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March 14, 2018
3 ways to develop the characters in your story
I promised in my last post on beginning a novel that I would write about creating characters. Of course, to begin with, I have characters swarming, ideas both historical and fictional. I’ve already searched photo databanks for images that might fit. (Currently, I like using Unsplash for contemporary photos, largely because they tend to be more natural and […]
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March 10, 2018
The joy of being at the beginning of writing a novel
I’m at the beginning of writing my next novel, and it’s a joy. I feel happy as a kid in a sandbox. It’s a slow process of discovery, and I expect it to take all year. The things about my writing process that never change This will be my seventh novel (ninth, counting the two […]
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February 27, 2018
Subscribe to my newsletter and get a chance to win a book or an Audible edition of the Josephine B. Trilogy
I’ve a newsletter about to go out, and I want to remind my wonderful readers who aren’t on my newsletter mailing list that you’re missing a chance to win one of my books — or (for the first time!) win an Audible edition of the entire Josephine B. Trilogy. The choice would be yours. Click here to […]
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January 30, 2018
A great review of The Game of Hope — and how you can request a galley for yourself
I was thrilled to read this lovely review of The Game of Hope on Net Galley. Here are some quotes: Sandra Gulland demonstrates a masterful grasp that she has on history in her book The Game of Hope. While some authors struggle to convince their audience that they are educated in history and to fully […]
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A great review of The Game of Hope — and how you can request a FREE galley for yourself
I was thrilled to read this lovely review of The Game of Hope on Net Galley. Here are some quotes: Sandra Gulland demonstrates a masterful grasp that she has on history in her book The Game of Hope. While some authors struggle to convince their audience that they are educated in history and to fully […]
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December 30, 2017
How to Actually Get Things DONE: Suggestions for the New Year
Are you a getting-things-done systems junkie? I am, and I thought I had my personal system settled once and for all until I took a Tim Grahl course on being a productive writer. Yeah, I know, my sixth novel will be published this coming spring, so some might think I already am productive. Not so! It […]
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December 16, 2017
How to begin to write a book
Every stage of writing a book is a challenge—the beginning, the middle, and the end—but I think figuring out how to begin to write a book might be the most difficult. I’m at the beginning stage of writing my next novel now. I’m going to use Scrivener for this one, and so I have a […]
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How to Begin to Write a Book
Every stage of writing a book is a challenge—the beginning, the middle, and the end—but I think figuring out how to begin to write a book might be the most difficult. I’m at the beginning stage of writing my next novel now. I’m going to use Scrivener for this one, and so I have a […]
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November 30, 2017
In Praise of Japan
My husband and I took a long trip this fall, to Japan for three weeks. It was fantastic! We are culinary travelers, and Japan was a treat. I had spent two summers in Japan as a teen, staying with my aunt and uncle (who flew for Japan Airlines) and my two cousins. My cousins and I […]
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August 1, 2017
House of books & dreams
Imagine a little house—or, rather, more properly, a two-story reading room—containing thousands of books. Imagine this house on the outskirts of Killaloe, a rural village of six hundred in northern Ontario. Amazing. I had the pleasure of visiting “Love’s Healing Reading Room” with authors Merilyn Simonds and Wayne Grady last week. We quickly lost ourselves […]
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