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Picture This

February 13, 2019 By Dani Pettrey

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...]

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Did Jane Austen Ever Receive A Valentine?

February 12, 2019 By Julie Klassen

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...]

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A Garage Sale Tale

February 11, 2019 By Deborah Raney

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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Inspired by Scripture

February 10, 2019 By Deborah Raney

This Sunday feature is brought to you by ClashEntertainment.com. You may sign up to receive a beautiful photo with scripture in your inbox each morning or view the verse each day online. … [Read more...]

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My Favorite Covers of 2018

February 8, 2019 By Becky Wade

I created Favorite Covers of 2017 and 2016 posts and wanted to continue the tradition! I'm a fan of books. Writing them. Reading them. Their back cover blurbs. Their covers! Thus, I thoroughly enjoyed glancing back at lots of 2018 covers in the name of "research". After many completely unscientific tabulations, here are the ten covers (in no particular order) that I liked best. I love … [Read more...]

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