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The Girl I Used To Be (by Laurie Faria Stolarz)
Last night, I dreamed that a younger version of myself visited me. She was around three or four years old, and it was clear to me that she w...
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December 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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I'm gonna buy some land so I can farm my own seuticals. They'll be organic, with no side effects.
December 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Merry Christmas!
By Kait Carson Hi readers and fellow crime writers. I’d planned to write a learned essay about the seduction of editing this month, but hey, it’s the penultimate day before Christmas. Instead of re…
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December 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Yes, books make great gifts; love of books is an even better one
I recently read an article about how high school kids were no longer being assigned full books to read, just snippets. Reasons ranged from “you just can’t get young people to read anyth…
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December 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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It All Goes So Fast (Holly Schindler)
The older I get, the truer it is: time goes by so fast. In an instant, so much of life changes. You walk out of the door of your high school...
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December 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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An unexpected death
And getting closer to the rest of the universe
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December 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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With Mr. Peabody and Sherman
After wrapping myself securely in the new super invisibility cloak I’d won in an interstellar poker game (Jabba the Hut was a gracious lo...
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December 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Ah, Change!
I've been sitting on a really fun book, one I finished writing in 2022. Why? For reasons too complicated for me to completely understand, it...
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December 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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The Return of Cabot Cove
Hollywood has been teasing that a new Murder, She Wrote is on its way this Christmas. The fandom write-ups have Jamie Lee Curtis playing Jessica Fletcher’s niece. AI-generated material also show To…
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December 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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I attended the KCDC's Democratic gubernatorial event this evening at UMA's Jewett Hall. All six candidates were there and each one had interesting and impressive things to say. Mainers are extremely fortunate to have so many good people to choose from.
December 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Lying about the economy will continue until morale improves | Opinion
Even though President Donald Trump has ushered in a Golden Age of economic prosperity, some Americans continue to unpatriotically not believe it.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Dashing Ahead and Perpetually Behind
Kate Flora: My calendar says that it’s my turn to blog today and I wouldn’t want to let you or the calendar down. The trouble is that every year, I write everyone a holiday story and po…
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December 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Comfort Food
Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, today talking about comfort food. It’s the season for it—shorter days and colder nights always tempt me to hunker down next to the wood stove with a g…
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December 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Producing and Publishing the Audiobook of Raven, Part 1
Rob Kelley here, talking this month (and next!) about producing and publishing the Audible audiobook edition of Raven. Because my contract with High Frequency Press allowed me to keep my audio righ…
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December 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Of all draft animals, the cleanest and most hygienic is the chlorox
December 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Traditions
Hi All — Gabi here. My younger son (9) was learning about traditions in school, which has prompted all sorts of memories. I am working on a longer manuscript, it’s funny the way some of these…
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December 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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New documentary coming about this man's draft deferment. It will be called "To Spur With Love."
December 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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WINTER IS HERE/ KEEP THE “TO-DO” LIST IN PLACE
by Jule Selbo Saturday, at The Great Lost Bear: Great moments.  Six of us had headed out in our coats and scarves and arrived to  sip liquid libations and eat chips in one of Portland’s most …
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December 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Giveaway: Love Wars by Matthew A. Tower
Today, we have something special for our readers...a giveaway! Three readers will receive a copy of Love Wars by Matthew A. Tower, a true st...
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December 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Teen Novels As a Time Capsule ... Or Not (Mary Strand)
This month at YA Outside the Lines, we're talking about the concept of YA (young adult) literature as a time capsule. As in, are today's iss...
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December 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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My turn at Maine Crime Writers.
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John Clark checking in for the month where darkness causes grown men to tremble. There’s more truth in that statement than most might realize. Once hunting season is in the rear view mirror, and th…
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December 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Gratitude
I love it when my turn to blog straddles the November and December holidays. Though it’s dark early and cold often, this time of year puts me in a grateful mood, something to celebrate indeed…
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December 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Kimmel mocks Trump for 'off the rails' Truth Social posting spree
In his latest monologue, Jimmy Kimmel mocked Trump for going "completely off the rails" by firing off over 150 Truth Social posts in one night.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Holiday Memories: Mom's Sears Boycott
Alissa Grosso
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December 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Writing Tip Wednesday: Be Yourself by Matt Cost
Writing, like life, comes with a whole host of rules. And like life rules, writing rules are often no more than recommendations. My advice? Be yourself. Know the rules, use the ones that work for y…
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December 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM