Tag Archives: Vicki Doudera

Weekend Update: July 19-20, 2014

Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Kate Flora (Monday), Al Lamanda (Tuesday), Kaitlyn Dunnett (Wednesday), Vicki Doudera (Thursday), and Sarah Graves (Friday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog … Continue reading

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Death Before Breakfast

Vicki Doudera here, with a classic locked door puzzle that happened last week, right here in Camden. So close to home that I was still in my p.j.’s when I discovered the body. I will probably never know the whole … Continue reading

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Weekend Update: July 5-6, 2014

Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Sarah Graves (Monday), Kate Flora (Tuesday), Kaitlyn Dunnett (Wednesday), Vicki Doudera (Thursday), and Lea Wait (Friday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog … Continue reading

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Join in “The Goldfinch” Debate

I’ll admit it straight off – I loved The Goldfinch.  I had that wonderful, rare feeling when you read a final sentence and close a book, letting yourself linger for as long as possible in the author’s world.  I had … Continue reading

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Weekend Update: June 28-29,2014

Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Vicki Doudera (Monday), Lea Wait (Tuesday), Jim Hayman (Wednesday), Barb Ross (Thursday), and John Clark (Friday). Happy Fourth of July to all our US readers! In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of … Continue reading

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Mystery or thriller? What’s the difference?

James Hayman: These days, like most of the other writers who contribute to this blog, I’m frequently invited by bookstores, book discussion groups and public libraries to discuss the art and the craft of writing crime fiction. In fact, I’ll … Continue reading

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Trekking Across Maine – Again!

Vicki Doudera here, spending today pedaling my way through the first day of my sixth (yeah – that’s right – sixth!)  Trek Across Maine, the annual 180-mile cycling event to benefit the American Lung Association. This year is a big … Continue reading

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Weekend Update: June 7-8, 2014

Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by John Clark (Monday), Sarah Graves (Tuesday), Kate Flora (Wednesday), and Vicki Doudera (Friday), with a guest blog from Maureen Milliken on Thursday. In the news department, here’s what’s happening … Continue reading

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The Characters that Share my Day

We probably all know at least one person who shares our birthday, but living in a small Maine town for nearly three decades (can that really be?) means that I know quite a few. Vicki Doudera here. I’m not talking … Continue reading

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Edgar Allan Poe Explains it All

Early on, I admired the work of  Edgar Allan Poe, thanks mostly to my mother who read out loud to me his very creepy short story The Gold Bug. It was about a man obsessed with searching for treasure after … Continue reading

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