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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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Actually Useful Writing Books
Kate Flora: Over the years, I accumulated quite a library of reference books related to writing, to crime writing in particular, and to crime investigations of all sorts. I never stop acquiring books that someone I regard as credible has … Continue reading
Eat Well. Eat Cheap. Avoid Bloated Buns
Sandra Neily here: In late August I was treated to a three-night cruise on the windjammer the Angelique. There was much to rhapsodize about. (Thank you, Leslie!), but this is a post about food and avoiding disappointment, financial or otherwise. … Continue reading
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Tagged Maine, Maine Crime Writers, Maine Crime Writers news, maine mysteries, Sandra Neily
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And The Leaves Drift Down, One By One
By Brenda Buchanan This week I’m nursing an injured wrist, which makes typing something of a challenge. So I dug into the archives and re-surfaced this post from 2016, which features nicer foliage photos than I could have taken this … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, Edna St. Vincent Millay, foliage, Maine, Mary Oliver, Poetry, Wendell Berry
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“Goldenrod Whispering Goodbye” & Squirrels Eating Pumpkins
Sandra Neily here: It’s late fall and while I’ve written this season into my novels, today I’m inviting (virtually) two other supremely talented writers to share “fall” in inspired words. Song for Autumn In the deep fall don’t you imagine … Continue reading
Cooler Surprise. Deer Flies. Acres of Lettuce.
Sandra Neily here: There’s a moment on every camping trip where you peer into the cooler to see what’s left floating around down there. A “Cooler Surprise” meal with a bit of everything often has us thinking over the whole … Continue reading
