Tag Archives: The Poacher’s Son

Bright Lights! Red Carpet!

Posted on February 3, 2017 by mainecrimewriters

By Brenda Buchanan Nine wonderful actors brought the work of five Maine crime writers to life Monday night in front of a nearly-full house at Portland Stage Company. It was an absolute blast, the tonic we all needed on a cold … Continue reading →

Posted in Brenda's Posts | Tagged Eight Pounds, One Was a Soldier, Portland Stage Company, Quick Pivot, Staged Readings, Straw Man, The Poacher's Son | 6 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

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

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

Let Me Tell You About My Character . . .

Posted on July 8, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora here, posing a challenge to my fellow Maine Crime Writers. From time to time, we write about our books, our characters, the stories we’re developing, and the research that we do, but I’ve been thinking that it would … Continue reading →

Tagged A House to Die For, Bad Little Falls, Brandon Blake, Damaged Goods, Darby Farr Mysteries, Deadly Offer, Gerry Boyle, Group Post, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Jake Tiptree, Kate Flora, Killer Listing, Mike Bowditch, Paul Doiron, Port City Black and White, Sarah Graves, The Poacher's Son, Thea Kozak, Trespasser, Vicki Doudera | 9 Comments

How to Judge a Book Cover

Posted on May 14, 2012 by mcwarchives

David Rotstein, the art director for Minotaur Books, recently launched a Web site devoted to a discussion of the fine art of designing book covers. It’s a pretty interesting peek behind the curtains at a process that is widely misunderstood … Continue reading →

Posted in Paul's Posts | Tagged Bad Little Falls, book covers, Constable & Robinson, David Rotstein, design, Minotaur Books, The Poacher's Son, Trespasser. Minotaur Art | 3 Comments

The Soundtrack of a Book

Posted on April 20, 2012 by mcwarchives

Paul Doiron here— If you are a reader of my personal blog, this won’t qualify as breaking news, but something very cool has happened in my life as a writer, and I’d like to share it. The Maine-based folk-rock group, The … Continue reading →

Posted in Paul's Posts | Tagged Bob Ludwig, Gateway Studios, Heavy Fire, Paul Doiron, Pete Kilpatrick, Song, Soundtrack, The Poacher's Son, Trespasser | 7 Comments

Where Do I Get My Ideas? I Read The Paper

Posted on March 25, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora: Part of the fun of being on vacation with good friends is the breakfast table conversation. It floats from politics to what we’re reading to the latest news, good and bad. This morning, we discussed a recent article in … Continue reading →

Tagged A Wee Christmas Homicide, Beanie Babies, Bethel Citizen, Courier-Gazette, Ellsworth American, Group Post, Journall-Tribune, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Liss MacCrimmon, Paul Doiron, Quoddy Tides, The Poacher's Son | 2 Comments

North Woods Lawmen

Posted on March 16, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

[iframe]http://static.discoverymedia.com/videos/components/apl/5251eed15e3822bc594a8423fa4079f9232a591d/snag-it-player.html?auto=no[/iframe] Paul Doiron here with a sneak peek at a new reality show on the Animal Planet television channel. For reasons that should be obvious, this one is near and dear to my heart. I’m going to be the unabashed … Continue reading →