Tag Archives: Joe Burgess

A Deadly, Dark, Twisty, Chilling Story

Posted on April 8, 2019 by mainecrimewriters

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 | 18 Comments

Dear Readers! We Have a Thank You and a Gift …

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Sandra Neily

Dear Maine Crime Writers’ readers, At the start of 2019, we’d like to thank you for your for your engagement and feedback and love of mysteries, thrillers, and crime fiction. Thank you! So, From Maine Crime Writers to YOU … … Continue reading →

Tagged Among the Shadows, Barbara Ross, book giveway, Brenda Buchanan, Bruce Robert Coffin, Careful What You Wish For, Detective Byron Mysteries, Dick Cass, giveaway, Group Post, Joe Burgess, Joseph Souza, Kate Flora, Lea Wait, Maureen Milliken, Sandra Neily, Susan Vaughn, Vaughn C. Hardacker | 2 Comments

Can This Book Be Saved?

Posted on September 13, 2018 by mainecrimewriters

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 I have plenty of unpublished work.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 | 1 Comment

The Comforting World of Crime

Posted on November 11, 2016 by mainecrimewriters

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 →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged Craig Johnson, Harriet Vane, Jack Reacher, Jeffrey Deaver, Joe Burgess, Joe Pike, John D. MacDonald, Kate Flora, Longmire, Lord Peter Whimsey, Margery Allingham, Mary Stewart, Mystery Muses, Robert Crais, Stephanie Plum, Tony Hillerman, William Kent Krueger | 23 Comments

If My Writing Life Had A Playlist

Posted on October 12, 2016 by mainecrimewriters

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 | 7 Comments

Ten Tips for Tuning Up Your Descriptions

Posted on June 28, 2016 by mainecrimewriters

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 →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged fiction writing, Grendel, Joe Burgess, John Gardner, Kate Flora, Rebecca McClanahan, Rodale's Synonym Finder, The Art of Fiction, The Describer's Dictionary, The Things They Carried, Thea Kozak mysteries, Tim O'Brien, Word Painting, writing, writing craft | 21 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

In Fine Libraries Everywhere

Posted on December 31, 2015 by mainecrimewriters

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 →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged A Good Man with a Dog, Carol Briggs, Curtis Library, Jesup Library. Concord Free Public Library, Joe Burgess, Liberty Library, Maine Warden Service, Rangeley Library, Roger Guay | 4 Comments

What the heck is Camel-Nosing?

Posted on July 14, 2015 by mainecrimewriters

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 | 1 Comment

It’s Just Your Imagination

Posted on February 25, 2015 by mainecrimewriters

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 →