Tag Archives: Murder by the Book

Stockpiling Inspiration like Acorns to Carry Us Through the Winter

Posted on November 12, 2019 by Brenda Buchanan

How is it mid-November already? I’m writing this on Veteran’s Day, eleven days into the eleventh month. It was full-on dark outside my window at 4:30 this afternoon, which was just as well because it was spitting snow. We all … Continue reading →

Posted in Brenda's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Ann Cleeves, Hallie Ephron, Jesup Memorial Library, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Lori Rader-Day, Murder by the Book, Mystery Writers of America, New England Crime Bake, Sisters in Crime, The Long Call | 5 Comments

Building Community

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Brenda Buchanan

We don’t talk about it much, but we writers are all about building community. In this time of strife and struggle, that’s a valuable thing. Last weekend I went to Books in the ‘Brook, a monthly salon for readers and … Continue reading →

Posted in Brenda's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged book groups, Books in the Brook, community, Murder by the Book, Noir @ the Bar | 3 Comments

The ideal writing trip — quiet, long roads, Reese’s cups and the great state of Maine

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Maureen Milliken

The last week of October/first week of November, I took a writing vacation to Lubec. And to forestall the inevitable question, NO, I did NOT go to Campobello. Well, first I went to Murder by the Book at the Jesup … Continue reading →

Posted in Maureen's Posts | Tagged Lubec, Maine, Murder by the Book, New Sweden, Route 1, writing | 5 Comments

Lost (in) Bar Harbor

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Barbara Ross

Hi. Barb here. I got to spend last weekend with many of your favorite Maine Crime Writers (plus Katherine Hall Page and Hank Phillippi Ryan) at Murder by the Book at the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor, Maine. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Barb's Posts | Tagged Farview, Great Fire of 1947, Jesup Memorial Library, Lost Bar Harbor, Mary Robert Rinehart, Murder by the Book, Sonogee, Wonder View Inn | 11 Comments

Weekend Update: October 1-2, 2016

Posted on October 1, 2016 by kaitlynkathy

Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson (Monday), Maureen Milliken (Tuesday), Barb Ross (Wednesday), Dick Cass (Thursday), and Lea Wait (Friday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog regularly at Maine Crime Writers: … Continue reading →

Posted in Sunday Updates | Tagged Bar Harbor, Barb Ross, Dick Cass, Exciting Students about writing, Harmony Elementary School, Jesup Library, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Lea Wait, Maine Crime Writers news, Maureen Milliken, Murder by the Book | Leave a comment

Weekend Update: September 24-25, 2016

Posted on September 24, 2016 by kaitlynkathy

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

Posted in Sunday Updates | Tagged Barb Ross, Bruce Robert Coffin, Dorothy Cannell, Jesup Library, John Clark, Kate Flora, Maine Crime Writers news, Murder by the Book, Vaughn Hardacker | 1 Comment

Good-bye Summer, Hello Fall

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Barbara Ross

by Barb, writing probably her last blog post from her front porch in Boothbay Harbor for this year Today is Labor Day, and even in this, Maine’s warmest summer on record, there’s a nip in the air in the evenings … Continue reading →

Posted in Barb's Posts | Tagged Bouchercon, cozy & proud, Death and Desserts, Eggnog Murder, Iced Under, labor day, Murder by the Book, Mysterium The Mystery Novel Conference, New England Crime Bake, Sherman's Maine Coast Bookshop | 8 Comments

Have Books, Will Travel . . .

Posted on July 12, 2016 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora: It’s summer in Maine. For many, it is the season of vacation, of ponds and lakes and oceans, of farmer’s markets, of tending vegetable gardens or picking berries. For writers, it is the season of libraries, book fairs, … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged Belfast Library, Beyond the Sea Book Festival, Books in Boothbay, Death and Dessert, Highland Heath House, Jesup Memorial Library, Liberty Graphics, Liberty Library, Murder by the Book, Rangeley Library, Sherman's Books, The Bluenose Inn | 5 Comments

Into the Flow

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Bruce Robert Coffin

Last October I had the great pleasure of taking part in the first annual Murder by the Book, a two day event held at Bar Harbor’s historic Jesup Memorial Library. Is there anything more inspiring than autumn on the coast … Continue reading →