Shorter=Longer
Shorter=Longer? I can see you scratching your head and asking “What the heck does that mean?” In my insular little writer’s world, it translates into the fact that it takes me much much much longer to...
View ArticleSmall Plates
Our guest today is Maine writer and MCW favorite Katherine Hall Page, describing a great new treat for her mystery fans, a short story collection. Katherine: Small Plates is my first collection of...
View ArticleWeekend Update: August 23-24, 2014
Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Barbara Ross (Monday), Vicki Doudera (Tuesday), Lea Wait (Wednesday), James Hayman (Thursday), and Al Lamanda (Friday). In the news department,...
View ArticleRandom Thoughts, A Contest and Some Book Reviews.
John Clark bringing you some random thoughts as well as a bunch of book reviews. Thus far I’ve read 64 books in 2015 and reviewed most of them for various online entities. Even so, the TBR pile keeps...
View ArticlePost-Malice Ramblings
Kathy/Kaitlyn, Kate, Dorothy and Lea As most folks reading this blog already know, Kate, Lea, Dorothy, Brenda and I spent last weekend at Malice Domestic in Bethesda, Maryland, along with six hundred...
View ArticleConfessions of a Literary Coward
John Clark being completely honest about my fear of publishing today. I’ve been writing for at least twenty years, covering numerous categories and styles. I’ve written for professional publications in...
View ArticleThe Story Behind A Story
Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, once again writing about my grandfather, Fred Gorton of Liberty, New York, last seen in “The First RFD Carrier in Town” This post also has to do with me and my...
View ArticleShort Story News
Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, mostly Kathy, to talk about short stories. Like many writers, I tried my hand at the shorter form of fiction first. Other than a couple of sales of stories for...
View ArticleGoing with strength
John Clark with an admission or two. Unlike sister Kate, I didn’t grow up to be a writer. True, I had a vivid and dangerous imagination, but wanted to be a baseball player and later just wanted to...
View ArticleWeekend Update: April 15-16, 2017
Next week at Maine Crime Writers, there will be posts by Susan Vaughan (Monday) John Clarke (Tuesday), Dorothy Cannell (Wednesday), Vaughn Hardacker (Thursday), and a guest post from Robin MacCready...
View Article“Recital”
signing children’s books at about the time this story was written Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, with a story out of the past—literally. Earlier this month, I received a letter from an old...
View ArticleWeekend Update: August 12-13, 2017
Next week at Maine Crime Writers, there will be posts by John Clark (Monday), Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson (Tuesday), Kate Flora (Wednesday), Maureen Milliken (Thursday), and on Friday there will...
View ArticleCrime Writers in Shorts
Ha! We know you were hoping for pictures of our knobby knees, but they are mostly hidden beneath our desks. This post is really about short story collections, either compilations of our own work or...
View ArticleAfter Rivalry, Sometimes Surprise
John Clark taking a break from trying to stay ahead of the garden goodies. Everyone knows about sibling rivalry, but what about sibling synergy? If it hadn’t been for multiple nudges by my mother and...
View ArticleAnti-social
Jessie: In New Hampshire where the snow has melted sufficiently to expose cheerful clumps of daffodils. I’ve been thinking a great deal lately about technology and social media. With all that has been...
View ArticleHello Darkness, My Old Friend
Hello Darkness, My Old Friend John Clark on the topic of short stories. Years ago, I was invested in writing full length books when my sister Kate suggested I might be good at writing short stories....
View ArticleConfessions of a Literary Coward
John Clark being completely honest about my fear of publishing today. I’ve been writing for at least twenty years, covering numerous categories and styles. I’ve written for professional publications in...
View ArticleTo Revise or Not To Revise
Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, today pondering a question that arose while working on one of the projects I mentioned in our last group post. When it comes to a new story or novel, there’s no...
View ArticleIn the Beginning
John Clark playing with beginnings. I’m aware that many writers I know, or follow through online blogs are feeling the funk of an extended pandemic. I have no such problem, at least in terms of short...
View ArticleWin A Book Wednesday: May 4, 2022
Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson is giving away a print copy of The Valentine Veilleux Mysteries (three short stories and a novella featuring a calendar and pet photographer as the amateur sleuth)....
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