Tag Archives: Kaitlyn Dunnett

Weekend Update: January 10-11, 2026

Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Gabi Stiteler (Monday), Rob Kelley (Tuesday), Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson (Thursday) and John Clark (Friday) with a writing tip on Wednesday from Allison Keeton. In the news department, here’s … Continue reading

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One Gigantic Project

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, today writing as Kathy to report that the biggest writing project of the year (decade? my life?) may finally be complete. After three solid months of proofreading and revising (no additions, just making the entries … Continue reading

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Weekend Update: December 27-28, 2025

Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Dick Cass (Monday), and Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson (Friday) with a group post on Tuesday. In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog regularly … Continue reading

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Comfort Food

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, today talking about comfort food. It’s the season for it—shorter days and colder nights always tempt me to hunker down next to the wood stove with a good book, but I still have to eat … Continue reading

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Weekend Update: December 13-14, 2025

Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson (Monday), Kate Flora (Tuesday), Allison Keeton (Thursday) and Matt Cost (Friday), with a Writing Tip from Kate on Wednesday. In the news department, here’s what’s … Continue reading

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Inspirations for Names

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here. The other day my friends over at the Word Wenches blog answered a reader question about where they got their characters’ names. A couple of days later, the same topic came up at Jungle Red. … Continue reading

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Weekend Update: November 29-30, 2025

Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson (Monday), Kate Flora (Tuesday), Brenda Buchanan (Thursday) and John Clark (Friday), with a Writing Tip from Matt Cost on Wednesday. In the news department, here’s … Continue reading

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What’s the best writing advice you ever got?

As part of our Writing Tips Wednesday, we are resharing this post from waayy back in 2012, offering some of the writing advice we’ve gotten over the years. Kate Flora here, starting a discussion with my fellow writers about the … Continue reading

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Did You Ever Wish You Owned A Horse?

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, thinking about horses. I have no idea why, but when I was contemplating possible blog topics the other day, this one popped into my head. First let me say that, no, I never wanted to … Continue reading

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Weekend Update: November 15-16, 2025

Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson (Monday), Kate Flora (Tuesday), Allison Keeton (Thursday), and Matt Cost (Friday), with a Writing Tip post on Wednesday. In the news department, here’s what’s happening … Continue reading

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