Tag Archives: Charles Dickens

Bullet Points

Posted on January 19, 2015 by mcwarchives

We had a burst of winter here in Eastport, snow all day and plows rumbling by outside. It’s a different place now from the one summer visitors experience, and in its way just as lovely. You can’t see him but … Continue reading →

Posted in Sarah's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Bleak House, Charles Dickens, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Eastport, Eleanor Roosevelt, FDR, Home Repair is Homicide, Maine, No Ordinary Time, Sarah Graves | 2 Comments

Jury Duty

Posted on October 30, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora here, with 500 bulbs to plant, a writing class to teach, a book proposal to finish that needs at least another five to ten hours, a panel about writers and marketing at the Concord Author Festival to prepare … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged Bleak House, Charles Dickens, Jury Duty, Scales of Justice | 5 Comments

My Favorite First Line(s)

Posted on December 2, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait: The first line of a book or short story is usually the hardest to write. The best lines encapsulate the tone of the book, capture the reader, and hook him or her into the plot and main character. All in one … Continue reading →

Tagged A Christmas Carol, A Farewell to Arms, A Tale of Two Cities, Ann Tyler, Back When We Were Grownups, Charles Dickens, Charlotte's Web, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Douglas Adams, EB White, Ethan Frome, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Frankenstein, Gone with the Wind, Grace Metallious, Group Post, Ken Follett, Louisa Alcott, Margaret Mitchell, Mary Shelley, Michael Connolly, Patricia MacLachlan, Peyton Place, Sarah Plain and Tall, Scarlett O'Hara, The Key to Rebecca, The Poet, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Tootle, Tough Guys Don't Dance | 6 Comments

What the Writers Are Reading

Posted on September 2, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora here, facing Labor Day, and the end of summer, and that sense that things will start cranking up and my leisurely summer afternoons reading in my L.L. Bean rocking chair are coming to an end. So for this weekend, … Continue reading →