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1955: A Jazz Jones & January Queen Raleigh Mystery was born on October 20th at 12:01 a.m., weighing in at 13.6 ounces and 9 inches tall.

The idea for this latest historical PI mystery came from a simple source. I have three kids living in the Raleigh, North Carolina area. I wanted to write a historical mystery, and setting it somewhere I visit ofte...


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In 2018 I had the chance to take a class called “Unputdownable” with the very talented author of Child Zero, Chris Holm, about making your writing gripping ...


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Vaughn Hardacker here.  Several weeks ago, I received an email from [email protected], the CEO of speedymetric.com, asking if I would consider interviewing for a blog on the third novel in my Michael Houston & Anne Bouchard series: How Character Background Shapes Pressure in Quid Pro Quo: Vaughn C. Hardacker on Writing Tension.

I agreed. The res...


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Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Dick Cass (Monday), Vaughn Hardacker (Tuesday), Rob Kelley (Thursday), and Matt Cost (Friday), with an interview with special guest Henry Wise on Wednesday.

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

Last year’s Th...


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I had a big idea for a blog post, but to quote Greg Brady, “Something suddenly came up.” If you’re of a certain age and watched as much TV as I did, you’ll know what that means.

In any case, given my lack of time, I’m going to post some photos I’ve taken recently that are quintessentially fall in Maine. People ask where we get our ideas. Lots of times, it’s small thing...


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