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The Cozy Covenant
Hi. Barb here. I wrote a few weeks ago about beginning a new book. But now my synopsis has been approved. Time to get writing. I’ve written before about how first drafts are the hardest part of writing...
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First Drafts
Hi. Barb here. I’ve written about beginnings and the faith I try to keep with my readers. Now I’ve started writing the first draft of my next Maine Clam Bake Mystery. First drafts are a struggle for...
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A Writer’s Study: Q & A
Hi. Barb Here. In past posts, Lea Wait has taken us on a tour of her writing study and her day, Kaitlyn Dunnett has shown us the evolution of her study as technology has changed and Vicki Doudera has...
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What Happens When 12,000 Writers Converge
Grub Street Launch Lab Panel at AWP: Christopher Castellani, author of All This Talk of Love, Rosie Sultan, author of Helen Keller in Love, Steve Almond, moderator, Andrew Goldstein, author of The...
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Level Best Books–Story Submissions Open, Photo Contest, Reviews & Award...
Hi. Barb here and today in my capacity as a co-editor at Level Best Books, along with my fellow editors Mark Ammons, Katherine Fast and Leslie Wheeler. Best New England Crime Stories 2013: Blood Moon...
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The Second Time Around
Blue Angels perform directly over our heads in Key West Hi. Barb here. Reporting in from a glorious month in Key West. It’s the second year I’ve blogged from Key West. (Funny how blogging regularly can...
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Key West versus Coastal Maine
Hi. Barb here. Or rather there. For the last two years, Bill and I have been lucky enough to spend part of the year in Key West, Florida and part of it in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. I’ve enjoyed exploring...
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Thinking about Boston
Hi All. Barb here. I was supposed to write today about the magical library that most influenced my childhood and still informs my writing today. But I find I just can’t. I promise I will soon. I need...
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Interview with Maine Artist Brenda Erickson
Hi. Barb here. Lots of people have complimented the new banner on my website. It’s by Maine culinary artist, Brenda Erickson. To see it in its glory on my website, click here. How did this come about?...
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What Have I Been Up To?
Hi. Barb here. No, I don’t have any big writing announcements to make like Kaitlyn/Kathy and Lea. Nonetheless, it’s felt like a really busy month. So this happened. Meet my new granddaughter and first...
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Looking for Us?
Hi. Barb here. We’ve been at this Maine Crime Writers blog thing for almost two years now and one of the ways I like to amuse myself (okay, one of the million and one ways I like to procrastinate) is...
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Hi. Barb here. Lea’s chronicle of her computer woes inspired me to bring this post out from my personal archives. Every word of it is still true. The biggest challenge of working at home is the IT...
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Finding Common Ground at the Fair
Hi. Barb here. Edith Maxwell’s new mystery, A Tine to Live, A Tine to Die is getting great reviews. Edith wrote the book based on her experience as an organic farmer–and she’s hoping to make it to...
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Maine Coon Cats – American Originals
A year ago I wrote about a fabulous writing retreat I went to in Old Orchard Beach. Four writers with the same agent and new contracts to write mysteries. What a difference a year makes! Now two of...
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Windjammer Days
Hi. Barb here. It’s been a foggy, rainy, cold season on the Maine coast so far. But that hasn’t stopped some of our traditional celebrations. This year was the 51st celebration of Windjammer days in...
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The Kindness of Writers by Barbara Ross
My Mom So my mom died. I’ll write about that someday, probably soon, but I’m not ready. What I want to write about is the incredible kindness of writers. One of the things I loved about my corporate...
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I am a Writer
Hi. Barb here. Last week, I had an appointment with a new eye doctor. “Do you have an occupation?” the intake person asked. I wondered about the phrasing. Do I look like I might be retired? Or perhaps...
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Machias Wild Blueberry Festival
Hi. Barb here. Blueberry mojitos at Helen's in Machias--because, why the heck not? I spent the weekend at the Machias Wild Blueberry Festival. It seems like a crazy thing to do with a book due in two...
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Now It Can Be Told, Part Deux, (Redux) by Barbara Ross
Hi. Barb here. Kate has kindly invited us to take an extra long Labor Day by rerunning a favorite post. How appropriate that I, on the eve of the publication of Clammed Up, the first book in my Maine...
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All My Friends Are Like Drag Queens
Hi. Barb here. Lately, I’ve been saying the above a lot, because so many of the writers I know have two or more names and identities. Our own Kaitlyn/Kate/Kathy is one. She uses different names for...
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