Tag Archives: New England Crime Bake

A Writer’s Day Off

Posted on June 14, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here to tell you what you may already know. The writer’s day off? There isn’t one. I say this having been in a holding pattern for some time with two completed books (ONCE BURNED, McMorrow No. … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Damaged Goods, digital publishing, Down East Books, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, New England Crime Bake, Port City Black and White | 7 Comments

Do You Know About the New England Crime Bake?

Posted on May 19, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Love mysteries? Love mystery authors? Consider attending the New England Crime Bake, our own regional mystery conference sponsored by the local chapters of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America. Schmooze in the bar, hang out at lunch, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blog, Uncategorized | Tagged Meg Gardiner, Mystery Writers of America. Sisters in Crime, New England Crime Bake | 2 Comments

What Happens When 12,000 Writers Converge

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Barbara Ross

Hi. Barb here. Last week I attended AWP, the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference in Boston. Why did I go? It was one of those weird convergences in life where you’ve never heard of something, and then all … Continue reading →

Posted in Barb's Posts | Tagged 2013, Alice Hoffman, All this talk of Love, Andrew Goldstein, Association of Writers and Writing Programs, AWP, Barbara Ross, Best New England crime stories: Blood moon, Boston, Christopher Castellani, Grub Street, Helen Keller in Love, Henriette Power, Hope Edelman, ilan mochari, launch lab, Level Best Books, Malice Domestic, marjan Kamali, New England Crime Bake, Rosie Sultan, Sarah Gerkensmeyer, Steve Almond, The Bookie's Son, the clover house, Together Tea, Tom Perrotta, webct, What you are now enjoying, zinsky the obscure | 4 Comments

On Van Gogh and other Mysteries

Posted on December 7, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all, Gerry Boyle here. I’ve been thinking about this post all day and about how not long ago a high school student got in touch and asked if he could job-shadow me. Really, I thought. Flattering, but what would … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, mysteries, mystery writers, mystery writing, New England Crime Bake, Port City Black and White, van gogh | 5 Comments

Quips I have loved.

Posted on September 8, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman. I’m well aware that the name of our blog site is Maine Crime Writers. For this reason, one would reasonably expect us to write about crime or Maine or perhaps writing. However, today I’ll do none of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged crime stories, crime writing, Dorothy Parker, famous quotes, Groucho Marx, humor, James Hayman, maine mysteries, Mark Twain, mystery writing, ne-liners, New England Crime Bake, The Chill of Night, The Cutting, Yogi Berra | 7 Comments

A Book Begins; Commence the Wandering

Posted on June 23, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here. And I’m reporting in after spending much of the day in my favorite part of the writing trade: the wandering. I love the writing itself. I love the long hours in the study with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts | Tagged Brandon Blake, Down East Books, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, mystery writing, New England Crime Bake, Port City Black and White, Waldo County | 5 Comments

A Writing Retreat in Old Orchard Beach

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Barbara Ross

Hi. Barb here. Just back from an amazing, productive and restorative writing retreat in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. When I announced that I had sold a new series (see that blog post here), I explained the integral role my agent … Continue reading →

Posted in Barb's Posts | Tagged Barb Ross, Barbara Ross, Edith Maxwell, jessie crockett, John Talbot, live free or die, liz mugavero, Maine, New England Crime Bake, old orchard beach, seascape writers retreat, speaking of murder, tace baker, talbot fortune agency | 15 Comments

On a Lovely Funeral and Other Observations

Posted on February 11, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry here, reporting on what I did last weekend. I went to a funeral. I actually enjoyed it. I didn’t expect to but I did. Every minute. This was in a small town in northern Somerset County (redundant, … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Down East Books, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, mystery writers, mystery writing, New England Crime Bake, Port City Black and White | 2 Comments

Night Vision

Posted on January 7, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Gerry here, writing this in the wee hours. Nothing unusual for me as I’m a bit of an insomniac and when I wake up in the middle of the night the first thing I get is an idea. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime in Maine, crime stories, crime writing, Down East Books, flying squirrels, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, mystery writers, mystery writing, New England Crime Bake, Port City Black and White | 11 Comments

From crime novel to script—and back

Posted on December 13, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

Gerry here, talking about how a reviewer recently described my last book, PORT CITY BLACK AND WHITE, as drawing “an almost cinematic view of Portland.” It would have been better if he had left out the “almost.” Or if he … Continue reading →