Tag Archives: maine mysteries

“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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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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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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Letting My Crazy Loose

Posted on October 10, 2023 by John Clark

  John Clark, happy to talk about a new anthology coming out on October 22. Dark Maine contains 21 tales, some new, others having appeared in anthologies over the past twenty years or so. Unlike Hardscrabble Kids which came out … Continue reading →

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Cooler Surprise. Deer Flies. Acres of Lettuce.

Posted on September 18, 2023 by Sandra Neily

Sandra Neily here: There’s a moment on every camping trip where you peer into the cooler to see what’s left floating around down there. A “Cooler Surprise” meal with a bit of everything often has us thinking over the whole … 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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Never Start a Book with the Weather

Posted on July 6, 2023 by mainecrimewriters

The Maine Crime Writers blog was born in the summer of 2011, when Kate Flora decided it would be fun to get a group of Maine writers together to talk about what we do and why we choose to live … Continue reading →

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Pandemic Perspectives

Posted on May 25, 2023 by mainecrimewriters

Today, we are delighted to welcome Katherine Hall Page back to blog to talk about her new book, and writing during the pandemic. Katherine Hall Page: My new book, The Body in the Web is not about being in Maine. It’s … Continue reading →

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A Dog Vacation (It’s Mud Season)

Posted on April 26, 2023 by Sandra Neily

Sandra Neily : Raven’s vaca post is all ready to share.  She (my dog) is partial mostly to pictures. Below, I comment on “Middlemarch,” C.J. Box and hot moments, and confess an edit.  Raven here:           … Continue reading →

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Pithy. Pithy. Pithy! (am so eager for more of it …)

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Sandra Neily

  Sandra Neily here: Are you, like me, pining for the world to get a bit more … Pithy? A pithy phrase or statement is brief but full of substance and meaning. It often feels like a shot of truth. (I don’t … Continue reading →

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