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Exclusive Interview with Historical Author Rita Gerlach
What an honor it is to have author Rita Gerlach on the blog today for a fun and inspiring interview! She is such a sweet and special soul—and if you haven’t read her…
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The Hour Gone By
The hour is ne’er as sweet,As the hour a’ready gone by,When we’d sit on the creakin’ porch,And talk alone, just you and I. We said all the same sort of things, As we said…
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Exclusive Interview with Bestselling Author Erica Vetsch!
So excited to have Regency author Erica Vetsch with us today for an exciting new interview! And before we jump into the questions, guess what? Her newest Regency novel, The Indebted Earl, is…
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The Most Wonderful Thing To See
The world has been dead a long time. Our trees—so often laden with snow and ice—have been naked, gray, and lifeless. The ground has been cold. The air has been quiet. The waters…
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The 12 Miracles of Fiction
Poor pity to the man or woman who has not discovered the fascination of books, the wondrous miracle! Are they to suffer through this bleak, colorless existence forever? I cannot imagine. What a…
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We Are Happier Now
We never realize to be happy in today. It always happens later, when the thing or moment or person is gone, that we realize. How strange is that feeling, that cold and empty…
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We Had Better Watch the Sky
Over two thousand years ago, people were just living their lives. The carpenters were going about their woodwork. The tentmakers were building their tents. The merchants were selling their goods. The scribes were…
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My Friends, the Trees
They stand like green-clad towers, As silent as you please, I do not doubt you know them, They are my friends, the trees. They wave their finger branches, In every quiet breeze, I tell them all my secrets, For…
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You Can’t Fall Up: A Guide on Eliminating Redundancy Monsters
In every manuscript, there are tiny little monsters. Most of the time we, as the author, can’t find them. They’re much too clever to be discovered, and often times it takes a new…