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The Libraries of Our Lives
Paul Doiron here— This is National Library Week and a fitting moment to honor our endangered community treasures. Like most people who become authors, I spent a great deal of my childhood in libraries. For great swatches of my life, … Continue reading
Readers of the Lost ARC
Paul Doiron here— First, I’d like to apologize for the title of this post. Apologies also to John Dryden who accurately observed that puns are “the lowest and most groveling kind of wit.” Writers know a thing or two about groveling. … Continue reading
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Tagged ARCs, Bad Little Falls, Lea Wait, Maine Festival of the Book, Paul Doiron
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Hair of the Dog
Sarah Graves again here, thinking about writing and dogs. But mostly dogs, to tell the truth, since for the last three months each word I write has been punctuated by a bark, growl, yap, whine, or woof. You may recall … Continue reading
North Woods Lawmen
[iframe]http://static.discoverymedia.com/videos/components/apl/5251eed15e3822bc594a8423fa4079f9232a591d/snag-it-player.html?auto=no[/iframe] Paul Doiron here with a sneak peek at a new reality show on the Animal Planet television channel. For reasons that should be obvious, this one is near and dear to my heart. I’m going to be the unabashed … Continue reading
Maybe I Should Have Used a Pen Name
Paul Doiron here— I’ve been thinking a lot about Nathaniel Hathorne lately. And William Falkner, too. What’s that? You think I misspelled the names of those two great American authors? Well, yes and no. It’s a little known fact that Nathaniel … Continue reading
How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away?
Paul Doiron here— This post gets its title from the immortal words of singer-songwriter Dan Hicks. That question has been on my mind lately as I’ve come to realize that too many novelists (myself included) seem to be spending a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, Goodreads, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Librarything, Paul Doiron, twitter, YouTube
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My Top 15 Crime Movies of All Time
Paul Doiron here— So, first off, I cheated. I sat down intending to make a list of my ten favorite crime movies. I started with the easy ones for me, the no-brainers, but quickly found myself arguing with myself, “Blade … Continue reading
An Interview with Elizabeth Hand
Paul Doiron here— Elizabeth Hand and I are too young to have known each other as long as we have. I met her just after she had moved to Maine from Washington, D.C. in the early nineties, a gifted and … Continue reading
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Tagged Available Dark, Cass Neary, Elizabeth Hand, Finland, Generation Loss, Iceland, Maine, Minotaur Books
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My Quantum of Solace
Paul Doiron here— I am an unapologetic defender of the two James Bond movies starring Daniel Craig. There’s little to defend with Casino Royale, which most Bond watchers rate among the best in the fifty-year old film franchise. But I’ve … Continue reading
The Ghost Towns of Flagstaff Lake
Paul Doiron here — As I write in the author’s note to The Poacher’s Son, I decided to set part of the story in two Maine villages that no longer exist. In the 1940s the towns of Dead River and Flagstaff … Continue reading
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Tagged Dead River, Flagstaff, ghost towns, Maine, Paul Doiron, The Poacher's Son
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