Meredith Allard's Blog, page 50
June 6, 2011
Her Dear & Loving Husband Review From Fran Galiardo
Thank you, Fran Galiardo. Here's another great review for Her Dear & Loving Husband. Keep them coming! Her Dear and Loving Husband Written by Meredith Allard 262 pages Published By Copperfield Press Receives: 5 quills Review by Frances Galiardo Her Dear and Loving Husband tells the story of Sarah Alexander, a recent divorcee with a strong [...]
Her Dear & Loving Husband Review from Fran Lewis
Blessings on Fran Lewis for this lovely review of Her Dear & Loving Husband. Hey, it got a rating of Five Diet Cola Cans Filled with Professor James Wentworth's Favorite Brew! How can you beat that? Her Dear and Loving Husband Author: Meredith Allard Reviewed by Fran Lewis Close your eyes. What do you see? [...]
May 29, 2011
Never Record an Audiobook…
with your cats around. I'm sitting on the floor in my house trying to record the first few pieces of the audiobook version of Her Dear & Loving Husband. I'm a teacher and I read out loud to the kids every day, so I figured I could handle reading my own book as an audiobook. [...]
May 28, 2011
Chapter 1 of Her Dear & Loving Husband
I wanted to start sharing some of Her Dear & Loving Husband here. Today, the Prologue and Chapter 1. PROLOGUE I am looking lovingly into the eyes of a man, though I cannot see his face because it is featureless, like a blank slate. We are standing in front of a wooden house with narrow clapboards, and [...]
May 25, 2011
Her Dear & Loving Husband–Now Free on Smashwords
Her Dear & Loving Husband is now available for free from Smashwords. See www.smashwords.com/books/view/4958 and download the version that works best for you. I'm excited about this opportunity for everyone to read the story for free, and I hope you fall in love with James and Sarah as I have. As I'm busy working on Book Two, [...]
May 20, 2011
Looking(at)You(dot)Com
"I do not want to be here," Laurel said aloud, to no one. She realized suddenly that she was not in her head but outside in the world, in Starbucks to be exact, waiting in line alongside the display of day-old croissants and stale salads, the scent of strongly brewed coffee stifling her. She hoped [...]
May 16, 2011
Some Thoughts on Keats House
When you are a writer, patience and diligence are necessary. I knew from the beginning that becoming a published writer would be hard work, but I didn't realize how long it would take to get there. I thought my short story "Keats House" would be my first publication. Turns out I was right, but I took the long [...]
Keats House
This story will always have a special place in my heart. It was my first published piece (Moondance, 2002). * * * * * Keats House The house in Hampstead Heath did not strike Anne as anything so worthy of veneration. Formerly known as Wentworth Place, the white two-story home had not belonged to the [...]
May 14, 2011
Bubbie's Tale
The idea for this story came when BBC America was showing movie adaptations of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The station held a contest for new adaptations of the stories, and I was intrigued by the challenge. I looked up Chaucer's work (I hadn't read it since college), and I was drawn to "The Wife of Bath." Now, in [...]
