Tag Archives: Joe Burgess

The Colors of Fall

Posted on September 26, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

    Kate Flora here, sitting in the chaos of my torn-apart house. What seemed like a great plan four months ago–making a more workable bedroom and closets–now seems like the fast road to a month-long blinding headache. Right now, three … Continue reading →

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How Do You Write a Character Very Different from You?

Posted on August 4, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Hi, it’s Kate Flora, in the midst of a summer of visiting Maine libraries. One of the best things about talking mystery to a library audience is the questions you ask. So often there are questions I’ve never been asked … Continue reading →

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How We Keep Our Series Characters Interesting

Posted on July 29, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Note: Kate and Vicki will be at the Camden Public library this Tuesday, July 31st at 6:30 p.m., joined by Janis Bolster for a Sisters in Crime Beach Read event. We’d love to see you there. Kate Flora here, starting a … Continue reading →

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A Day in the Life

Posted on June 9, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora, here, sharing something I wrote earlier this spring for the charming Dru Ann Love’s blog,  Dru’s Book Musings, when I was on my book promotion blog tour. I was asked to write about a day in my character’s … Continue reading →

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Memorial Acts

Posted on April 1, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora here, sharing something I’ve been musing about this morning: memorial acts. I still wear my mother, writer A. Carman Clark’s wedding ring. Struggle to keep her plants alive five years after her death, even though she had a green … Continue reading →

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Introducing Characters to the Reader

Posted on March 11, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kaitlyn Dunnett  here, with a group topic gleaned from comments on a listserv I subscribe to. Someone who appears to like my Liss MacCrimmon mysteries, commented that she found it annoying that I described each new character as they came on the scene … Continue reading →

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Prepare to be lassoed: A meditation on branding

Posted on December 12, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

It’s a dangerous thing, when my fellow writers are talking about Santa and cookies and pajama shopping, to go and get all serious instead of writing about chocolate bark, but this is what is on my mind today. So if … Continue reading →

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Apple Stealing and other fun fall pursuits . . .

Posted on October 2, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

Kate: Despite the glorious weather we’ve been having, I’ve gotten out the heavy winter quilts and started wondering where I put my sweaters last spring. Fall is my favorite season. I always feel energized as I hit my writing desk. … Continue reading →

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