Author Archives: Brenda Buchanan

Fire in the Woods

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Brenda Buchanan

The middle weekend of October is foliage tour time in Maine. Come along to see what we saw this weekend when we took a little tour through Fryeburg, Lovell, Newry and back to the Portland area. Sunday started out gray, … Continue reading →

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The Beauty of Life Stories, Well Told

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Brenda Buchanan

This post first appeared on the Maine Crime Writers blog on February 18, 2019. I love a well-written obit. In fact, the obituary section may be why I still subscribe to several newsprint papers, which, unlike their digital cousins, invite … Continue reading →

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Unspeakable Crimes in DC – January, 2019

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Brenda Buchanan

On January 5 I had the great pleasure of participating in a panel discussion with three wonderful crime writers at East City Bookshop in Washington, D.C. Called Unspeakable Crimes, LGBTQ Mystery Writing, the evening was sponsored by OutWrite and held at … Continue reading →

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Fun at Libraries

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Brenda Buchanan

I participated in two wonderful events at Maine libraries in the past week.  On October 26-27, Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor held its fourth annual Murder By The Book conference. Crime writers from Maine and other parts of New … Continue reading →

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September Fun

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Brenda Buchanan

September came and went in a blink, which so often happens when you are having a lot of fun. Bouchercon, the international conference of crime writers, was in St. Petersburg, Florida the weekend after Labor Day weekend. Held at the fabulous Vinoy Renaissance … Continue reading →

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Making Writing Space, Redux

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Brenda Buchanan

This post first appeared on the Maine Crime Writers blog on August 20, 2018. We’re just back from our annual visit to beautiful Brooklin, Maine, the inspirational place I wrote about here on MCW three Augusts ago. We had two marvelous weeks … Continue reading →

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Maine Crime Wave 2018

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Brenda Buchanan

This past weekend was the annual Maine Crime Wave conference and what a time we had. Acclaimed thriller and non-fiction author Douglas Preston was the Guest of Honor and the winner of the 2018 Maine CrimeMaster Award. He wowed the … Continue reading →

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Reading and Watching

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Brenda Buchanan

Most everybody who is anybody was at Malice Domestic the last weekend of April. This year I missed the fun. It would have been great to hang out with my MCW colleagues Lea Wait, Barb Ross, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Maureen … Continue reading →

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Spring In My Step

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Brenda Buchanan

It’s here!  It’s here!  It’s finally here! It was a long, damn winter, wasn’t it? The pre-Christmas snow. The post-Christmas cold snap that went on f-o-r-e-v-e-r. The ice and the slush and those three annoying nor’easters in the month of … Continue reading →

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On Watching My Characters Take The Stage

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Brenda Buchanan

Last week Barbara Ross posted some wonderful photos from the Portland Stage Company event on March 5th, where actors performed staged readings of work by Lea Wait, Dick Cass, Chris Holm, Barb and me. As Barb said, it was a joy to have our work … Continue reading →

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