Tag Archives: Thea Kozak

How Do You Write a Character Very Different from You?

Posted on August 4, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Hi, it’s Kate Flora, in the midst of a summer of visiting Maine libraries. One of the best things about talking mystery to a library audience is the questions you ask. So often there are questions I’ve never been asked … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged A.Carman Clark, Joe Burgess, The Maine Mulch Murder, Thea Kozak | 6 Comments

Let Me Tell You About My Character . . .

Posted on July 8, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora here, posing a challenge to my fellow Maine Crime Writers. From time to time, we write about our books, our characters, the stories we’re developing, and the research that we do, but I’ve been thinking that it would … Continue reading →

Tagged A House to Die For, Bad Little Falls, Brandon Blake, Damaged Goods, Darby Farr Mysteries, Deadly Offer, Gerry Boyle, Group Post, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Jake Tiptree, Kate Flora, Killer Listing, Mike Bowditch, Paul Doiron, Port City Black and White, Sarah Graves, The Poacher's Son, Thea Kozak, Trespasser, Vicki Doudera | 9 Comments

Memorial Acts

Posted on April 1, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora here, sharing something I’ve been musing about this morning: memorial acts. I still wear my mother, writer A. Carman Clark’s wedding ring. Struggle to keep her plants alive five years after her death, even though she had a green … Continue reading →

Tagged A.Carman Clark, Barbara Ross, Darby Farr, Fred Gorton, Group Post, Joe Burgess, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Flora, Lea Wait, Life of a Plodder, O Magazine, Oprah Winfrey, Peter Walsh, Seaward Born, shrines, Stopping to Home, Thea Kozak, Vicki Doudera | 6 Comments

In The Beginning

Posted on March 30, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

I’ve just started a new book—the eighth in my Thea Kozak series—and the process is reminding me of all the choices and decisions that come into play whenever a new book begins. All of my Thea books have the word … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged Crum Creek Press, Frank Ahearn, How to Disappear, Jim Huang, Kate Flora, research, series characters, Thea Kozak, Thea Kozak series, Vicki Doudera, writers and research | 8 Comments

Introducing Characters to the Reader

Posted on March 11, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kaitlyn Dunnett here, with a group topic gleaned from comments on a listserv I subscribe to. Someone who appears to like my Liss MacCrimmon mysteries, commented that she found it annoying that I described each new character as they came on the scene … Continue reading →

Tagged Barbara Ross, Bulwer-Lytton, character description, characters in novels, Claire Fergusson, Dark and Stormy Night, Group Post, Hadley Knox, I Shall Not Want, Jack Reacher, James Hayman, Joe Burgess, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Flora, Maine Game Warden, Mike Bowditch, Millers Kill, Paul Doiron, Scone Cold Dead, Thea Kozak, Tolstoy, Vicky Doudera | 6 Comments

A Glimpse at Our Works in Progress

Posted on February 26, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora here. There has been a lot of discussion on the blog lately about everyone being on deadline for new books. Since I’m always looking ahead for my next good read, I’m hoping some of you will be willing … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts | Tagged Bad Little Falls, Barbara Ross, Gerry Boyle, Group Post, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Flora, Lea Wait, Maggie Summer, Paul Doiron, Redemption, Shadows Antique Print Mysteries, Shadows on a Cape Cod Wedding, Thea Kozak | 4 Comments

Acadia the Lobster, With a Candlestick, In the Lighthouse

Posted on February 23, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora here, exhibiting typical February madness. So of course you are wondering what on earth the title of this blog means? Well, here it is in a nutshell: Part of what has been keeping me chained to my chair … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged Acadia, blogging, Downeast Books, Downeast Magazine, Dru Ann Love, Kate Flora, lighthouse, Lisa Haselton, lobster, Lois Winston, mystery writers, Paul Doiron, Redemption, Thea Kozak | 5 Comments

That’s ME in Your Book, isn’t it?

Posted on February 12, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Earl Smith, our guest today, talks about the dangers of setting your story in a small Maine town when you LIVE in a small Maine town. Any number of fiction writers could have warned me, but I never thought to … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blog | Tagged Belgrade, Colby College, Earl Smith, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow, Lea Wait, Maggie Summer, Sunset Grille, The Dam Committee, Thea Kozak, Waterville Sentinel | 5 Comments

Prepare to be lassoed: A meditation on branding

Posted on December 12, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

It’s a dangerous thing, when my fellow writers are talking about Santa and cookies and pajama shopping, to go and get all serious instead of writing about chocolate bark, but this is what is on my mind today. So if … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged Archer Mayor, branding, emotional velcro, Finding Amy, Joe Burgess, Kim Kardashian, Laura Lippman, Michael Connolly, S.J. Rozan, Tess Gerritsen, Thea Kozak | 5 Comments

Gerry Boyle interviews Kate Flora

Posted on July 17, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

OK, here’s a question I’ve wanted to ask you. You’re a lawyer. Why no courtroom series? Why not go the John Grisham route? Great question, Gerry. I realized early on that if I made my character a lawyer, I’d constantly … Continue reading →