Tag Archives: Wiscasset

Library Ghost?

Posted on April 16, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

(MCW note: Linda Lord’s post was delayed, so we’re switching the schedule. Enjoy Janet’s post, and we’ll have Linda for you tomorrow) I’m Janet Morgan. I was born and raised in the small town of Wiscasset, Maine, where I haunted … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blog | Tagged Civil War soldier ghost, Composted Tyrant, ghosts in Maine, Hesper, Janet Morgan, Katahdin Drowning, Killdeer Farm Mysteries, library ghost, Luther Little, Poetic Justice, Wiscasset, Wiscasset Public Library | 5 Comments

Wiscasset: That Town Across the Sheepscot River

Posted on July 21, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait, here, thinking it’s time for me to write about Wiscasset. Sarah Graves lives in Eastport and writes about it. Several authors on this list set their books in Portland. Most people I meet assume I live in Wiscasset. Why? Because … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Castle Tucker, Finest Kind, Fort Edgecomb, Lea Wait, Nickels-Sortwell, Red's Eats, Sarah's, Seaward Born, Stopping to Home, Treats, Wintering Well, Wiscasset | 6 Comments

This Summer, in Maine, I’m Going To . . .

Posted on June 10, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora here, sitting for the third rainy day in an icy cold house, thinking about summer in Maine. While I hate the term “bucket list,” each summer I find myself making lists of things that I don’t want to … Continue reading →

Tagged Books in Boothbay, Boothbay Railway Museum, cookouts, Ellsworth, Ellsworth Library, fly fishing, Group Post, Harpswell, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Flora, Lea Wait, Mackerel Cove, Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, Meredith, Moxie, Shadows on a Cape Cod Wedding, Stable Gallery, walks, Wiscasset | 2 Comments

Forget The Corner Store: Check The Police Blotter!

Posted on January 24, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait, reporting. I suspect I’ve watched as many movies and TV shows set in small towns as the next person, and I can’t help noticing that a lot of them have it wrong. Or at least out of date. Almost … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts | Tagged Boothbay Harbor, Bristol, Damariscotta, Dresden, Law and Order, Lea Wait, Maine Crime, police blotter, Round Pond, Wiscasset | 8 Comments

Celebrating October 28: A Love Story Lea Wait

Posted on October 28, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

Today my husband, Bob Thomas, and I are celebrating our wedding anniversary. We’ve been married 8 years. Practically newlyweds, considering our (sh!) ages. But, of course, there’s a story behind every marriage. Our story began April 1, 1968. (Yes, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged anniversary, Beirut, Bob Thomas, Lea Wait, love story, Maine, New York City, Paris, Wiscasset, World Trade Ceter | 17 Comments

October 17 …… 1777 Lea Wait

Posted on October 17, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

Three years ago I wrote a book set during the American Revolution. It hasn’t been picked up by a publisher yet, but authors never give up on our children, so I hope it will be. I wrote it because schools I … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged 11th Massachusetts, 1777, American Revolution, Battles of Saratoga, Bemis Heights, Boothbay Harbor, Continental Army, Contrary Winds, District of Maine, Horatio Gates, Hudson River, John Burgoyne, Lea Wait, October 17, Saratoga National Historical Park, Spirit of Saratoga, Stillwater, The Young Continental, Wiscasset, York, York militia | 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 →