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IWSG September

It's the first Wednesday in September--must be time for IWSG! The Insecure Writer's Support Group is a large group of writers online and we come together to exorcise our writerly insecurities on the...

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33 Books Read!

Here we are at the almost three-quarter point of the year... and here I am with 33 books read! What are you reading? 23. The Suffragette Scandal (Brothers Sinister #4) by Courtney Milan....

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It's Saturday. Have an excerpt.

Hey! After effectively getting some creative juices re-flowing because, after I bitched and moaned about this latest writing project to my best friend, she broke out into song: "Chapter 18/I hate...

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5 Things I Learned About Colonial India

My main character, one Miss Victoria Ponsonby-Courtney, was born in India in 1873. Although my story takes place in England and Victoria was sent to England to live at age six, she carries a few...

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Authenticity vs. Accuracy

Among historical fiction writers, the authenticity vs. accuracy debate is a thing. That is, depending on the kind of historical fiction you're writing, you are going to have to balance historical...

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An Interview With Author Emily Steers

Emily Steers and I both went to Emerson College and I remember sharing at least one writing class--there may have been more. Emily just released her first novel, Collecting The Constellations, a...

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IWSG: My First Pieces

The Insecure Writer's Support Group is a large group of writers--and we post on the first Wednesday of every month. Thanks to August's co-hosts:Tamara Narayan,Tonja Drecker,Ellen @ The Cynical...

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Real Historical Figure Alert

I knew going in to this Victorian project that I wanted my characters to come across a few cameo appearances by real historical figures. They're not just popping in and out of the woodwork for no...

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Saturday Snippet

It's been a minute since I've posted an excerpt, huh? In which Victoria fulfills her duty as a "daughter" of an English country house by hosting their village's little kids and Ursula tries to...

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Shuffle Along

My best friends and I went to see Shuffle Along: Or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921, and All That Followedlast night. As you can probably surmise from the title, Shuffle Alongwas a...

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