Tag Archives: Down East

What I did on my summer vacation, part II

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Maureen Milliken

I had a great trip to some of the farther reaches of our beautiful state Labor Day week. My sister Liz and I went down east to Lubec for three days, then up north to the Crown of Maine — … Continue reading →

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The Truth About Editors

Posted on October 31, 2011 by mcwarchives

Paul Doiron here— There’s an advertisement I see in magazines for Breitling watches that always cracks me up. It shows a picture of John Travolta wearing a bomber jacket and staring manfully out at the reader. The tagline reads: PROFESSION: … Continue reading →

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Maine Lingo

Posted on October 20, 2011 by mcwarchives

Paul Doiron here — One of the most difficult decisions an author must make is how to render colloquial speech in dialogue. How do you announce that a character has an accent? Do you do it through diction and the … Continue reading →