Tag Archives: Stopping to Home

Cooking (From)The Books

Posted on January 27, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait, here. As many of you know, so far I’ve been published in two genres: historical fiction for young people, and contemporary mysteries for adults. But besides my name on the cover, my books have other characteristics in common. Of my … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts | Tagged anadama bread, blueberry cake, Boothbay Harbor, cod chowder, cooking in books, diet cola, Finest Kind, food in books, lasagna, Lea Wait, Seaward Born, Shadows at the Spring Show, Shadows of a Down East Summer, Shadows on the Ivy, shrimp pie, Stopping to Home, Wintering Well | 6 Comments

Take Your Child to A Bookstore Day (December 3)

Posted on November 28, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait, here. First, I have to admit an addiction. When days are dreary, stories are stubborn and editing just seems to make my work worse, not better …. I turn not to whiskey or cigarettes, those classic writerly crutches, … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Barbara Cooney, Charlotte Agell, Charlotte's Web, Counting Our Way to Maine, Cynthia Lord, E.B. White, Finest Kind, Jeanne Birdsall, Lea Wait, Miss Rumphius, Patricia MacLachlan, Robert McCloskey, Seaward Born, Shop Local, Small Business Saturday, Stopping to Home, Take Your Child To a Bookstore, The Accidental Adventures of India McAllister, The Sea Chest, Toni Buzzeo, Touch Blue, Wintering Well | 8 Comments

Getting to Know Lea Wait

Posted on September 25, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

Jim Hayman: Mystery readers know Lea Wait as (perhaps?) the alter ego of Maggie Summer, the protagonist of Lea’s 5-book Shadows Antique Print Mystery Series, the most recent of which is Shadows of a Down East Summer. Maggie has an … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts, Lea's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Agatha, AT&T, Banned in Boston, Bernardsville, Boston, Chatham College, Dry Sack, Glen Ridge, Greenwich Village, Lady Chatterly's Lover, Lea Wait, Maggie Summer, New Jersey, New York Foundling Hospital, New York University, Prouts Neck, Scarborough, Scribner, Shadows Antique Print Mystery, Shadows at the Fair, Shadows of a Down East Summer, Simon & Schuster, single parent adoption, Somerset County, Stopping to Home, Winslow Homer, Wiscasset, World Trade Center | 2 Comments

Visiting Grandma in Maine – When Grandma is an Author

Posted on August 4, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait I’m Lea Wait, and, like most of us, I wear several hats. On this blog, I’m a mystery author. To others, I’m a children’s author. To my family I’m a wife, mother of four, and grandma to eight. So far as most of my family is concerned, I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Acadia, beach, bookcases, Cadillac Mountain, Jesup Memorial Library, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Lea Wait, lobster, Maine, mussels, Stopping to Home, Vicki Doudera | 4 Comments

Marie Antoinette, Maine & Me

Posted on July 24, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait When I was about 10 years old my parents and grandparents pooled their funds and bought a home built in 1774 that they’d fallen in love with. They began the restoration work that has brought our home back to life … … Continue reading →