Tag Archives: Wiscasset

Lea Wait's Wiscasset

Posted on July 21, 2016 by mainecrimewriters

No; I don’t live in Wiscasset, Maine, the harbor village twelve miles from the Atlantic, on the Sheepscot River, about an hour north of Portland. But when I decided to write a series of books set in one typical northern … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Finest Kind, History of Wiscasset, Lea Wait's Wiscasset, Maine, Old Jail, Red's Eats, Seaward Born, Stopping to Home, Uncertain Glory, Wintering Well, Wiscasset | 8 Comments

Weekend Update: June 13-14, 2015

Posted on June 13, 2015 by kaitlynkathy

Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Jayne Hitchcock (Monday), Lea Wait (Tuesday), Barb Ross (Wednesday), Vaughn Hardacker (Thursday) and Dorothy Cannell (Friday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Sunday Updates | Tagged Barb Ross, Brenda Buchanan, Curtis Memorial Library, Dorothy Cannell, Jayne Hitchcock, Kate Flora, Lea Wait, Liberty Library, Maine Crime Writers news, Uncertain Glory, Vaughn Hardacker, Wiscasset | 1 Comment

Weekend Update: March 29-30, 2014

Posted on March 29, 2014 by kaitlynkathy

Next week at Maine Crime Writers we’ll be featuring posts from Al Lamanda (Monday) Barb Ross (Tuesday), Dorothy Cannell (Wednesday), John Clark (Thursday), and Kate Flora (Friday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog regularly at … Continue reading →

Posted in Sunday Updates | Tagged Al Lamanda, Barbara Ross, Dorothy Cannell, Islandport Press, John Clark, Kate Flora, Lea Wait, Maine Crime Writers news, Shadows on a Maine Christmas, Uncertain Glory, Wiscasset | Leave a comment

Bringing People (Back) to Life

Posted on March 26, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait, here, very close to celebrating the publication (April 4) of my latest historical for young people ages 8 and up, Uncertain Glory. As people have heard about the book (the latest in the books I’ve written set in … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged 19th century newspapers, April 1861, Civil War, Fort Sumter, Joseph Wood, Lea Wait, Uncertain Glory, Wiscasset | Leave a comment

Cold Days

Posted on December 20, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait, here. If you’re reading this blog, you My Home,Showing House, Ell & Barn (1938 Photo) probably know I live on the coast of Maine. You may not know I live in a house built in 1774. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged 18th century homes, Cold temperatures, colonial fireplace, Lea Wait, Maine, Shadows on the Coast of Maine, Stopping to Home, Wintering Well, Wiscasset | 9 Comments

Visiting My Characters … in the Graveyard

Posted on November 6, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait here, admitting that, OK, maybe I was born to be a mystery writer. One of my earliest memories is visiting the Mt. Auburn cemetery near Boston with my grandmother. I was just old enough to run a little ways away … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Dr. Theobold, Edwin Smith, Jonathan Bowman, old graveyards, Seaward Born, St. Michael's Church, Stopping to Home, Trinity Church, Uncertain Glory, Wintering Well, Wiscasset | 7 Comments

A Time for Scarecrows

Posted on October 25, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Happy Couple Damariscotta Resident Lea Wait, here, reporting on a growing trend … According to some sources, farmers on every continent have been trying to scare birds away from their crops for over 3,000 years. Some cultures hung dead crows … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts | Tagged Damariscotta, Feathertop, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Salem, Scarecrows, Wiscasset | 6 Comments

Sunday Update: October 13, 2013

Posted on October 13, 2013 by kaitlynkathy

Next week at Maine Crime Writers we’ll be featuring posts from Jim Hayman (Monday), Jayne Hitchcock (Tuesday), Barb Ross (Wednesday), John Clark (Thursday), and Kate Flora (Friday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Sunday Updates | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, And Grant You Peace, Barb Ross, Death Dealer, Good Man with a Dog, Jayne Hitchcock, Jim Hayman, Joe Burgess, John Clark, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Flora, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Lea Wait, Level Best Books, Linda Landrigan, Maine game wardens, Maine Warden Service, Stable Gallery, Stone Cold, true crime, Wiscasset | Leave a comment

Janet Morgan discusses her new book “Katahdin Drowning”

Posted on July 21, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

(Janet Morgan will be speaking at the Wiscasset Public Libarary this coming Thursday at 7:00) Do Ghosts Haunt Me? Janet Morgan In my last post, which was during National Library Week, I talked about the Wiscasset Public Library ghost. … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blog | Tagged Ghosts, Janet Morgan, Jessie Tyler, Katahdin, Katahdin Drowning, Katahdin Stream, Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, Mt. Katahdin, Sisters in Crime, The Slide, Wiscasset, Wiscasset Library | 2 Comments

Interview with Maine Artist Brenda Erickson

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Barbara Ross

Hi. Barb here. Lots of people have complimented the new banner on my website. It’s by Maine culinary artist, Brenda Erickson. To see it in its glory on my website, click here. How did this come about? Serendipitously, as so … Continue reading →