Tag Archives: settings in fiction

Hey writers, there’s no excuse for boredom

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Maureen Milliken

You may have seen the clickbait “news” last year that Dover-Foxcroft is supposedly the “most boring” town or city in Maine. It was apparently based on the fact that it has the oldest median population, combined with lack of population … Continue reading →

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‘So what, it’s Maine’ isn’t good enough for the book you’re writing

Posted on February 19, 2020 by Maureen Milliken

I was wandering through a local gift shop recently, a little stunned at how such a large store could have so little I wanted to buy, when I came across a small Maine section. Imagine my delight when I saw … Continue reading →

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Plans, as in Floor

Posted on September 26, 2019 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, today talking about one of the things I always do during the planning stages of a novel. Even if I’m going to be writing about a fictional place, I collect maps of the real surrounding … Continue reading →

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