Three Types of Writers
Does anyone else have on their reference shelf a useful how-to book, published in 1986, titled Writing the Modern Mystery, by Barbara Norville? I’m not even sure where I found mine, but the other day I...
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Irish Eyes are Smiling
Vicki Doudera here, ready to pack my bag and my new cross-country skis for a weekend trip to The Birches Resort on Moosehead Lake. The property, in the heart of Maine’s great North Woods, consists of...
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Ed and I are on a car voyage to North Carolina and Virginia, and while we are cruising past cotton fields and tobacco barns, we’re listening to the 17-CD audio book of Jo Nesbo’s The Leopard. (I know,...
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An Interview with Stacy Juba
I liked Stacy Juba from the moment I met her – last week, at the public library in Medway, Massachusetts, for an author session set up by the NE branch of Sisters in Crime. What I liked about Stacy...
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Vicki Doudera, Poultry Private Eye
I suspect that one of the main reasons I find writing mystery novels so enjoyable is because they involve spying. Not just writing about spying, which is fun, but actual spying. Watching people in...
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Scene of the Crime
Check out the great shot of the Rockland breakwater and lighthouse, snapped by yours truly from the balcony of my fourth-floor, ocean-front room at the Samoset Resort. Vicki...
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Home… And Why it Matters
Vicki Doudera here. I’ve had several ideas for today’s post, but having just left a board meeting for my local Habitat for Humanity affiliate, I feel I need to share with you the thoughts and ideas...
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Maine Crime Writer Poisoned; Survives to Tell Tale
My life is fairly straightforward. I work. I write. I have fun with friends and family. I bike. I hike. I meet nice people while walking the dog. Vicki Doudera here, happy to report that, for the most...
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The Mystery You Cannot Solve
Okay — fess up. What’s the enigma that keeps you wondering, the one riddle for which it seems there is absolutely no answer? Is it the perennial question of where socks go to disappear? Mundane, but...
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Anticipation
It’s an exciting week here in Camden, especially for parents like me who have seniors graduating from Camden Hills Regional High School. Last Saturday was the prom, in which the gym was transformed...
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Sam Spade and Me
The other day, while out at our camp in Lincolnville, I pulled an old hardcover mystery anthology from 1959 off the shelf, flipped to the first entry, and started reading. The selection was The Maltese...
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Where Does the Time Go?
Vicki Doudera here, posting very late today, caught in the crazy rush that is a Maine summer. There are only so many hours in the day, and in mid-July it feels as if I need double the allotted amount...
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Hiking Mount Battie on the last day of July
A glorious day today… sunny, cloudless, and in the 70’s with a light breeze. A perfect day for a quick hike up my favorite little mountain. Vicki Doudera here. I rouse my daughter Lexi and she agrees...
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Danger on Penobscot Bay
Yesterday, while sailing home from Rockland to Camden in our 24 ft. vessel Inn Absentia, I remarked to Ed that I was glad our home waters were part of Penobscot Bay, rather than the open ocean. Vicki...
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Thank you, Sarah Graves!
I lead a double life. Vicki Doudera here. Most of you know me as the author of the Darby Farr Mysteries, a series that stars an Asian American real estate agent who solves crimes and makes deals....
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The Wrath of the Whites
Some books really “get you where you live,” don’t they? You turn the pages and realize the words are affecting you personally, because of some connection with the author or the subject matter. Vicki...
View ArticleHow it Begins
Vicki Doudera here, and before I start this week’s post, let me follow up on last week’s Wrath of the Whites. If you recall, the day of that post was the day I left for a 3 day hiking trip – an annual...
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No Blog? I Blame the Red Sox!
If I am extremely late to post today (and I am) it’s because of my favorite sports team, the Boston Red Sox. Vicki Doudera here, laying the responsibility for my tardy missive right at the...
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So Thrilled! My latest news…
The world of writing can be fraught with disappointment. The agent who doesn’t want to take on new clients. The editor who isn’t totally pleased with your series. The less-than-favorable review in...
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NaNoWriMo — Part One
Two years ago I first heard about the program called National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. The idea is to write a 50,000 word novel during the month of November, with support from others who are...
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