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Tag Archives: Machias
Going to the Source of Inspiration
In Cover Story, the second book in the Joe Gale series, my newspaper reporter protagonist finds himself on deadline without a computer. Does Joe panic? Nope. He goes to the local library. He’s covering a high-profile murder trial in Machias during the brutal winter of 2015. His laptop … Continue reading
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Tagged downeast maine, Joe Gale, libraries, Machias, murder trial
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It’s Hard to Find a Bad Setting in Maine . . .
By Brenda Buchanan Maine is chock-full of great ideas for setting a crime novel. By setting I mean something more fundamental than the particular city or town—real or imaginary—where the story unfolds. I’m talking about the places that give communities … Continue reading
The Prankster’s Favorite Day and Thoughts on Writing Comfortably
There’s nothing better than a really well timed ‘Gotcha.’ While I’ve played my share of April Fools jokes, the best ones have come in my library career. It started with an after Halloween sale when I worked at the old … Continue reading
Is Sennebec, Maine, a Real Place?
Paul Doiron here— One of the questions I get asked most often is about the locations in my books. Readers want to know if there really is a Bad Little Falls (yes, it’s in downtown Machias) or an actual Square … Continue reading
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Tagged Appleton, Bad Little Falls, Catawunkeg Bog, fictional locations, Flagstaff Lake, Hemingway's Paris, Joyce's Ulysses, Machias, Maine map, McDonald's, Mike Bowditch, Moody's Diner, Paul Doiron, Sennebec, Square Deal Diner, The Poacher's Son, Union, Warren, Washington County Jail, William Faulkner, Yoknapatawpha County
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Refilling the Well of Creativity
Kate Flora here, remarkably tardy with today’s posting, because my brain is full, and currently disfunctioning, and so I took on a road trip to restore my creativity and make me feel like a writer again. I don’t know if this … Continue reading
Posted in Kate's Posts
Tagged Bad Little Falls, Ellsworth Library, Katherine Hall Page, Lea Wait, Machias, Schoodic Point, The Surry Inn
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Imaginary Friends
Jim Hayman: Yesterday, I finished edits on my third book which I am presently calling Darkness First and sent them off to my agent. She, in turn, sent the manuscript to my editors, Stef Bierwerth at Penguin UK in London … Continue reading
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Tagged Abby Quinn, Darkness First, Eastport, Machias, Maggie Savage, The Chill of Night, The Cutting
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Charlene D’Avanzo 
