Opening Lines
Write an opening line for a story that includes this delightfully creepy image–contributed by author Kate Flora. Jessie: Clara glared into the pond. When she had thrown Harvey’s weighted-down body…
Author: Barbara Ross
Barbara Ross is the author of twelve Maine Clambake Mystery novels and six novellas. Her books have been nominated for multiple Agatha Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and have won the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. She lives in Portland, Maine. Readers can visit her website at www.maineclambakemysteries.com
Welcome Back, D.E. Ireland!
by Barb who’s recovering from knee replacement surgery The last time D.E. Ireland (actually the writing team of Meg Mims and Sharon Pisacreta) visited, it was to celebrate the launch…
Maps in Books
by Barb, who’s headed in for knee replacement surgery tomorrow I have a friend who says, “No book with a map in it can ever be all bad,” to which…
The Mainely Needlepoint Mystery Series Continues with Threads of Evidence
Hi. Barb here. You may have noticed that my fellow Maine author Lea Wait has joined us a few times in the last year. That’s because Lea is the prolific…
A Christmas Novella
Hi. Barb here. It’s August and it’s hot and humid for Maine and I am sitting on the porch thinking about Christmas. So, I haven’t exactly announced this anywhere yet,…
How I Learned to Relax About Being a “Cozy” Author and Just Write the Damn Books–Part III
Barb here, sitting on her front porch in Maine and writing on an flawless summer day Back in February, I started a series of posts about how I came to…
No Reservations about Food and Mysteries
Posted by Barbara Ross, working on her big front porch overlooking the harbor in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, on about the most beautiful Monday ever Hi All–The Wickeds’ friend and mentor…
It’s Too Soon To Tell
by Barbara, on her porch in Boothbay Harbor, looking at the majestic windjammers and waiting for fireworks later I rarely, rarely write poetry, but I recently came across this poem…
The Wickeds 