Writing Life
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Design to Engage Book Review
“I’ve written you the book I wanted for myself earlier in my career.” Beth Cougler Blom This sentence in the opening paragraphs of Design to Engage tells the reader right […]
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Outside My Window: Setting is Important
Overnight snowflakes sparkle in the cold morning sun outside my window and I smile to feel how they brighten my world. Blue, blue, my world is blue but it’s that […]
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My Reading and Writing Affair With Sharon Kay Penman
As I hurried into the library for my assigned period at Glendale High School, my friend, fellow reader and the librarian where I taught English hailed me. Well, perhaps ‘hailed’ […]
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Writing a Message to My Followers
Usually I keep my newsletters in a certain tone as I want my readers to get a specific product from me, one that they can count on. In that way […]
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The Loyalist’s Daughter Book Launch Foiled!
So there I was, all prettied up and wearing my best smile, and starting my book launch on the Facebook platform. I welcomed everyone. I told them how the 45 […]
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Today I Remember Je Me Souviens Aujourd’hui
This morning I opened my iPad to check my email and my FB messages and a couple of significant things popped out. First I saw a notice about a rally […]
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My New Book Has a Cover!
Ta-Da!!! Thanks to my creative and supremely clever cover designer, Sharon Clare, for this luscious cover. I love that Sharon worked so hard to give us the suggestion of the […]
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Guest Author Interview: Karen Quevillon
Born and raised in a small town in Ontario, Canada, Karen Quevillon grew up running through the woods and escaping into the book worlds created by authors like L.M. Montgomery, […]
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Lifting Our Spirits: Gardens and Books
Do you ever just get a little tired of the world we are stuck with until we find the COVID cure? I mean the distancing which is anything but social […]
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6 Great Tips for Writers Today
In these new and different times, most of us have needed to use our imagination for things besides dreaming up intriguing characters and compelling plot lines. When I started my […]
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