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Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie DrayIf you haven’t read any of Stephanie Dray’s novels, you should rush right out – or onto your favourite electronic source –...
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Finding the Arc for a Historical SeriesJudith Starkston was one of the authors who share a one-week writing retreat with me. During breaks, we spoke about many topics including...
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Writing a Series Out of Order – Learnings, Benefits, and ProblemsAuthor Keira Morgan discovered the Renaissance when her grandmother gave her a book about England’s queens when Keira was five . A passion for...
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That Was Then – Publication Day!For me as well as every other author I know, the release of a new novel prompts great excitement and anxiety. Excitement because your...
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Historical Fiction Writers as Archive Users – an Important SurveyA Canadian university is studying the use of archives through a survey. Please consider taking the survey ASAP. Deadline is June 9th. The...
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Praying for Sunlight, Waiting for Rain: A New Guinea storyWhen someone offers a post featuring a novel set in New Guinea, you say, “Yes, please.” Or at least I did. Kieran Donaghue is the...
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The Lure of JournalismAuthors make a lot of choices when creating a novel. One of those choices is the career of your protagonist. For Andie Larson, the main character...
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Adding Spice to a CharacterToday’s title isn’t intended to be suggestive … in this case, the notion of ‘adding spice’ comes from the cooking...
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8 Sentences to Pique Readers’ InterestWhenever I reread one of my novels – typically for editing purposes – I alternate between delight and dismay. Delight – well...
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5 Historical Favourites that Illuminate Today’s IssuesSome novels linger long after their initial impact. Many of those have something profound to say about today: the lives we live, the celebrities...
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The Psyche of Identical TwinsIdentical twins Andrea and Emma Larson are the main characters of my upcoming novel That Was Then . To do justice to the twin...
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The Campaign BusinessThat Was Then features a fictional campaign for Governor of Massachusetts. What goes on in a campaign? Who are the people behind the scenes?...
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Creating settings for That Was ThenWhen writing historical fiction, creating settings was all about diving into the historical record to understand how people lived in a long ago...
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5 Recent ReadsWhile writing That Was Then , a contemporary thriller, I often chose books in that genre. However, my love of historical fiction remains. So,...
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Sleeping Beside an ElephantCanadians often talk about ‘sleeping beside an elephant’ in terms of our relationship with the United States. As in, there can be...
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Covers create interestAs an indie author, I work with other professionals to create a finished product. Yes, I used the word product! In my case, this includes an...
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What Makes a Thriller?As mentioned in the last post, my new novel is a contemporary thriller featuring identical twins where one disappears and the other takes over...
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That Was Then – New Novel Coming SoonBack in November, I wrote a post on writing contemporary vs historical fiction and briefly introduced my latest novel That Was Then. The...
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BookBub Marketing & Promotion Ideas #2On Tuesday, I published the first article on BookBub’s marketing ideas from their post 140 Book Marketing Ideas . Today continues that...
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Marketing & Promotion – BookBub adviceWhile on the March writers retreat, the topic of marketing and promoting our books – both traditionally published and self-published...
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I’ve Been DistractedDear readers … forgive the less than stellar blogging performance from January to now. We – my husband and I – have been coping...
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Writers Retreat – fun, productive, informativeA group of four writers, including yours truly, gathered in Florida this week for a writers retreat . We’re sharing an AirBnb rental...
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5 Articles on the Challenges of Writing Historical FictionRoaming around the web to spark your interest – yes, you dear reader – I discovered a number of articles on the challenges of...
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Books and Friendship Without BordersJacqueline Dubois Pasquier responded to a post featuring author and editor Maggie Scott’s thoughts on successful historical fiction....
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Hidden or merely unknown history?As mentioned in Monday’s post, Exsilium is author Alison Morton’s latest novel. Alison writes thrillers and has two ongoing...
