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A Trove of Garden Insight from Katharine White
We’re spending some time in Brooklin this month, where I lived for a while in the early 90s and to which I have returned most every summer since, at least for a few days. Regular readers of this blog likely … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooklin, Friend Memorial Library, gardening, Katharine S. White, Onward and Upward
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What I Did During My Government Imposed Covid-19 Imprisonment
Vaughn C. Hardacker here: Since March of 2020 we have had an entirely different way of living forced upon us. For three months most of our retail stores have been closed, we’ve had to adapt to wearing face masks (although … Continue reading
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Tagged Author appearances, book marketing, book sales, Pandemic, Vaughn C. Hardacker
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Notes from a Sabbatical
Kate Flora: When I first announced that I was thinking of taking a sabbatical from writing, not only were my friends skeptical, but I was. It was more of a joke than a reality—a declaration of restlessness and surprise at … Continue reading
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Reality, Part II
In my last post I predicted that someone would find something to question in A Fatal Fiction and that it would be something it would never have occurred to me to do differently. I hate it when I’m right! There’s … Continue reading
An Anniversary of Sorts
(Begging your indulgence if you’ve seen this before): Cast. Mend. Drift. Strip. Step. Despite the bluebird desert sky, the rich sage air, the gorgeous red sun rising over the canyon rim—in spite of the prospect of a perfect river day—I … Continue reading
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What Maine Authors are Up To
Today, we’re getting together to give you a group update on what we’re writing or what we’ve recently written. All in one place so you can update your TBR list with books you’ve missed or get excited about the new … Continue reading
Hey writers, there’s no excuse for boredom
You may have seen the clickbait “news” last year that Dover-Foxcroft is supposedly the “most boring” town or city in Maine. It was apparently based on the fact that it has the oldest median population, combined with lack of population … Continue reading
Posted in Maureen's Posts, Uncategorized
Tagged Dover-Foxcroft, mystery writing tips, settings in fiction
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COVID READS
During this stressful, bizarre time we all need to escape and immerse ourselves in something engrossing. As I’ve said before, what better way to do that than with books? For ideas, I’ve assembled a short list of “covid reads” in … Continue reading
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Flower Riot and Paying Deep, Deep Attention
Sandra Neily here: It was a wonderful day except for the tick. Grateful for Maine’s Tick Lab.) This week my second novel, Deadly Turn, was finally published. It’s taken years, with a long break for cancer treatment and then more … Continue reading
Is A Writing Group For You?
People ask me all the time about what it takes to publish a novel. What’s the best steps to take? How do I go about it? One of the first things I tell them is to join a writing group. … Continue reading
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Charlene D’Avanzo 
Lea Wait/Cornelia Kidd