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Tag Archives: Joe Burgess
A Deadly, Dark, Twisty, Chilling Story
Kate Flora: At a seminar on marketing this past weekend, sponsored by Sisters in Crime, presenter Jess Lourey emphasized the importance of that back cover copy or descriptive blurb, including the startling information that on Amazon, we authors can edit or … Continue reading
Posted in Kate's Posts
Tagged A Child Shall Lead Them, blurb writing, Joe Burgess, the synopsis
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Can This Book Be Saved?
Kate Flora: As some of you aware, if you follow the blog, recently I’ve been conducting excavations in my files, looking at old manuscripts and remembering some of the adventures I had writing them. I have plenty of unpublished work. I … Continue reading
Posted in Kate's Posts, Uncategorized
Tagged Joe Burgess, Kate Flora, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, manuscript revision, writing, writing advice
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The Comforting World of Crime
Kate Flora, here, and yes, I really did mean that crime can be comforting. Let me begin with a story. Several years ago…fifteen, to be more precise…we suffered a terrible national tragedy on a day in September when terrorists flew … Continue reading
If My Writing Life Had A Playlist
Kate Flora: Some years ago, while I was working on a book, I decided that I needed to create a playlist to listen to that would help me get into the mind of my central character. It was a long time … Continue reading
Posted in Kate's Posts
Tagged All Along the Watchtower, Cher, Cyndi Lauper, Elvis, Freddy Mercury, Girls Just wanna have fun, I want it all, Jimmi Hendrix, Joe Burgess, Just Like Jesse James, Kate Flora, Led Astray, Leonard Cohen, Loreena McKennitt, Mary Black, Precious Lord Take My Hand, Queen, Song for Ireland
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Ten Tips for Tuning Up Your Descriptions
Kate Flora: There are so many challenges facing a writer who is trying to craft fiction that sometimes descriptions fall far down the list. By the time an author has developed a cast of characters, created a plot filled with twists … Continue reading
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
In Fine Libraries Everywhere
Kate Flora: There’s an old New Yorker cartoon I remember from my childhood, where the husband is saying on the phone: “She’s not here. She’s at fine stores everywhere.” Well, for me—the second-hand queen—I am rarely found at stores, but … Continue reading
What the heck is Camel-Nosing?
Kate Flora here, hoping you are wondering: So what the heck is “camel-nosing?” Everyone has heard the old Arab story about the camel trying to get into the tent on a cold night, right? And according to Wikipedia: The camel’s … Continue reading
Posted in Kate's Posts
Tagged And Led Them Thus Astray, Bob Thomas, Galveston, Joe Burgess, Lea Wait, Liberty Graphics, Nic Pizzolatto, True Detective
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It’s Just Your Imagination
Kate Flora here deeply immersed in the next Joe Burgess, And Led Them Thus Astray. Since I spend much of the time when I’m not writing my own books editing other writers or teaching writing, I’m always acutely aware of the pitfalls that … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Dennehy, Joe Burgess, John Cusack, Nick Nolte, Sean Bean, Thea Kozak, Viggo Mortensen
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