Tag Archives: Liss MacCrimmon Scottish-American Heritage Mysteries

Christmas With Liss MacCrimmon

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, pondering why so many publishers of cozy mystery series, including humorous mysteries, think Christmas is a good time to commit murder. In real life, of course, there are plenty of homicides over the holidays, mostly … Continue reading

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Your Dimensions May Vary

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here. Back when I worked in the circulation department at Mantor Library at the University of Maine at Farmington in the 1980s, part of my job was re-shelving returned books. We used to joke that the … Continue reading

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Dancing, with the stars and otherwise . . .

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, pondering just why it is that the only television show I’m looking forward to in the new season is Dancing with the Stars, which premieres its twenty-fifth series tonight at eight. It certainly can’t be … Continue reading

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Weekend Update: September 27-28, 2014

Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Susan Vaughan (Monday), Dorothy Cannell (Tuesday), John Clark (Wednesday), Sarah Graves (Thursday), and Kate Flora (Friday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog regularly at … Continue reading

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Sunday Update: November 3, 2013

Next week at Maine Crime Writers we’ll be featuring posts from Kaitlyn Dunnett (Monday), Vicki Doudera (Tuesday), Lea Wait (Wednesday), Jim Hayman (Thursday), and Barb Ross (Friday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog … Continue reading

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Sunday Update: August 25, 2013

Next week at Maine Crime Writers: On Tuesday, Kaitlyn Dunnett blogs, this time writing as her “evil twin,” historical novelist Kate Emerson. Then look for Vicki Doudera on Wednesday, Lea Wait on Thursday, and James Hayman on Friday. In the news department, … Continue reading

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Halloween in July . . . and another drawing for a free book

For some unknown reason, the new Liss MacCrimmon Scottish-American Heritage Mystery, Vampires, Bones, and Treacle Scones, set at Halloween, is scheduled to be in stores and available as an ebook today, July 30th. I’m not complaining, mind you. And who … Continue reading

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New Stuff . . . and win an Advance Reading Copy

July is a banner month in the Liss MacCrimmon world. The paperback reprint of Bagpipes, Brides, and Homicides was released on July 2nd. The newest entry in the series, Vampires, Bones, and Treacle Scones, will be out in hardcover on … Continue reading

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Writing, Painting, Traveling, Moving and Other Stuff.

This has been an unusually hectic and exciting Spring for my wife Jeanne and I. And trust me we’ve had some pretty hectic ones in the past. In mid-May we traveled down to Washington, DC where she had a solo … Continue reading

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Gestural Writing

James Hayman:  As the husband of an accomplished practicing artist who often works with the figure, I know my wife often begins what often ends up as a finished drawing, print, encaustic or oil painting with a quick gestural sketch … Continue reading

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