Tag Archives: Maine Crime Writers

What Spreads Beyond the Place Where It Started?

Posted on May 22, 2024 by Sandra Neily

Sandy Neily here: Cancer and rampant real estate development. Both are driven by relentless metastasis, a word usually reserved for the spread of cancer.   Here’s the medical definition: metastasis is when the cancer spreads beyond the place where it … Continue reading →

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Joyful Even After …. The Facts

Posted on April 22, 2024 by Sandra Neily

  Sandra Neily here: On Earth Day, do we have enough residual hope to celebrate success, even as the future often looks really tough? Today, we hear from my good friend, Sally Stockwell, Maine Audubon’s Director of Conservation. In the … Continue reading →

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Actually Useful Writing Books

Posted on March 29, 2024 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora: Over the years, I accumulated quite a library of reference books related to writing, to crime writing in particular, and to crime investigations of all sorts. I never stop acquiring books that someone I regard as credible has … Continue reading →

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“It’s Never Too Late … “

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Sandra Neily

Sandra Neily here Hello Maine Crime Writers community, I posted this in 2018! (Wow, years ago, but I think post-pandemic and then all of us getting older, I’d like to bring it back…. a bit revised.  I found it still … Continue reading →

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Fitness: Squats. Scat. Owl Pellets … And Some “Fit” Newsletter Advice

Posted on February 20, 2024 by Sandra Neily

There’s Author News and Updates, too. Winter Fitness Class. (I never made it back to the gym after Covid shut down) AM Class: Squats to put snowshoes on. Snowshoe Raven the dog up through new snow into the woods for … Continue reading →

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Ooops. “Ass At Own Risk.” Details Too Good to Waste

Posted on January 22, 2024 by Sandra Neily

Sandra Neily here: I collect details that I migrate to my characters, plots and pages. (My pockets and car corners are full of errant slips of paper.) Today I thought I’d share some of the list that’s taped next to … Continue reading →

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Gifting. No Wrapping Necessary.

Posted on December 21, 2023 by Sandra Neily

Sandra Neily here with a gift from Maine Crime Writers’ reader Mary Ann and my story of the best gift ever. (My best gift ever.) Raven gives the birds her gift, keeping squirrels off the feeder.    The Affordable, but … Continue reading →

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Eat Well. Eat Cheap. Avoid Bloated Buns

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Sandra Neily

Sandra Neily here: In late August I was treated to a three-night cruise on the windjammer the Angelique. There was much to rhapsodize about. (Thank you, Leslie!), but this is a post about food and avoiding disappointment, financial or otherwise. … Continue reading →

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Paying Attention To Flowers And Stones, And …

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Sandra Neily

Sandra Neily here:  Sharing a wildflower fiesta with readers. I’m sharing many (but not all) of the flowers I found in a one hour walk in uncut fields at the ski area north of Greenville.       The last … Continue reading →

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“Lumpy, Aged, and Wrinkled Bodies”

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Sandra Neily

“They did not know that lumpy, aged, and wrinkled bodies were as needy as their own young, firm ones, that love was not to be tossed away carelessly . . .” Sandra Neily here: Today, I want to explore (just … Continue reading →

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