Tag Archives: Maine Crime Writers

IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE, COOK ON

Posted on September 29, 2017 by

Yes, I know Shakespeare didn’t write it that way in Twelfth Night. But I’m definitely not the first to make the connection between food and love. In crime fiction as well as in romance fiction, people’s relationships are at the … Continue reading →

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GOING LOONY

Posted on August 31, 2017 by

Susan Vaughan here. A few years ago, my husband and I sold our small sailboat and bought a camp. For the uninitiated, in Maine parlance, a camp is a summer or weekend cottage either in the woods or on a … Continue reading →

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SUMMERTIME AND I HAVEN”T WRITTEN SQUAT!!!

Posted on August 23, 2017 by

I’m sitting here listening to Eddie Cochran sing his 1958 hit SUMMERTIME BLUES Paul’s video jukebox (http://www.1959bhsmustangs.com/VideoJukebox.htm#) on my PC and when I hear the lyric “You can’t have the car because you didn’t work a lick” I realize that I … Continue reading →

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HANDS UP! GIMME ALL YOUR…

Posted on July 20, 2017 by

Not a holdup, but hands up and shoulders back and keep moving! I posted this a year ago, but it received such interest and more people have asked me about it, so here we go. Because of years of back … Continue reading →

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MAKING STORY CHARACTERS REAL

Posted on May 16, 2017 by

Susan Vaughan here. I recently spoke to a group at the Jackson Memorial Library in Tenants Harbor, Maine, about the “anatomy” of a novel. The talk was aimed at readers, not writers. So often readers ask how writers come up … Continue reading →

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Is a MacGuffin Something? Or Nothing?

Posted on April 17, 2017 by

Susan Vaughan here. In fiction, a MacGuffin, sometimes written McGuffin or maguffin, is a plot device in the form of some goal, desired object, or other motivator that the protagonist and often others pursue. For storytellers as far back as ancient … Continue reading →

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In Your Opinion . . .

Posted on August 18, 2016 by

Kate Flora here, filling in for Dorothy Cannell. For those of you who are regulars, you know that this blog is an eclectic mix of writing, author news, exploring our various parts of Maine, food, fun, and whatever else we … Continue reading →

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