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Thank You!
Sandra Neily here: At this time, I’ve decided to stop posting at Maine Crime Writers, but it’s with some sadness as this is such a generous and talented community of writers. Many have often helped me with special requests for … Continue reading
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Must We Kill Our Darlings?
Sandra Neily here. (Revising and sharing a previous post I needed to hear this month.) Stephen King drove the knife deep: “Kill your darlings, kill your darlings,” he wrote. “Even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your … Continue reading
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Forty-Year-Old Clues to the Muse
Sandra Neily here: Recently, I unearthed a journal I kept long ago when I traveled alone with my dog Harry, across the country and into western states I wanted to explore. Today I think I was looking for clues to … Continue reading
Risk Placing Real Emotion at the Center of Your Work
Yes, it’s all melting, but if we close our eyes we might remember, standing in the same spot … what we loved. Onward into my post! “If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and … Continue reading
Welcome Yourself Back Into Your Writing
Sandra Neily here: The challenge! After a long break, how to reenter a manuscript? (Or a report or anything that’s been sitting for a while.) How to re-engage with the original urge to tell a particular story? I use … Continue reading
Henry David Slept Here: Maine’s Wild Economy
Because my post was published a day or two before the Christmas holiday, I thought I’d offer it again in January when we might have more time to relax, read, and reconsider Henry David. ********************* (In 2006 I wrote … Continue reading
Looking Down, Not Up
Sandra Neily here: Looking down, not up, I found surprises this week. Most leaves, except for brilliant, coppery beech, have left the trees up here around Moosehead Lake. I was not looking forward to November even though we got the … Continue reading
Parker-izing. Saying A Lot, With Not Much
Sandra Neily here: I’ve been camping by a river for a while. No cell or wifi (heaven!) but did some Robert Parker searches for this post before I prepped and packed 10 days of food for my husband and me … Continue reading
