Tag Archives: Paul Doiron

A Visit to Mainely Murders Bookstore

Posted on December 9, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Paula Keeney, along with partner Ann Whetstone, is the owner of Kennebunk’s Mainely Murders Bookstore, a two-year-old independent specialty store devoted exclusively to suspense, crime, and detective fiction. We recently asked her for her observations about mystery readers and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blog | Tagged Gerry Boyle, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Kate Flora, Lea Wait, Maine Crime Writers, Mainely Murders bookstore, Paul Doiron, Sarah Graves | 2 Comments

The Strange Unreality of Writing a Novel

Posted on December 4, 2012 by mcwarchives

Paul Doiron here— I have spent the better part of the past year writing a novel titled MASSACRE POND, and I am nearing the end. As always happens to me when I am finishing a book, I find myself growing … Continue reading →

Posted in Paul's Posts | Tagged Massacre Pond, Paul Doiron, Tess Gerritsen, The writing process | 7 Comments

Is Sennebec, Maine, a Real Place?

Posted on November 9, 2012 by mcwarchives

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 →

Posted in Paul's Posts | 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 | 7 Comments

Sherlock Holmes Quiz

Posted on October 29, 2012 by mcwarchives

Paul Doiron here— Sherlock Holmes is back in vogue. Robert Downey, Jr., has struck gold starring in a movie series that re-imagines Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective as a Victorian version of James Bond. Meanwhile, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman have … Continue reading →

Posted in Paul's Posts | Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, Dr. Watson, Jr., Lucy Liu, Martin Freeman, Paul Doiron, Professor Moriarty, Robert Downey, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlockians | 2 Comments

The Scariest Book I Ever Read Was . . .

Posted on October 28, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

In honor of Halloween, one of crime writers’ favorite holidays, we’re recycling a post from the past in which we shared our own scary favorites and solicited views from some of our Sisters (and Brothers) in Crime. Just as scary … Continue reading →

Tagged A Sight for Sore Eyes, Bad Little Falls, Carol O'Connell, Catherine Haynes, Criminal Minds, Daphne du Maurier, Edge of Dark Water, Erik Larsen, Farthing, Francis Dolarhyde, Group Post, Hallie Ephron, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Hannibal Lecter, Into the Darkest Corner, James Herbert, Janis Bolster, Jo Walton, Joe R. Lansdale, Lea Wait, Lisa Haselton, Marni Graff, Paul Doiron, Poe, Rebecca, Red Dragon, Robbie Harold, Rosemary's Baby, Ruth McCarty, ruth rendell, Salems Lot, scary mysteries, Sisters in Crime, Stephen King, Susan Santangelo, The Cask of Amontillado, The Devil in the White City, The Fog, The Other Woman, The Pit and the Pendulum, the vault, Thomas Harris, Vicki Doudera, We Need to Talk About Kevin | 11 Comments

Married to a Poet

Posted on October 17, 2012 by mcwarchives

Paul Doiron here— Being married to a writer requires patience, understanding, and a gentle acceptance of all the anxieties and neuroses that accompany the creation of literature. I know this because I am married to one. My wife, Kristen Lindquist, … Continue reading →

Posted in Paul's Posts | Tagged Book of Days, Garrison Keillor, Kristen Lindquist, Paul Doiron, Writer's Almanac | 6 Comments

I LOVE Scrivener

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Barbara Ross

Hi. Barb here. Back in August, 2011, Paul Doiron wrote a post here about the tools he used in his writing. He said he’d written his last two books with Scrivener and that he loved it. I’d heard good things … Continue reading →

Posted in Barb's Posts | Tagged Barbara Ross, clammed up, Maine Clambake series, Paul Doiron, Scrivener | 5 Comments

When Writers Team Up, What?

Posted on October 13, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all. Gerry Boyle here, with a question for the group and anyone else out there in the crimewriter blogosphere. I’m beginning a collaboration with another writer. We’re writing a crime novel together and we’re both psyched about it. We … Continue reading →

Tagged Barbara Ross, Best New England Crime Stories 2013 Bllod Moon, Brandon Blake, crime writing, Damaged Goods, Group Post, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Maine Crime Writers, Paul Doiron, Port City Black and White | 5 Comments

Now It Can Be Told, Part Tres by Paul Doiron

Posted on September 11, 2012 by mcwarchives

I want to continue what is rapidly becoming a MaineCrimeWriters.com tradition by announcing some good news here. As most regular visitors to this site know, I recently published the third novel in my Mike Bowditch series of Maine mysteries. This was … Continue reading →

Posted in Paul's Posts | Tagged Bad Little Falls, Massacre Pond, Mike Bowditch, Minotaur Books, Paul Doiron, Scarborough | 21 Comments

What the Writers Are Reading

Posted on September 2, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora here, facing Labor Day, and the end of summer, and that sense that things will start cranking up and my leisurely summer afternoons reading in my L.L. Bean rocking chair are coming to an end. So for this weekend, … Continue reading →