By Nola Lorraine Do you have a favourite section in a bookshop or library? Maybe you head straight for the new-release novels or memoirs. Perhaps cooking, crafts, or art are more your style. You might be surprised to learn that I make a beeline to the graphic novels section to see if they have any …
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Book Review | Forgotten Memories by Penny Zeller
Today I am reviewing Penny Zeller’s new book releasing on Tuesday 30 August. Book Description The Wyoming Territory is rife with lawlessness and disorder, something Annie Ledbetter and her parents discover when their wagon train is robbed. Seven years later, Annie settles into her lifelong dream as a teacher in the small town of Willow …
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Help! Where should I spend my time at my stage in the writing journey?
Writing and publishing books is a huge learning curve. It’s not helped by the multitude of voices telling us what we need to do: from writing more books, to advertising, to building your newsletter subscribers, to … many more things. Sometimes we want to curl up in a ball and forget the whole thing. The …
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Writing Historical Fiction That Readers Will Love
Historical fiction lovers are also lovers of history. Every time we write a novel, we’re creating a special place for our readers to visit. We build a world for our characters to live in. The details of that world are up to us, but whatever we create, it must be believable. Even fantasy and sci-fi …
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Properly Loved
By Wendy Parker Love. Why is it the first of the fruits mentioned in Galatians 5:22-23? Well, I believe it’s no accident that the Spirit placed it first on the list because unless we love first and know that we are loved, all the other fruit of joy, peace, patience, kind-heartedness, goodness, faithfulness, and self-control will …
#Throwback Thursday | A Response to My Spam Comments
It’s Throwback Thursday, which means I’m republishing one of my older blog posts. I don’t have a problem with spam comments any more and I can’t even remember when I first wrote this, but reading it still gave me a giggle. I hope you enjoy it. I went through a short period where my reviewing …
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Writers Life | Flights of Fantasy
By Jeanette O’Hagan “Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” C. S. Lewis Not everyone loves fantasy or, fiction for that matter. ‘I prefer reality,’ they say with that do-you-have-two-heads look. The implication is that fantasy is escapist or childish or somehow suspect. Now, I get it. Readers have …
Writers Life | Persuasion: Yes, No, Maybe
By Meredith Resce The Write and Rong Weigh two Rite Don’t adjust your television set, people. All words in the title are spelled correctly, and when placed in that order form a context which reveals the meaning. But they are homophones of the words which I should have used. ‘Thank you, Captain Obvious.’ Speaking of …
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Writers Life | Where Do Stories Come From?
St Cuthbert from Durham Cathedral By Donna Fletcher Crow Ever wondered where stories come from? Durham Cathedral My first visit to Durham Cathedral was an overwhelming experience. High atop a rocky plateau that is one of the most ancient places of worship in England, the early Norman cathedral rises at one side of the green, …
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Throwback Thursday | Who Am I Writing For?
Today for Throwback Thursday we are reposting a post from Rose Dee first published several years ago. I had no specific plan in place when I sat down to write my first novel. I didn’t seriously consider that I would become an author, nor did I have great ambitions for publication. I had decided to …
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