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by Kait Carson
Writers are encouraged to use all five senses and incorporate them into every scene. Hearing, easy, touch, a slam dunk, sight, got it covered, taste, a bit harder, but everyone has to eat sometime. Then there is smell, the oft forgotten sense. Smell is hard to write, but an understanding of how we process scent as humans is vital, and it’s a great way to...
Vaughn C. Hardacker
Since I started writing, I’ve been told several rules, a couple of which I’ve never seen written in any style manual. Rule #1: I’ve heard countless times–never use semicolons in dialogue. Then I read a John Grisham bestseller, and he used sems in dialogue. Prior to using Word, I didn’t even know what a semicolon was. Wh...
Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Vaughn Hardacker (Monday), Kait Carson (Tuesday), Rob Kelley (Thursday), and Matt Cost (Friday).
In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog regularly at Maine Crime Writers:
Matt Cost: COVER REVEAL!
EveryThing vs Max Creed is comin...
Between the Crime Wave and a couple other appearances, including a West Bath book group where I ran into someone I worked with in Chelmsford, MA in 1985, it feels like I’ve been out and about a fair amount this spring, for someone who doesn’t yet have a new book to promote.
(See: September 1, 2026, from Islandport Press, a reissue of The Last Altruist and the ...
I’m so excited to connect with Jennifer K. Breedlove for today’s Wednesday post.
Jennifer is a composer, conductor, author, editor, and educator based in the Chicago area. A frequent visitor to Downeast Maine sinc...