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Author Archives: Maureen Milliken
Where do writers get their ideas? Try right outside your door
As anyone who reads this blog, or anything written by any writers anywhere, knows, one of the top questions for fiction writers is… wait for it… “Where do you get your ideas?” We’ve discussed this before. You know we have. … Continue reading
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Tagged AMHI, Augusta, Imagination, No News is Bad News, writers' imagination, writing ideas
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Welcome to my daily briefing: Writing, book store stats, cat trees, leaf blowers…
We are now in the locked-in era of the daily briefing — they’re ubiquitous and they’re not going away soon. At least there’s a little something for everyone. I like the calm and rational updates by Maine’s Dr. Nirav Shah, … Continue reading
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Tagged bookstores, essential workers, Mad magazine, Maine, writing
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Hey Maine, guess whose birthday we missed in these strange, strange times?
There’s nothing about COVID-19 and everything that’s going on that you haven’t already heard, so I’ll save it except to say that I’ve been a social isolation hobbyist for my entire adult life and I can assure you, you’ll come … Continue reading
‘So what, it’s Maine’ isn’t good enough for the book you’re writing
I was wandering through a local gift shop recently, a little stunned at how such a large store could have so little I wanted to buy, when I came across a small Maine section. Imagine my delight when I saw … Continue reading
Watching true crime TV is good for your writing. Honest.
I have a lot of reasons for not getting far with my new book. Actually, I got semi-far, but the hard drive on my laptop died, and while I thought I’d saved the book to the cloud, I apparently didn’t. … Continue reading
Maine in winter: cold, darkness and, hopefully, some writing
Happy Boxing Day! This is the day that people in countries under the British crown give gifts to their servants. I know this from a lifetime of reading English mysteries and careful watching of “Upstairs, Downstairs” as a child, and … Continue reading
A great Christmas movie that’s not on any list but mine
So, Thanksgiving, right? I feel under some pressure to do a “what I’m thankful for” post, so here it goes… Ha ha! I almost had you, didn’t I? I think you guys know me better than that. ‘Tis the season … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernie O'Dea mystery series, Desk Set, Forensic Files, No News is Bad News, Thanksgiving
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