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Tell Me When

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I'm very happy to introduce my friend Christine Bierma as my guest blogger today. Besides being an excellent writer herself, Christine is the founder of Launch Right a social media boutique company that has been an invaluable resource to me and other authors. Welcome Christine!!  My husband and I went to out for dinner this past weekend to celebrate his birthday. I spent some time alone at … [Read more...]

Picture This

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Hi friends, Deadly Isle released last week, and I wanted to share a behind-the-scenes peek at part of my story development process. I’m a visual learner and a visual writer. I picture the story playing out like a movie in my head as I write. To foster this aspect of my writing process, I utilize Pinterest. Image credit: Amy Adams & Taylor Kinney I create a storyboard featuring … [Read more...]

Did Jane Austen Ever Receive A Valentine?

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At this month's meeting of the Minnesota chapter of the Jane Austen Society of North America, author Candice Hern again graced us with an interesting and lively talk. I love it when Candice speaks, because she knows her stuff and is passionate about it. She is a Regency aficionado and avid collector. Plus she's a lot of fun. Her presentation this time was about valentines during Jane … [Read more...]

A Garage Sale Tale

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Many of you know that my husband, Ken, and I have a date every Thursday morning to scout out our city's many garage sales. Our dates started shortly after we moved to Wichita, as an exploration of Wichita's many unique coffee shops. But one week we spotted a garage sale sign on our way home from a coffee shop. And well...the rest is history. I started sharing some of our garage sale purchases … [Read more...]

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