The Maine Crime Writers
Tag Archives: true crime
The Pig Farmer
Vaughn C. Hardacker here: In her blog of February 21st, Kate Flora discussed the question every writer is asked at one time or another: “Where do you get your ideas?” Well, we get them from a lot of places. The … Continue reading
Posted in Vaughn's Posts
Tagged cadaver-sniffing dogs, canadian murders, Maine, serial killers, true crime, Vancouver
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Watching true crime TV is good for your writing. Honest.
I have a lot of reasons for not getting far with my new book. Actually, I got semi-far, but the hard drive on my laptop died, and while I thought I’d saved the book to the cloud, I apparently didn’t. … Continue reading
And the winner is… true crime all the time
As writers, we spend a lot of time thinking great thoughts, perusing intellectual tomes and having deep insightful conversation with like-minded artists. Kidding! Let’s face it, this time of year, with the sleet hitting the windows and another work week … Continue reading
Posted in Maureen's Posts
Tagged Neflix, Sour Grapes, Ted Bundy, The Innocent Man, true crime
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POPULAR CRIME PAYS
Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o’erwhelm them, to men’s eyes. (William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, Scene 2) Susan Vaughan here. My husband shakes his head at my fascination with the court news and crime articles in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Lizzie Borden, Maine Crime Writers, mystery writing, Popular Crime, Susan Vaughan, true crime
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The Death of Local News, or if you want to get away with murder, come to Hartland.
As time goes by, I miss writing for the Sebasticook Valley Weekly more and more. It was a local weekly published in Newport and my first encounter with it was when Brenda Seekins, the editor, stopped by the library and … Continue reading
Tagged Black Humor, Copper Theft, Hartland, John Clark, murder, true crime, Vandalism
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It’s Different When the “Story” is Real
Kate Flora here, just back from a quick drive up to Miramichi, New Brunswick, to deliver copies of Death Dealer to the investigators who are the real life characters in the book. Death Dealer, in case I’ve failed to describe … Continue reading
Lizzie Borden Took An Axe…
Vaughn C. Hardacker here: In 2009 I was laid off from the last of many hi-tech jobs and being single (my wife of thirty-six years passed away after a brief but valiant battle with cancer) I decided that the time … Continue reading
Charlene D’Avanzo 
