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May 06
I know I said I’d be taking a break from posting, but this is too important to wait… UPDATE and CRAZY EXCITING NEWS! Hi everyone! I’m popping in to give you an update on progress with My One True Love, and with print-copy options for My Dear One and My Own, and to share with …
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Mar 28
“…would they receive the same silent assent as I did, growing up? Or, would they be looked at oddly, perhaps teased or ridiculed…”
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Mar 20
“The story started strong – childbirth is always exciting at any time, but in the midst of a war and in extreme poverty and on the sofa in the middle of…”
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Mar 13
Welcome to the first-edition of Review Wednesday on my blog! I’m excited to share with you a book I read last month that is still resonating with me: The Clockmaker’s Daughter, by Kate Morton. I found The Clockmaker’s Daughter during one my strolls through our local book store. I go roughly once a week to …
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Feb 21
Since I launched my first book in April of 2018, I’ve gone through a bit of an identity crisis. By identity crisis, I mean establishing a look, or as it’s referred to in the industry, Brand. A logo, colour, and text scheme for a product or business, that people recognize. Think of the round red …
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Jan 23
But the effects of centuries’ of abuse and misuse of power impacts Margaret’s life, as, sadly…
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Dec 21
I’ve written about this before, my youth reading and watching crime/mystery books/movies, and how age/maturity has changed my interests. This last week, it’s been all W-Channel and HALLMARK movies, which honestly, was NEVER me. When my husband and I met, and especially in the first… ten, or so years of our marriage, he tried–and failed–to …
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Apr 21
At the beginning of April, I wrote about the bittersweet nature of this month for me, and for my mother. I shared the heartache and gratitude we each experience related to shared, and separate experiences, and how my mom’s experience inspired the events and theme of my first novel. So, it seems fitting that this …
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Mar 07
In my last book review, I mentioned how I ended up angry, tossing and turning, instead of sleeping, after finishing the book. I want to expand on my reaction. As I mention in the review, I was drawn to the book initially by its cover. As a warm-blooded, heterosexual female, with an affinity for all …
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