Kaitlyn Dunnett Interviews Gerry Boyle
You write two series, the Jack McMorrow Mysteries and the Brandon Blake Crime Novels. Do you regard crime novels and mysteries as two distinct types of fiction and, if so, how do they differ? Good...
View ArticleOpening Up by Barbara Ross
For me, one of the joys that comes with seasonal home ownership is opening the house in the spring and then closing it again in the late fall. These mirror-image rituals mark the passage of the seasons...
View ArticleHappy Birthday to Us
Hi, it’s Kate Flora, here, on the 4th of July, realizing that in a few short days, Maine Crime Writers will celebrate our first birthday. It’s been a wonderful year sharing thoughts and ideas, of...
View ArticleMunjoy Hill: A Glorious 4th on the 5th.
James Hayman: Although there are a lot of great neighborhoods in the city of Portland, anyone who reads my books must know that Munjoy Hill has long been my favorite. My hero Mike McCabe, his...
View ArticleYet Another Hidden Gem
James Hayman: I’d never call myself a gourmet. In fact, I dislike the term gourmet altogether. To me it sounds pompous and self-satisfied. It also brings to mind (my mind at least) an unhealthy...
View ArticleA Moving Experience
James Hayman: Last week my wife Jeanne and I sold our house on Peaks Island and simultaneously bought another house in the Back Cove area of Portland. The closing on the Peaks house was at 11 AM on...
View ArticleAnother Wedding in Maine
by Barb, looking forward to Books in Boothbay this Saturday Kate and Briana in first grade Four years and a bit ago, I wrote about a wedding in Portland, Maine. The post was about a lot of things...
View ArticleBig Talent
A fantastic celebration took place in Portland on the evening of May 22. It was Big Night, the annual showcase of work by students at the Telling Room, Maine’s nonprofit writing center for high school,...
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