Starting a bookclub I was introduced to the book club experience back in the mid-1990s when our local cathedral bookstore hired me to lead a book club for them. Since then, I have led and participated in 4 book clubs of very different themes and goals—and enjoyed them all. In spite of the current popularity …
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New Releases | December 2023 New Releases
Welcome to December 2023 new releases. We have 4 new releases, congratulations. Going There Tales From The Riviera and Beyond by Donna Fletcher Crow Independently published (Released: December 1, 2023) In the summer of 2021 amidst a world-wide pandemic, Donna Fletcher Crow, her daughter-in-law, and granddaughter managed to slip through a narrow window of calm …
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Writing Life: Launching out—Beyond Our Comfort Zone
I began my professional writing life as a playwright. I was serving as drama minister for our church and we needed scripts, so I provided them. Then, after a bit of dabbling in curriculum writing and non-fiction work, I rather quickly plunged into my true love—writing novels. And there I have stayed for forty-some years …
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Writers Life: Scotland on My Mind, the Influence of Heritage
Stan and Donna Crow 1963 This year my husband and I celebrate our sixtieth wedding anniversary. Yes—that’s 60! We are observing this milestone with a family reunion in Scotland this summer. Our whole family romping for a week on the shores of the Firth of Forth. With such jolly times in the offing I have …
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The Writing Life: Inspiration from place
Settings have always been one of the most important aspects of a story to me. I frequently—almost always, even—choose the films I watch or the books I read based on where they are set. I regularly shape my plots around places I want to go for research. Past Travels Come to Life For my current …
Writing Life | Idaho Women’s Statue Brings History to Life
Writing historical novels has made me acutely aware of how truly we walk in the footsteps of those who have gone before us. Without the “prints” left by earlier generations we would know nothing about the struggles and achievements of bygone generations. Nor would we be able to build for the future on their accomplishments. …
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Author Interview | Brenda S. Cox on Fashionable Goodness
Donna: I am delighted to bring Brenda S. Cox to Australasia today as part of her official blog tour for the launch of her wonderful new book Fashionable Goodness, Christianity in Jane Austen’s England. Brenda, what led you to write a book on this subject? Brenda: In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in England, exciting …
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New Releases | October 2022 New Releases and Giveaway Winners
Welcome to a October’s new releases. Today we have 4 new releases this month. Congratulations. Check at the end to see if you were winner in September. The Dawning of Peace of Dreamers and Designers by Donna Fletcher Crow Publisher: Verity Press (Released: August 23, 2022) The stunning conclusion to The Celtic Cross series. In …
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Writers Life | The Renewable Life of Books
Publishing a book is a forever thing. When one sends a book out into the world, one never knows where it might turn up—or in what format. Long-lived books continue to recycle in various formats and editions with covers to match new tastes. Ebooks, audio books, even film adaptations become possibilities never thought of a …
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New Releases | August 2022 New Releases and Giveaway Winner
Welcome to a August’s new releases. Today we have 3 August releases this month, Congratulations. Check at the end to see if you were the winner of the July gift card. The Famishment of the People, Of Hunger and Fulfillment, Book 9 The Centlic Cross Series By Donna Fletcher Crow Publisher: Verity Press; (Published: June …
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