Tag Archives: Port City Shakedown

Writing for the News Feed

Posted on January 4, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Hey, all. @gerryboyle here. I was advised that before publication of my next book I need to have “a more robust presence on Facebook and Twitter.” Okay, I said. Not a problem. So here we are. Still here. Still thinking. … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime stories, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Facebook for writers, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine Crime Writers, Port City Black and White, Port City Shakedown, social media for writers, writers on Twitter | 17 Comments

Opening Acts – Discovering Our Series Characters Through E-Books

Posted on December 23, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

‘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 | Leave a comment

Touched by the Long Arm of the Law

Posted on September 27, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Gerry Boyle here. And OK, I have to admit that my fascination with this murder case may have to do with the fact that it happened at the outset of my newspaper career, in a town I came to know … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Brandon Blake, Damaged Goods, Down East Books, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Jay Mercier, Maine Crime Writers, mysteries, mystery writers, mystery writing, Port City Black and White, Port City Shakedown, Rita St. Peter, writing | 7 Comments

An Ode to Crime Writers’ Kids

Posted on September 14, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here. Today is my son’s birthday. He’s my youngest: 22, a senior in college. We have a good time. Watching sports. Fishing. Shooting guns. Driving his vintage El Camino muscle car. Just talking. I even turned … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Brandon Blake, crime novels, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Ken Bruen, maine mysteries, mystery writing, Port City Black and White, Port City Shakedown | 13 Comments

Feed Your Head: Use Your Library

Posted on April 12, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Gerry Boyle here, and I was just thinking about my formative years, when maybe I should have been writing stories, penning plays, scribbling poems, like kids are supposed to do if they want to be writers. But I wasn’t writing. … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Albert Church Brown Memorial Library, Brandon Blake, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Down East Books, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow, Maine Crime Writers, Maine Library Association, North Gorham Public Library, Port City Black and White, Port City Shakedown, Portland Public Library, South Portland Public Library, Stockton Springs Community Library, Tenants Harbor Public Library, Wiliam Hall Library | 7 Comments

Nature or nurture, good or evil?

Posted on September 17, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

Gerry here. It’s been bothering me all week, so much so that I keep Googling this guy’s name, and watching as, like a slow-motion car wreck, the hits come up from all over the world. He’s accused of multiple murders. He’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged crime stories, crime writing, Down East Books, Gerry Boyle, good and evil, Jack McMorrow, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, mysteries, mystery writers, New England Crime Bake, Port City Black and White, Port City Shakedown | 3 Comments

The Privilege that is Writing

Posted on July 20, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

Morning. Gerry Boyle here, and I’m here with a reminder. For me, and maybe the rest of you. I know I’m supposed to be sort of cool about all this but I have to say that when galleys for PORT … Continue reading →