Michelle Athy's Blog, page 29

100 pages + Some Promo!

I hit 100 pages of this Victorian mish-mash of a novel! Yay! It's actually feeling engrossing again! I mean, 100 pages is about the length of that there novella that I wrote and released last year,...

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Middle-itis, Dialogue, and Characters

IWSG post for July time! The Insecure Writer's Support Group posts every first Wednesday of the month. July's co-hosts are:Yolanda Renee,Tyrean Martinson,Madeline Mora-Summonte ,LK Hill,Rachna...

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3 Awesome Women of the Late Victorian Period

I recently finished reading Courtney Milan's The Suffragette Scandal, which takes place in the 1870s and is about Free Marshall, an investigative journalist who runs a newspaper called The Women's...

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The Thing That Turned Me Promo Video!

Out June 30th. #TheThingThatTurnedMe

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Guest Post: Lori MacLaughlin on Creating Unforgettable Characters

Hey everyone! Today we have a guest post--Lori MacLaughlin, who is here to tell us about her book, Trouble By Any Other Name! Creating Unforgettable Characters Thanks so much, Michelle, for...

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How Death Records Can Help Your Family tree

I appointed myself the family historian a few years ago and I've been searching records online in hopes of building a decent family shrub, at least, if not a tree. A couple of weeks ago, I...

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22 Books Read

I am now halfway through my reading challenge goal for the year--just in time for the halfway point of the year :-) Here's what I've read since March, when I finished book 11: 12. Big Magic:...

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When Research Actually Matters

So...some of you may know that the project I'm working on right now, which I'm sorry to say I've been slightly cryptic about, takes place in the 1890s in England (so far) and partially involves one...

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IWSG: More Writing, Less Internet

This is my IWSG post for June. The Insecure Writer's Support Group posts every first Wednesday of the month, airing our writing insecurities to the world. Founded by Alex J. Cavanagh, our co-hosts...

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Family Trees, Random Old Timey Records, and Historical Fiction

Last week, I came across a post on another blog, The Second Sentence, about how genealogy can help a historical fiction writer. I haven't been particularly inspired to write anything based on my own...

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