Debut Maine author, Paul Doiron, uses his passion for the wilderness as the
background to explore the depths of a son's love in The Poacher's Son.
Canadian lumber company, Wendigo Timbers, recently purchased nearly
half a million acres of land from Atlantic Pulp & Paper (APP). APP had
granted long-term land leases to its workers; and now the new owners
planned to nullify the deal. Rum Pond residents reject Wendigo spokesman,
Jonathan Shipman's PR-spun message at a town hall meeting. Somerset
County Sheriff Deputy, Bill Brodeur, is assigned to secretly escort Shipman
from the crowd to avoid confrontation. En route to Shipman's hotel, Brodeur's
police cruiser is ambushed and both men are shot dead. Who executed the
two men and why?
Clues lead authorities to believe the killer is Jack Bowditch, a long time
habitant of the Maine North Woods. Over the years he's held various
seasonal jobs including running a trap for beaver, muskrat and mink during
wintertime; and being a guide at Rum Pond Sporting Camps during the
summer. He met and married Quebec-born Marie who bore him one son,
Mike, now twenty-four years old. Jack's Vietnam War injuries scarred him
both physically and psychologically. His drinking and penchant for lengthy
disappearing acts caused Marie to leave him when Mike was nine years old.
His lowly income, and her materialistic wants, often prompted Marie to say
that they were "downwardly mobile." Jack always claimed to poach out of
necessity, too proud to accept food stamps to feed his family. MORE
background to explore the depths of a son's love in The Poacher's Son.
Canadian lumber company, Wendigo Timbers, recently purchased nearly
half a million acres of land from Atlantic Pulp & Paper (APP). APP had
granted long-term land leases to its workers; and now the new owners
planned to nullify the deal. Rum Pond residents reject Wendigo spokesman,
Jonathan Shipman's PR-spun message at a town hall meeting. Somerset
County Sheriff Deputy, Bill Brodeur, is assigned to secretly escort Shipman
from the crowd to avoid confrontation. En route to Shipman's hotel, Brodeur's
police cruiser is ambushed and both men are shot dead. Who executed the
two men and why?
Clues lead authorities to believe the killer is Jack Bowditch, a long time
habitant of the Maine North Woods. Over the years he's held various
seasonal jobs including running a trap for beaver, muskrat and mink during
wintertime; and being a guide at Rum Pond Sporting Camps during the
summer. He met and married Quebec-born Marie who bore him one son,
Mike, now twenty-four years old. Jack's Vietnam War injuries scarred him
both physically and psychologically. His drinking and penchant for lengthy
disappearing acts caused Marie to leave him when Mike was nine years old.
His lowly income, and her materialistic wants, often prompted Marie to say
that they were "downwardly mobile." Jack always claimed to poach out of
necessity, too proud to accept food stamps to feed his family. MORE
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| New Hampshire Writers Quarterly Literary Magazine Summer 2010 Issue |
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Poetry
Artist's Prayer
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Kissing You Kissing Me
by Karen Cubides
In Print
by Melissa Saunders
Short Stories
Winter Sonata
by Mae Siu-wai Stroshane
Nathan
by Stephen Signor
The Flight Plan
by Milton Cross
Essays
I Am In Love
by Mona Phelps
Cool
by T. Muller
Poetry
Artist's Prayer
by C. M. Cowgill
Kissing You Kissing Me
by Karen Cubides
In Print
by Melissa Saunders
Short Stories
Winter Sonata
by Mae Siu-wai Stroshane
Nathan
by Stephen Signor
The Flight Plan
by Milton Cross
Essays
I Am In Love
by Mona Phelps
Cool
by T. Muller
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| Self Publish Or Publisher? 7 Things You Should Consider In Making Your Decision By Lynn Serafinn |
I have a confession to make.
In spite of the fact that I am a bestselling author working with published
authors all the time, it was actually only a few months ago when I wrote my
first book proposal. It's true I was a ghost-writer for another author and my
work has been (anonymously) published in several books by a prominent
New Age publisher. But I never needed to write proposals for those books.
And it's also true I've written loads of business and project proposals in my
time-- especially when I was the head of a college department-- so I know
what it takes to write a proposal to "land" a contract. But I had never
written an actual book proposal for my own writing until this year.
Why? Because most of my life, I've been something of a "die hard indie". It
comes from my background as an independent musician/label owner in
the 1990s. MORE
In spite of the fact that I am a bestselling author working with published
authors all the time, it was actually only a few months ago when I wrote my
first book proposal. It's true I was a ghost-writer for another author and my
work has been (anonymously) published in several books by a prominent
New Age publisher. But I never needed to write proposals for those books.
And it's also true I've written loads of business and project proposals in my
time-- especially when I was the head of a college department-- so I know
what it takes to write a proposal to "land" a contract. But I had never
written an actual book proposal for my own writing until this year.
Why? Because most of my life, I've been something of a "die hard indie". It
comes from my background as an independent musician/label owner in
the 1990s. MORE
