Tag Archives: mystery writing

Editing, What’s It All About?

Posted on August 3, 2018 by

Susan Vaughan here. Occasionally readers ask me what book editors do and how they work with authors, so here’s a general explanation on the subject, including some input from other Maine Crime Writers. Book editors receive book proposals and manuscripts … Continue reading →

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WHY MAINE?

Posted on June 27, 2018 by

Susan Vaughan here. Although I’m a native West Virginian, after forty years living n the Mid-Coast, I consider Maine home. (Except to native Mainers, I’m still “from away.”) My husband and I discovered the beauty of the Pine Tree State … Continue reading →

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“It’s Never Too Late To Be What You Might Have Been”

Posted on June 7, 2018 by

  Mary Anne Evans once wrote “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” And she did become what she should have been. She became the novelist George Eliot, choosing a man’s pen name to ensure … Continue reading →

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My Biggest Challenge

Posted on May 18, 2018 by

Vaughn Hardacker here: I have just started the rewrite phase of my most recent novel, which I have tentatively titled THE EXCHANGE. I have always found rewrite to be the hardest task in the writing process. In particular, what to … Continue reading →

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When the Book Won’t Write Itself

Posted on April 24, 2018 by

Susan Vaughan here. My latest novel of romantic suspense has just been published. Yesterday, actually. Dark Vision is an addition to the DARK Files series, and my fourteenth book. I had a glass or two of bubbly to celebrate and breathed … Continue reading →

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Back To Basics

Posted on April 19, 2018 by

Vaughn C. Hardacker here: It’s been a long winter up here in The County (it’s a quarter past April and we’re still looking at two feet of snow on the ground). The winter of 2017/2018 seems to want to hang … Continue reading →

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AROOSTOOK MW&PA MEMBERS CONDUCT MONTHLY WRITER FORUM

Posted on March 21, 2018 by

Vaughn Hardacker here: In an effort to increase interest in writing in Maine’s northernmost county Alice Bolstridge took it upon herself to contact Sonja Eyler, director of the Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library in Presque Isle, about the feasibility … Continue reading →

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