Tag Archives: Finest Kind

Searching the Past for Stories

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Lea Wait

Historical research is done by authors, librarians, historians, genealogists, doctoral candidates, homeowners wondering about the history of their homes, and grade school students reluctantly fulfilling classroom assignments. I’ve done all of the above, at various points in my life. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Contrary Winds, Finest Kind, For freedom Alone, Justice & Mercy, Lea Wait, Seaward Born, Stopping to Home, Uncertain Glory, Wintering Well | 3 Comments

Weekend Update: September 22-23, 2018

Posted on September 22, 2018 by kaitlynkathy

Next week at Maine Crime Writers, there will posts by Jen Blood (Monday), Barb Ross (Tuesday), Kate Flora (Wednesday), Susan Vaughan (Thursday), and Dorothy Cannell (Friday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog regularly … Continue reading →

Posted in Sunday Updates | Tagged author visits to schools, Barb Ross, Dorothy Cannell, Finest Kind, Jen Blood, Kate Flora, Lea Wait, Maine Crime Writers news, Pittsfield Maine, Susan Vaughan, Warsaw Middle School | Leave a comment

“What Am I Really Writing About?”

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Lea Wait

Lea Wait, here, thinking about personal passions and interests and how they can become themes, in life and in writing. As a child I was fascinated by books (often set in the nineteenth century) about orphans who found caring homes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts | Tagged adoption, Finest Kind, Lea Wait, themes in writing, Tightening the Threads | 13 Comments

Lea Wait's Wiscasset

Posted on July 21, 2016 by mainecrimewriters

No; I don’t live in Wiscasset, Maine, the harbor village twelve miles from the Atlantic, on the Sheepscot River, about an hour north of Portland. But when I decided to write a series of books set in one typical northern … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Finest Kind, History of Wiscasset, Lea Wait's Wiscasset, Maine, Old Jail, Red's Eats, Seaward Born, Stopping to Home, Uncertain Glory, Wintering Well, Wiscasset | 8 Comments

Wiscasset: That Town Across the Sheepscot River

Posted on July 21, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait, here, thinking it’s time for me to write about Wiscasset. Sarah Graves lives in Eastport and writes about it. Several authors on this list set their books in Portland. Most people I meet assume I live in Wiscasset. Why? Because … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Castle Tucker, Finest Kind, Fort Edgecomb, Lea Wait, Nickels-Sortwell, Red's Eats, Sarah's, Seaward Born, Stopping to Home, Treats, Wintering Well, Wiscasset | 6 Comments

Cooking (From)The Books

Posted on January 27, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait, here. As many of you know, so far I’ve been published in two genres: historical fiction for young people, and contemporary mysteries for adults. But besides my name on the cover, my books have other characteristics in common. Of my … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts | Tagged anadama bread, blueberry cake, Boothbay Harbor, cod chowder, cooking in books, diet cola, Finest Kind, food in books, lasagna, Lea Wait, Seaward Born, Shadows at the Spring Show, Shadows of a Down East Summer, Shadows on the Ivy, shrimp pie, Stopping to Home, Wintering Well | 6 Comments

Take Your Child to A Bookstore Day (December 3)

Posted on November 28, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait, here. First, I have to admit an addiction. When days are dreary, stories are stubborn and editing just seems to make my work worse, not better …. I turn not to whiskey or cigarettes, those classic writerly crutches, … Continue reading →