Tag Archives: Maine Literary Awards

Now The Work Begins!

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Vaughn C. Hardacker

Vaughn Hardacker here: Recently I completed a novel that I’ve tentatively titled The Exchange. The plot is a crime thriller in which my protagonist (named Dylan Thomas–his mother was a fan of the poet) is a former state police detective … Continue reading →

Posted in Vaughn's Posts | Tagged crime writing, Dick Cass, Kate Flora, Maine Literary Awards, maine mysteries, Sandra Neily, writing | 5 Comments

Weekend Update: June 16-17, 2018

Posted on June 16, 2018 by kaitlynkathy

Next week at Maine Crime Writers, there will posts by Maureen Milliken (Monday) Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson (Tuesday), Joe Souza (Wednesday), Vaughn Hardacker (Thursday), and Kate Flora (Friday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who … Continue reading →

Posted in Sunday Updates | Tagged Joe Souza, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Flora, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Maine Crime Writers news, Maine Literary Awards, Maureen Milliken, photo contest, Vaughn Hardacker, Where Would You Put the Body?, William Andrews | Leave a comment

Plotting: The Thirty Thousand-Foot View

Posted on December 16, 2015 by mainecrimewriters

D.A. Keeley here. I’m honored to be invited to write a guest post for the Maine Crime Writers blog. I grew up in Readfield, lived in Presque Isle for a decade, and own a home in Old Orchard Beach. So, … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blog | Tagged Bitter Crossing, D.A. Keeley, Destiny's Pawn, Fallen Sparrow, Jeffrey Deaver, John Corrigan, K.A. Delaney, Maine Literary Awards, Peyton Cote | 6 Comments

Fictional Murder More Common in Maine than the Real Thing

Posted on June 3, 2015 by mainecrimewriters

By Brenda Buchanan Last week when I was speaking about my debut murder mystery Quick Pivot at the Portland Public Library, a reader observed that there are an awful lot of Maine crime writers, despite our state’s enviable place at … Continue reading →

Posted in Brenda's Posts | Tagged crime, Maine Literary Awards | 7 Comments

Am I Blue?

Posted on June 2, 2015 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora, sitting here on a rainy day. It’s June 1st and the temperature didn’t get above 52 degrees today. According to one of the silly e-mail ads I got this morning, June 1st is National Go Barefoot Day, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged And Grant You Peace, Bull Durham, crime fiction, Eeyore, K.A. Keeley, Maine Literary Awards, Paul Doiron, Vaughn Hardacker | 14 Comments

Weekend Update: June 7-8, 2014

Posted on June 7, 2014 by kaitlynkathy

Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by John Clark (Monday), Sarah Graves (Tuesday), Kate Flora (Wednesday), and Vicki Doudera (Friday), with a guest blog from Maureen Milliken on Thursday. In the news department, here’s what’s happening … Continue reading →

Posted in Sunday Updates | Tagged Al Lamanda, Barbara Ross, clammed up, John Clark, Kate Flora, Maine Crime Writers news, Maine Literary Awards, Paul Doiron, Sarah Graves, Sunset, Vicki Doudera | 2 Comments

Learning to Juggle

Posted on July 18, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora, here, reporting in from my desk, where I’m trying to set priorities and get my homework done. I will start out by stating that this is grossly unfair. It is summer in Maine. The air is too hot … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged Books in Boothbay, Death Dealer, Finding Amy, Joe Burgess, Kathleen Valentine, Kim Drain, Maine Literary Awards, Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, New England Crime Bake, Playing God, Redemption, Thomaston Library, Thumbtack Design, Valentine Design, Westbrook Library, Wiscasset Library | 7 Comments

Sunday Update

Posted on June 2, 2013 by kaitlynkathy

We are pleased to announce that Kate Flora is this year’s winner of the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction for her Portland-based police procedural, Redemption. Winners got blue balloons! Kaitlyn Dunnett here, falling in with the plan to pass … Continue reading →

Tagged Group Post, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Flora, Maine Literary Awards, Redemption, repetious words, revisions, Susan Vaughan, Twice a Target, updates, work in progress | 2 Comments

Dreaming

Posted on May 24, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

When I was growing up on a chicken farm in a small Maine town, money was often tight. Bill collectors really did knock on the door, sometimes the phone got turned off, and there was a large hole in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged 4-H, Chosen for Death, Deputy Chief Joseph K. Loughlin, Edgar Awards, Finding Amy, Grub Street, Kate Flora, Katherine Hall Page, Lea Wait, Maine Literary Awards, Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, Paul Doiron, Redemption, Sears and Roebuck, Thea Kozak, Union Maine, Vose Library | 7 Comments

Blending History with Mystery

Posted on October 21, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

(Today we asked Maine Literary Award finalist Janis Bolster to be our guest to talk about using history and historical research in a contemporary story.) Janis Bolster: I don’t remember how I stumbled into writing a series that combines historic crimes … Continue reading →