The Maine Crime Writers
Tag Archives: Playing God
Planning, Plotting, and Other Adventures
Kate Flora: January is always a time for reflection. My friend Lea Wait used to make five year plans, and January was a good time to review and revise them. I admired her greatly for that, but I’ve never been … Continue reading →
The Story Behind the Story
Kate Flora here. It’s January, which is not among my favorite months except in one respect: January as many writers will tell you, is a fabulous writing month. When I have to put on my heaviest coat–the one that makes … Continue reading →
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Tagged Claire Eddy, Deni Dietz, Donald Maass, embracing rewrite, Five Star Mysteries, Joshua Bilmes, Leona Nevler, Playing God, Writing the Breakout Novel
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Sunday Update: August 4, 2013
Coming up this week: Barb Ross (Monday), John Clark (Tuesday), Kate Flora (Wednesday), Gerry Boyle (Thursday), Kaitlyn Dunnett (Friday), and on Saturday, special guest Laurie Meunier Graves from the A Good Eater blog. Laurie was a founder and editor of Wolf Moon Journal. … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barb Ross, clammed up, Crime Fiction 101, Gerry Boyle, Harry Rinker, Joe Burgess, John Clark, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Flora, Laurie Graves, Maine Crime Writers schedule, Orrs Island Yacht Club, Playing God, reviews, Shadows on a Cape Cod Wedding, Whatcha Got?
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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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Tagged Books in Boothbay, Death Dealer, Finding Amy, Joe Burgess, Kathleen Valentine, Kim Drain, Maine Literary Awards, Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, New England Crime Bake, Playing God, Redemption, Thomaston Library, Thumbtack Design, Valentine Design, Westbrook Library, Wiscasset Library
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Maine Visitors Ask: What, No Cabot Cove??
(Our Guest Blogger today is Paula Keeney, from Mainely Murders Bookstore in Kennebunk) It’s (almost) summer in Maine. That means the tourists are back and many are looking for some good summer/beach reads. How do you spell m-y-s-t-e-r-i-e-s? At Mainely … Continue reading →
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Tagged Brandon Blake, Cabot Cove, Claire Fergusson, Deadline, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow, James Hayman, Jessica Fletcher, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Kate Flora, Maine Murders Bookstore, Mike McCabe, mystery bookstores, Playing God, Port City Black and White, Port City Shakedown, Redemption, Rizzoli and Isles, Stephen King, Tess Gerritsen, The Angel of Knowlton Park, The Chill of Night, The Cutting
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Opening Acts – Discovering Our Series Characters Through E-Books
‘Tis the season for new e-readers and tablets of all sorts. So, for those of you who are looking for e-books to read, and love to begin a series at the beginning, we offer the following links to help you … Continue reading →
Tagged A House to Die For, Chosen for Death, Dead Cat Bounce, e-books, Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie, Gerry Boyle, Group Post, James Hayman, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Flora, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Kilt Dead, Lea Wait, Liss MacCrimmon, mystery series, Paul Doiron, Playing God, Port City Shakedown, Sarah Graves, Shadows at the Fair, Shadows series, The Cutting. Barbara Ross, The Poacher's Son, Thea Kozak series, thin ice, Vicki Doudera
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Kate Considers The Surprise of Taking Chances
Twenty-eight years ago, an infant in my arms and a madcap three-year-old cavorting around my house, I decided that I wasn’t going to practice law for a while. I was going to stay home with my boys. Not long after, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Chosen for Death, Dead Calm, Dead of Winter, Finding Amy, Joe Loughlin, justice, Perrier-Jouet, Playing God, true crime
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