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Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Kate Flora (Monday), Allison Keeton (Tuesday), Matt Cost (Thursday) and Maureen Milliken (Friday) with a writing tip on Wednesday from Rob Kelley on creative humility.

In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog regularly at Maine Crime Writers:

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Arlo Topp knew that folks called him Muffin behind his back, but couldn’t care less. It fit in with the persona he’d cultivated for more than thirty-five years, twenty-five of them as a special investigative agent for the FBI. His clear Ben Franklin spectacles, the occasional use of a corn cob pipe, and his penchant for wearing cords and a faded flannel shirt, had lulled many...


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Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here. I’m having trouble coming up with something I want to write about this time around. The world outside my cave alternates between depressing and horrifying. I’m not actively engaged in any writing project at the moment. And I doubt readers really care what I’m currently binge-watching—The West Wing, if you must know—or reading....


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Ok, so Comp Titles, also known as Comparison Titles, are officially used in query letters once you’ve written your book and are seeking a literary agent or a small press. They are needed for the sales pitch, but I hope you will give me grace for writing about them on Writing Tip Wednesday.For me, selecting published books to juxtapose to my manuscript is the most difficult pa...


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