Tag Archives: New England Crime Bake

Weekend Update: November 1-2, 2014

Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Sarah Graves (Monday), Kate Flora (Tuesday), Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson (Wednesday), and Vicki Doudera (Thursday). On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday November 7-9) we’ll post special reports from New England Crime Bake. In the … Continue reading

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Growing New Ideas

Kate Flora here, bookending the week with another post. Lately, life has felt like I’m impelled forward by some unseen hand that is shoving and nudging me along from one task to another. My to-do list seems endless. I would … Continue reading

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And A Good Time Was Had By All

Kate Flora here. It’s not my day to blog, but today’s scheduled blogger is lost in a sea of confusion. Not surprising.  This weekend, many of your friendly neighborhood Maine Crime Writers were gathered at the Glickman Library in Portland … Continue reading

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A First Timer’s Take on the Crime Bake

John Clark here: It’s easy to rationalize not going to conferences: The dog needs someone to let him out, it’s too far/expensive, I won’t know anyone, everyone’s more successful. Fact is, none of these excuses help one become a better … Continue reading

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Weekend Update: November 9-10, 2013

Next week at Maine Crime Writers we’ll be featuring posts from John Clark (Monday), Dorothy Cannell (Tuesday), Kate Flora (Wednesday), Gerry Boyle (Thursday), and Jayne Hitchcock (Friday). You may have noticed that we’re playing around with the “look” of our … Continue reading

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Sunday Update: November 3, 2013

Next week at Maine Crime Writers we’ll be featuring posts from Kaitlyn Dunnett (Monday), Vicki Doudera (Tuesday), Lea Wait (Wednesday), Jim Hayman (Thursday), and Barb Ross (Friday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog … Continue reading

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Firing Blind in Iowa

James Hayman:  Imagine a blind cop or maybe a private eye whose sense of hearing or maybe smell is so acute he/she can use it to ferret it out a bad guy and make the arrest. It makes an appealing … Continue reading

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Reflections on Writing, or, What I’ve Learned

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here, introducing a guest blog by my friend Earl Smith, author of THE DAM COMMITTEE, and his new one, now in the pipeline, MORE DAM TROUBLE (which I’ve read). Earl’s work is a delight and if … Continue reading

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Sunday Update: September 1, 2013

Next week at Maine Crime Writers we’ll be featuring posts from Barbara Ross (Monday), John Clark (Tuesday), Kate Flora (Wednesday), Gerry Boyle (Thursday), Kaitlyn Dunnett (Friday) and Vicki Doudera (Saturday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who … Continue reading

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Learning to Juggle

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

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