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Gratitude
I love it when my turn to blog straddles the November and December holidays. Though it’s dark early and cold often, this time of year puts me in a grateful mood, something to celebrate in these times. It’s easier to … Continue reading
Small Town, Fact or Fiction
Living in a small town while writing about a small town has its challenges. The questions and concerns about my novel swing from “Am I in it?” to “Where did this take place?” — and the inquiries have been pouring … Continue reading
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Tagged Allison Keeton, Blaze Orange, friend, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, midcoast maine, mystery writers, mystery writing, novel, small town
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Exploring the Language of Fall
Kate Flora: Sometimes to create a mood, sometimes looking for a theme for a character, and sometimes searching for the perfect epigraph for a chapter, I dive into one of the many books of poetry on my shelves. Often at … Continue reading
Summer and Fall Opportunities
Summer is here, the season of long days, beautiful sunsets, strawberries with breakfast, lunch and dinner and blueberry season ahead. I’m doing my best to ignore the heat dome, the humidity index and all of the rainy Saturdays. Soon we’ll … Continue reading
Risk Placing Real Emotion at the Center of Your Work
Yes, it’s all melting, but if we close our eyes we might remember, standing in the same spot … what we loved. Onward into my post! “If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and … Continue reading
Welcome Yourself Back Into Your Writing
Sandra Neily here: The challenge! After a long break, how to reenter a manuscript? (Or a report or anything that’s been sitting for a while.) How to re-engage with the original urge to tell a particular story? I use … Continue reading
Looking Down, Not Up
Sandra Neily here: Looking down, not up, I found surprises this week. Most leaves, except for brilliant, coppery beech, have left the trees up here around Moosehead Lake. I was not looking forward to November even though we got the … Continue reading
The Giant & The Hummingbird
Writers take many approaches to telling a story. We use words and pictures. First and third person narrators. Single and multiple points of view. Fact and fiction. There are endless ways to spin a tale. Recently I experienced (and truly, … Continue reading
My Summer Projects!
It has been a long time since I posted a blog, and I think my prolonged absence has contributed to my inability to write much. For quite a while, my muse seems to be on sabbatical. I’m hoping that this … Continue reading
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Tagged Life, Maine, Summer In Aroostook, Vaughn Hardacker
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