Category Archives: Vicki’s Posts

Where Do We Get Our Ideas? We Look Around and There They Are . . .

Posted on October 8, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

We crime writers are often asked where we get our ideas. Do we conjure them up like magicians? Keep inspirational dream journals? Scribble down snippets of snatched conversations? Sometimes, it seems, we merely have to live in the right little … Continue reading →

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Stephen King’s Mystery Solved

Posted on September 24, 2014 by mcwarchives

When Stephen King was just two years old, his father went out for cigarettes and never returned. “When people ask you why he left,” his mother would instruct, “say he’s in the Navy and that he’s at sea.” She’d follow … Continue reading →

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It happens in a flash…

Posted on September 9, 2014 by mcwarchives

One minute, you’re riding  your bike down Camden’s pretty Chestnut Street, admiring the row of pristine white homes. Your gaze lingers on your friend Rob’s house, and you think about how he is getting married in two weeks, and then…. … Continue reading →

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Intuition

Posted on August 8, 2014 by mcwarchives

Vicki Doudera here, living the Maine summer reality of working plus trying to enjoy the many visitors who come up to our state for their vacation. Our guests last night for dinner here in Camden were our friends Patty and … Continue reading →

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The Tale of the Naturalist’s Log

Posted on July 24, 2014 by mcwarchives

There are books we love because they move us, maybe even change the way we live our life. Vicki Doudera here. Don’t worry —  I’m not going to talk about The Goldfinch again. (But that post’s available here if you … Continue reading →

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Death Before Breakfast

Posted on July 10, 2014 by mcwarchives

Vicki Doudera here, with a classic locked door puzzle that happened last week, right here in Camden. So close to home that I was still in my p.j.’s when I discovered the body. I will probably never know the whole … Continue reading →

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Join in “The Goldfinch” Debate

Posted on June 30, 2014 by mcwarchives

I’ll admit it straight off – I loved The Goldfinch.  I had that wonderful, rare feeling when you read a final sentence and close a book, letting yourself linger for as long as possible in the author’s world.  I had … Continue reading →

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Trekking Across Maine – Again!

Posted on June 13, 2014 by mcwarchives

Vicki Doudera here, spending today pedaling my way through the first day of my sixth (yeah – that’s right – sixth!)  Trek Across Maine, the annual 180-mile cycling event to benefit the American Lung Association. This year is a big … Continue reading →

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The Characters that Share my Day

Posted on June 2, 2014 by mcwarchives

We probably all know at least one person who shares our birthday, but living in a small Maine town for nearly three decades (can that really be?) means that I know quite a few. Vicki Doudera here. I’m not talking … Continue reading →

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Edgar Allan Poe Explains it All

Posted on May 16, 2014 by mcwarchives

Early on, I admired the work of  Edgar Allan Poe, thanks mostly to my mother who read out loud to me his very creepy short story The Gold Bug. It was about a man obsessed with searching for treasure after … Continue reading →

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