell, foreign editions, Give Me a Dollar, James Hayman, John Bubar, John Clark, Kate Emerson, Lea Wait, Maine Crime Writers news, Myrna, ray daniel, short mystery fiction society | 2 Comments

Can a Writer Retire?

Posted on February 27, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

Philip Roth, long one of my favorite writers, recently announced his retirement. In his apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side there’s reportedly a post-it note stuck on his computer screen that says, “The struggle with writing is over.” But how … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged crime writing, Darkness First, Harper Lee, James Hayman, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, Mel Brooks, mystery writers, mystery writing, Philip Roth, retirement, The Chill of Night, The Cutting, writers | 4 Comments

Weekend Update: February 22-23, 2014

Posted on February 22, 2014 by kaitlynkathy

Next week at Maine Crime Writers we’ll be featuring posts from Susan Vaughan (Monday) Lea Wait (Tuesday), Al Lamanda (Wednesday), Jim Hayman (Thursday), and Barb Ross (Friday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Sunday Updates | Tagged Al Lamanda, Barb Ross, James Hayman, Lea Wait, Maine Crime Writers news, Susan Vaughan | 1 Comment

Weekend Update: February 15-16, 2014

Posted on February 15, 2014 by kaitlynkathy

Next week at Maine Crime Writers we’ll be featuring posts from Jayne Hitchcock(Monday) Gerry Boyle (Tuesday), Kaitlyn Dunnett (Wednesday), Dorothy Cannell(Thursday), and Vicki Doudera (Friday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog regularly at … Continue reading →

Posted in Sunday Updates | Tagged Al Lamanda, Dorothy Cannell, Gerry Boyle, James Hayman, Jayne Hitchcock, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Emerson, Lea Wait, Maine Crime Wave, Maine Crime Writers news, Paul Doiron, Royal Inheritance, Single Titles Reviewers' Choice Award, Tess Gerritsen, Vicki Doudera, York Library | 1 Comment

A Week in the Sunshine

Posted on February 10, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: Those of you who read my last blog on this site, A Moving Experience, know that my wife Jeanne and I have just survived the rigors of moving from our house on Peaks Island to another on the … Continue reading →