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A whirlwind bookish adventure in Bath, city of readers
3 essential Maine bookshops for summer road-trippin’
Beaches, boardwalks, and bargain books
Southern Maine Heart Walk raises awareness of cardiovascular disease, stroke
5 of the best mothers in literature
In honor of Mother’s Day, let’s talk about some of the best moms in literature. These women, though fictional, exemplify what it means to be a great mother – they are kind, protective, humorous, and tenacious – among a myriad of other attributes that make them incredible female role models. (Caution – potential spoiler alerts […]
Survivors of heart disease, stroke gather to share stories
Celebrating National Library Week: How three libraries transformed one reader
Happy National Library Week, readers! In my opinion, every week should be spent celebrating the role of libraries in our culture and society. Libraries bring people together in ways no other establishment ever could – not only through books and literacy, but through technology, community outreach programs, educational opportunities, historical/genealogical research… Essentially, a trip to […]
The Way Life Should Be: 10 Maine reasons to be happy
The agony (and the ecstasy) of literary rejection
Ask any writer what the worst part of writing is, and you will get two answers: 1.) The dreaded writer’s block, and 2.) Getting rejected by publishers after spending weeks, months, even years on a manuscript. Granted, the rejection part comes after the actual writing, but it is an intrinsic, necessary part of the process, […]