Tag Archives: Paul Doiron

Sunday Update: November 3, 2013

Posted on November 3, 2013 by kaitlynkathy

Next week at Maine Crime Writers we’ll be featuring posts from Kaitlyn Dunnett (Monday), Vicki Doudera (Tuesday), Lea Wait (Wednesday), Jim Hayman (Thursday), and Barb Ross (Friday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog … Continue reading →

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Sunday Update: September 22, 2013

Posted on September 22, 2013 by kaitlynkathy

Next week at Maine Crime Writers we’ll be featuring posts from John Clark (Monday), Kate Flora (Tuesday), Gerry Boyle (Wednesday), Kaitlyn Dunnett, in her Kate Emerson persona (Thursday), Vicki Doudera (Friday) and Susan Vaughan (Saturday). In the news department, here’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Sunday Updates | Tagged Barbara Ross, Bouchercon, clammed up, Darkness First, Gerry Boyle, James Hayman, John Clark, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Emerson, Kate Flora, Katherine Hall Page, Lea Wait, Maine Crime Writers, Paul Doiron, Royal Inheritance, Susan Vaughan, Vicki Doudera, Washington Post | 1 Comment

Sunday Update: September 1, 2013

Posted on September 1, 2013 by kaitlynkathy

Next week at Maine Crime Writers we’ll be featuring posts from Barbara Ross (Monday), John Clark (Tuesday), Kate Flora (Wednesday), Gerry Boyle (Thursday), Kaitlyn Dunnett (Friday) and Vicki Doudera (Saturday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who … Continue reading →

Posted in Sunday Updates | Tagged Barb Ross, Dorothy Cannell, Gerry Boyle, Joan Hess, John Clark, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Flora, Lea Wait, New England Crime Bake, Paul Doiron, Temple Heights, Thomaston Library, Vicki Doudera | 5 Comments

Dreaming

Posted on May 24, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

When I was growing up on a chicken farm in a small Maine town, money was often tight. Bill collectors really did knock on the door, sometimes the phone got turned off, and there was a large hole in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged 4-H, Chosen for Death, Deputy Chief Joseph K. Loughlin, Edgar Awards, Finding Amy, Grub Street, Kate Flora, Katherine Hall Page, Lea Wait, Maine Literary Awards, Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, Paul Doiron, Redemption, Sears and Roebuck, Thea Kozak, Union Maine, Vose Library | 7 Comments

Vacationland’s Dark Side

Posted on February 6, 2013 by mcwarchives

During the cold, dark days of February, it’s fun for us to turn back to some of our older posts, and rerun them for you. When Paul wrote about the dark side, he wrote it on a sunny Maine day … Continue reading →

Posted in Paul's Posts | Tagged Bad Little Falls, Carolyn Chute, Down East Magazine, drkrm gallery, Letourneau's Used Auto Parts, Melonie Bennett, Paul Doiron, Steven Rubin, The Beans of Egypt Maine, The Poacher's Son, Trespasser, Vacationland | 11 Comments

Famous Last Words

Posted on January 12, 2013 by mcwarchives

Paul Doiron here— Last month, we wrote about our favorite first lines from novels. Well, lately I’ve been thinking about favorite last lines. Ernest Hemingway supposedly wrote 47 endings to A Farewell to Arms—some of them more philosophical and emotionally expressive than … Continue reading →

Posted in Paul's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged "The Dead", Best Last Lines, Ernest Hemingway, Famous Last Lines, Heart of Darkness, Huckleberry Finn, James Joyce, Paul Doiron, Samuel Beckett, The Great Gatsby, The Poacher's Son, The Sun Also Rises, The Unnameable | 5 Comments

My 12 Favorite Maine Stories of 2012

Posted on January 1, 2013 by mcwarchives

Paul Doiron here— Magazine editors aren’t supposed to have favorites. Like parents we are expected to love all of our offspring equally. Of course, that isn’t the case (with editors or with parents). There are stories we boast about and … Continue reading →

Posted in Paul's Posts | Tagged Al Diamon, Bald Mountain, Belfast, bootlegging, Caucuses, Colin Woodard, Cynthia Anderson, Deborah Weisgall, Down East Magazine, Edgar Allen Beem, Eels, Islesboro, Lawrence Sargent Hall, Maine, Maine GOP, Maine oysters, Moonbat Kingdom, moonshine, Paul Doiron, Seals, Susan Hand Shetterly, Virginia M. Wright, Will Bleakley, Winslow Homer's Prouts Neck | 3 Comments

New Year’s Resolutions – Yes? No? Are You Kidding?

Posted on December 30, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora here, leading off a discussion about New Year’s Resolutions. I don’t make them. I subscribe to the theory that yes, it takes weeks to make or break a habit and I’m usually too busy in January to be … Continue reading →

Tagged Barbara Ross, Bucket List, Group Post, James Hayman, John Clark, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Flora, Lea Wait, Neil Gaiman, New Year's Eve, New Year's resolutions, Paul Doiron, planning ahead, Vicki Doudera, writer's reflections, Writer's Resolutions | 6 Comments

Opening Acts – Discovering Our Series Characters Through E-Books

Posted on December 23, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

‘Tis the season for new e-readers and tablets of all sorts. So, for those of you who are looking for e-books to read, and love to begin a series at the beginning, we offer the following links to help you … Continue reading →

Tagged A House to Die For, Chosen for Death, Dead Cat Bounce, e-books, Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie, Gerry Boyle, Group Post, James Hayman, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Flora, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Kilt Dead, Lea Wait, Liss MacCrimmon, mystery series, Paul Doiron, Playing God, Port City Shakedown, Sarah Graves, Shadows at the Fair, Shadows series, The Cutting. Barbara Ross, The Poacher's Son, Thea Kozak series, thin ice, Vicki Doudera | Leave a comment

Falling Through the Ice

Posted on December 17, 2012 by mcwarchives

Paul Doiron here— The other day, while I was driving, I noticed a person standing on a half-frozen pond. I have no idea what he was doing out there, but the first ice of the winter seems to do strange … Continue reading →