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February 28, 2019
Another Little Piece of My Heart
By Cassandra O'Leary
This month's blog theme is 'What touches my heart?' and it's a tricky one, because the answer is many things, many people, books, movies, music... There isn't only one answer. There isn't only one thing to feel or to love. This post is dedicated to all the little things that add up to something joyful and touching in our everyday lives.
A quiet sunset
My last little
This month's blog theme is 'What touches my heart?' and it's a tricky one, because the answer is many things, many people, books, movies, music... There isn't only one answer. There isn't only one thing to feel or to love. This post is dedicated to all the little things that add up to something joyful and touching in our everyday lives.
A quiet sunset
My last little
February 27, 2019
From the Heart to the Heart
by M. L. Buchman
I write romance. There's a very direct and obvious (mostly) connection between the author and the reader in romance. A writer of romance wants to connect to a single, very specific emotion of the romance reader--true love.
I also write science fiction with the hope of connecting to wonder.
And thrillers, hoping to connect to adventure and thrills.
And...
I sometimes think as
I write romance. There's a very direct and obvious (mostly) connection between the author and the reader in romance. A writer of romance wants to connect to a single, very specific emotion of the romance reader--true love.
I also write science fiction with the hope of connecting to wonder.
And thrillers, hoping to connect to adventure and thrills.
And...
I sometimes think as
February 26, 2019
A Bit of Magic and a Canine Miracle that Touched My Heart by Sarah Raplee
MID-LEFT SIDE, HORIZONTALASH AND ECHO
So many experiences touch my heart with wonder, grace and gratitude. I hardly know where to start this post! I decided to share these two true stories.
A Bit of Magic
A year ago I played the scratch-off crossword card pictured here and was gifted with my two eldest granddaughters' names, Ash and Echo. Magical! Check out the photo. What are the odds?
So many experiences touch my heart with wonder, grace and gratitude. I hardly know where to start this post! I decided to share these two true stories.
A Bit of Magic
A year ago I played the scratch-off crossword card pictured here and was gifted with my two eldest granddaughters' names, Ash and Echo. Magical! Check out the photo. What are the odds?
February 25, 2019
Tugging Heartstrings
By Courtney Pierce
I can tell when an author has personal experience with the
pain and conflict they write about. I dive into a book—my own or someone
else’s—with a load of cargo that sticks and prickles in my skin like emotional
Velcro. Experiences with love, loss, betrayal, divorce, and death give us fuel
to connect with like-minded characters. That’s why I pump my protagonists full of
I can tell when an author has personal experience with the
pain and conflict they write about. I dive into a book—my own or someone
else’s—with a load of cargo that sticks and prickles in my skin like emotional
Velcro. Experiences with love, loss, betrayal, divorce, and death give us fuel
to connect with like-minded characters. That’s why I pump my protagonists full of
February 23, 2019
Women's Work in the Victorian Era
by Christy Carlyle
William Powell Frith, Many Happy Returns, 1856
[This post was first published at RTG in May of 2014. Updated reprint with author's permission.]
The topic of women’s work in the Victorian era is more
complex than you might imagine. During the 19th century a popular notion
of woman as a kind of domestic goddess or “Angel in the House,” based on a
popular poem by Coventry
William Powell Frith, Many Happy Returns, 1856
[This post was first published at RTG in May of 2014. Updated reprint with author's permission.]
The topic of women’s work in the Victorian era is more
complex than you might imagine. During the 19th century a popular notion
of woman as a kind of domestic goddess or “Angel in the House,” based on a
popular poem by Coventry
February 22, 2019
Love's Ability To Endure
By Linda Lovely
When my friend’s mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s,
she’d been married for more than 50 years. No one could have faulted the
husband for placing his wife in a nursing home once she no longer knew who he
was and needed to be watched and cared for around the clock. But he chose to
care for her at home—for years.
A handyman, he constructed a variety of safeguards to
When my friend’s mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s,
she’d been married for more than 50 years. No one could have faulted the
husband for placing his wife in a nursing home once she no longer knew who he
was and needed to be watched and cared for around the clock. But he chose to
care for her at home—for years.
A handyman, he constructed a variety of safeguards to
February 20, 2019
Heart Smiles
February, the month of St Valentine and all things love. Our feelings for that special someone, for family and best friends. But it's also a good time to reflect on all the other things we have in our lives that make our hearts smile.
I don't know about you, but I love the moments in a day when I see, or hear, or feel or taste something that makes me stop and think how lucky I am to experience
I don't know about you, but I love the moments in a day when I see, or hear, or feel or taste something that makes me stop and think how lucky I am to experience
February 19, 2019
What Touches My Heart by Delsora Lowe
February is the month of Valentine’s Day. Throughout my life
I have vacillated between loving the idea of the day and wanting to shove my head
under a pillow. After all, love isn’t something you can conjure up with a
finger-snap. Oh…unless you write romance.
This month’s theme is “what touches my heart.” I do love
writing romance, but what touches my heart in a very special way are my three
I have vacillated between loving the idea of the day and wanting to shove my head
under a pillow. After all, love isn’t something you can conjure up with a
finger-snap. Oh…unless you write romance.
This month’s theme is “what touches my heart.” I do love
writing romance, but what touches my heart in a very special way are my three
February 18, 2019
Favorite Romantic Movies Round 2...by Kristin Wallace
Last year for (post) Valentine’s Day, I wrote about my favorite romantic movies. I had so much fun that I decided to do follow-up with Round 2 of some classic rom-coms.
Crazy Rich Asians
We’ll start with a recent movie. This movie was a hug hit last year and was unique in that is featured an all-Asian cast. American Rachel falls in love with handsome Nick Young, not knowing he is basically
Crazy Rich Asians
We’ll start with a recent movie. This movie was a hug hit last year and was unique in that is featured an all-Asian cast. American Rachel falls in love with handsome Nick Young, not knowing he is basically
February 16, 2019
Victorian Romance and Adventure by Anthea Lawson
FORTUNE'S FLOWER
I’m delighted to be here at
Romancing the Genres today as part of the spotlight on Victorian historical
romance.
I love writing romance set in the
Victorian era, because so many boundaries were shifting at that time – within
the nobility, overseas, with the advent of the Industrial age and scientific
inquiry. The role of women was changing, too, in subtle and
I’m delighted to be here at
Romancing the Genres today as part of the spotlight on Victorian historical
romance.
I love writing romance set in the
Victorian era, because so many boundaries were shifting at that time – within
the nobility, overseas, with the advent of the Industrial age and scientific
inquiry. The role of women was changing, too, in subtle and
