Maine Crime Writers

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here. On Tuesday, the reissue of the third book in my Diana Spaulding 1888 Quartet, No Mortal Reason, came out in trade paperback and e-book formats. Reissuing books requires rereading them to make any necessary changes and/or corrections. Rereading this one reminded me just how many details I borrowed directly from real stories abo...

I’ve been on Revision Highway lately, a road familiar to those of us who are compelled to write.

All writers, published or pre-published, eventually come to embrace the immutable truth that hidden beauty emerges during revision. You may think your precious manuscript is ready to go when you reach the end of the first draft, but chances are very good you are wrong.

Been a really wonderful couple weeks… and to think I was dragging my heels, thought staying home and working on the next Dee Rommel was what I SHOULD be doing. Boy, was I wrong!

Jule Selbo

On October 29, I had the opportunity to be on a panel at Concord Massachusetts’s amazingly gorgeous library, thanks...

Over the weekend, two-hundred and seventy-five (more or less) crime writers descended on Dedham, MA for the New England Crime Bake.

I’ll keep this post brief.

My favorite moments in no particular order:

Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Gabi Stiteler (Monday), Jule Selbo (Tuesday), Brenda Buchanan (Thursday), and Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson (Friday).

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

An invitation to ...