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Maine summer author tour tips for readers, writers and libraries
As April nears its end and we (fingers crossed!) have the worst of the winter weather behind us, the Maine author talk and book-selling tour is heating up along with the temperatures. That means there’s an author talk coming to … Continue reading
Posted in Maureen's Posts, Uncategorized
Tagged Author appearances, author talks, libraries, selling books
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Maine Librarians Can!
This will go down in history as the summer of can’t. Can’t experience the anticipatory happiness of hearing musicians tuning up to play a concerto. Can’t applaud as the Pride or Independence Day parade marches by. Can’t take in a … Continue reading
Library Love
A discussion on Twitter this past weekend asked people to tweet about the libraries they love the most. I follow a lot of writers, so was not one bit surprised by the number of shout-outs for people’s hometown libraries. For … Continue reading
Posted in Brenda's Posts, Uncategorized
Tagged bookmobile, Fitchburg Youth Library, Fitchbury Public Library, libraries
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Weekend Update: January 27-28, 2018
Next week at Maine Crime Writers, there will be posts by John Clark (Monday), Dorothy Cannell (Tuesday) , group post (Wednesday), Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson (Thursday), and Bruce Coffin (Friday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of … Continue reading
Sisters (and brothers) celebrate a special crime-filled birthday
Sisters in Crime began 30 years ago as a way to support and advocate for female writers, who … wait for it… weren’t getting nearly as many reviews as male writers were, as well as a lack of attention for … Continue reading
Posted in Maureen's Posts, Uncategorized
Tagged author talks, libraries, Sisters in Crime, writer events
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Previously on Maine Crime Writers
Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, today providing some follow up on a couple of my posts here at the Maine Crime Writers blog. Back in October, in Books, You Say I wrote about being overwhelmed by the number of author … Continue reading
Want proof a community cares about a library? Take a trip to Augusta, Maine
We’ve written often in this space about libraries and how much we appreciate them — as writers they hold a special place for us. Recently, I was reminded just how much libraries are part of a community as a whole … Continue reading
Posted in Maureen's Posts
Tagged Augusta, Bernie O'Dea, Cold Hard News, libraries, Maine, Maureen Milliken, No News is Bad News, Reading
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It's summertime in Maine and the readin' is easy
If it’s summer, it’s reading season! Actually, if you’re like me, any time is reading season. Or, with pesky things like work getting in the way, want-to-read season. But there’s something about summer, especially if you live in Maine, that … Continue reading
Posted in Maureen's Posts
Tagged Books in Boothbay, Cold Hard News, libraries, Maine, Maureen Milliken, mystery, No News is Bad News
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Going to the Source of Inspiration
In Cover Story, the second book in the Joe Gale series, my newspaper reporter protagonist finds himself on deadline without a computer. Does Joe panic? Nope. He goes to the local library. He’s covering a high-profile murder trial in Machias during the brutal winter of 2015. His laptop … Continue reading
Posted in Brenda's Posts
Tagged downeast maine, Joe Gale, libraries, Machias, murder trial
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Weekend Update: April 9-10, 2016
Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Maureen Milliken (Monday), Kate Flora (Tuesday), Katherine Hall Page (Wednesday), a guest librarian (Thursday), and John Clark (Friday). We are celebrating National Library Week this week. Authors love libraries, … Continue reading
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