Category Archives: Paul’s Posts

Vacationland’s Dark Side

Posted on February 6, 2013 by mcwarchives

During the cold, dark days of February, it’s fun for us to turn back to some of our older posts, and rerun them for you. When Paul wrote about the dark side, he wrote it on a sunny Maine day … Continue reading →

Posted in Paul's Posts | Tagged Bad Little Falls, Carolyn Chute, Down East Magazine, drkrm gallery, Letourneau's Used Auto Parts, Melonie Bennett, Paul Doiron, Steven Rubin, The Beans of Egypt Maine, The Poacher's Son, Trespasser, Vacationland | 11 Comments

Famous Last Words

Posted on January 12, 2013 by mcwarchives

Paul Doiron here— Last month, we wrote about our favorite first lines from novels. Well, lately I’ve been thinking about favorite last lines. Ernest Hemingway supposedly wrote 47 endings to A Farewell to Arms—some of them more philosophical and emotionally expressive than … Continue reading →

Posted in Paul's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged "The Dead", Best Last Lines, Ernest Hemingway, Famous Last Lines, Heart of Darkness, Huckleberry Finn, James Joyce, Paul Doiron, Samuel Beckett, The Great Gatsby, The Poacher's Son, The Sun Also Rises, The Unnameable | 5 Comments

My 12 Favorite Maine Stories of 2012

Posted on January 1, 2013 by mcwarchives

Paul Doiron here— Magazine editors aren’t supposed to have favorites. Like parents we are expected to love all of our offspring equally. Of course, that isn’t the case (with editors or with parents). There are stories we boast about and … Continue reading →

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Falling Through the Ice

Posted on December 17, 2012 by mcwarchives

Paul Doiron here— The other day, while I was driving, I noticed a person standing on a half-frozen pond. I have no idea what he was doing out there, but the first ice of the winter seems to do strange … Continue reading →

Posted in Paul's Posts | Tagged Bad Little Falls, falling through the ice, Maine Warden Service, Paul Doiron, Quirk Books, Worst-Case Survival | 4 Comments

The Strange Unreality of Writing a Novel

Posted on December 4, 2012 by mcwarchives

Paul Doiron here— I have spent the better part of the past year writing a novel titled MASSACRE POND, and I am nearing the end. As always happens to me when I am finishing a book, I find myself growing … Continue reading →

Posted in Paul's Posts | Tagged Massacre Pond, Paul Doiron, Tess Gerritsen, The writing process | 7 Comments

Is Sennebec, Maine, a Real Place?

Posted on November 9, 2012 by mcwarchives

Paul Doiron here— One of the questions I get asked most often is about the locations in my books. Readers want to know if there really is a Bad Little Falls (yes, it’s in downtown Machias) or an actual Square … Continue reading →

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Sherlock Holmes Quiz

Posted on October 29, 2012 by mcwarchives

Paul Doiron here— Sherlock Holmes is back in vogue. Robert Downey, Jr., has struck gold starring in a movie series that re-imagines Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective as a Victorian version of James Bond. Meanwhile, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman have … Continue reading →

Posted in Paul's Posts | Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, Dr. Watson, Jr., Lucy Liu, Martin Freeman, Paul Doiron, Professor Moriarty, Robert Downey, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlockians | 2 Comments

Married to a Poet

Posted on October 17, 2012 by mcwarchives

Paul Doiron here— Being married to a writer requires patience, understanding, and a gentle acceptance of all the anxieties and neuroses that accompany the creation of literature. I know this because I am married to one. My wife, Kristen Lindquist, … Continue reading →

Posted in Paul's Posts | Tagged Book of Days, Garrison Keillor, Kristen Lindquist, Paul Doiron, Writer's Almanac | 6 Comments

Now It Can Be Told, Part Tres by Paul Doiron

Posted on September 11, 2012 by mcwarchives

I want to continue what is rapidly becoming a MaineCrimeWriters.com tradition by announcing some good news here. As most regular visitors to this site know, I recently published the third novel in my Mike Bowditch series of Maine mysteries. This was … Continue reading →

Posted in Paul's Posts | Tagged Bad Little Falls, Massacre Pond, Mike Bowditch, Minotaur Books, Paul Doiron, Scarborough | 21 Comments

Bedtime Stories

Posted on August 30, 2012 by mcwarchives

Paul Doiron here— Recently I was asked to write a guest column for Suzanne Beecher’s DearReader.com. I know that her newsletter goes out far and wide, but in the event you missed it, here is what I wrote: My wife … Continue reading →