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February's always been a weird month for me

February's always been a weird month for me. It's the dead of winter up here in the northeast, with very up and down temperatures and strange weather altogether. During adolescence and up into my...

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What Does That Say?: A Family Tree Odyssey

On Sunday, February 4th, there was an episode of the show Victoria on PBS--Victoria being the show that fills the Downton Abbey and The Crown-filled holes in my need for British costume dramas--which...

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IWSG Feb

It's time for IWSG--the Insecure Writer's Support Group. We post our writerly insecurities and release them to the world on the first Wednesday of every month. Check us out here. This month's...

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BroadwayCon 2018!

My friends and I went to the last day of BroadwayCon this year, like we did last year. The convention ran from Friday to Sunday, though we only did the Sunday (mostly because that's when the First...

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The Freedom of Writing Contemporary

For the longest time, the reasons I couldn't make a contemporary story work were several-fold: I read a lot of historical, I was more engaged with historicals, and I often didn't feel like I fit in...

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Character Relationships

One of the vital elements for me to develop characters and develop conflict in a story are the relationships between the characters. Romance is all about the relationships between people--and...

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The Very Basics of the New Project

Okay. I have a rather unabashed reading habit when it comes to devouring romance novels. Y'all have seen me blog on the topic plenty of times. You've seen romance on my Goodreads reading challenge...

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Misfortune of Vision by Christy Nicholas

Misfortune of Vision by Christy Nicholas, Book #4 in The Druid’s Brooch Series Historical fantasy set in 12th century Ireland ~ Prophecy can be dangerous ~ In 12th century Ireland, Orlagh has...

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IWSG: January 2018 and Flaming Crimes blogfest!

Welcome to the first IWSG posting day of 2018! The Insecure Writer's Support Group is a large network of writers--we post our insecurities to the world every first Wednesday of month.  This...

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2017: A Year In Blog

Well, it's been a hell of a year, hasn't it? 2017 did not start off happy or calm for me. 2017 was a year long exercise in seeing how much outside events can seriously mess with your head and make...

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