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 just about anything from the local rag to Publishers Weekly. Of those three scenarios, I’m relieved to say that only the first has […]
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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 Falcon, written in 1930 by Dashiel Hammett. As the editor of Ten Great Mysteries noted, an auspicious way to start […]
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