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Lilacs and Reveries

The most important thing you can put in your book is well-rounded, three-dimensional characters. According to Google, the definition of three-dimensional (in literature) is sufficiently...

Hello, Readers! Today I’ll be reviewing, or rather discussing, the Elsie Dinsmore series by Martha Finley. Martha Finley was born in 1828. She wrote numerous...

Subplots are, essentially, smaller stories that interweave with the main plot of a novel to add to it. A subplot in my novel The Dressmaker’s...

I know … I’ve been posting a lot of poems recently. 🙂 But it’s easy and fun and, honestly, I’m really excited to share them...

When one of our favorite books gets made into a movie, we’re both excited and scared. Excited because we, well, our favorite book has been...

Love triangles. They’re everywhere, it seems. In best-selling books. In non-best-selling books. In almost every romance you ever have read. And I have yet to...

I know. There are a lot of big words in the title. 😉 Essentially, today I will be sharing you some things I wrote in...

It’s been raining pretty hard for a couple days now. Our yard is pretty drenched. But you know what? I like the rain! And that...

The Painter’s Daughter by Julie Klassen   Title: The Painter’s Daughter Author: Julie Klassen Genre: Historical fiction Subgenres/Keywords: Historical romance, romance, Regency era, Regency romance,...

The Secret of Pembrooke Park by Julie Klassen ~Summary~ Abigail Foster is the practical daughter. She fears she will end up a spinster, especially as...

NOTE: THE IMAGES ON THIS POST HAVE DISAPPEARED. Today I wrote a poem to describe our weather here. 🙂 Enjoy! Half-Spring by Kellyn Roth (2/5/16)...

As some of you may know, I’ve been considering writing a book set during the 193os, The Lady of the Vineyard. I’m just in the...

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