Inspired by Life ... and Fiction

Novelists bound by the pen, sisterhood, & more

On the Research Trail

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Researching my books is one of my favorite parts of the writing process, and last week I got to do just that. My musician husband, Ken, was performing in New York City, so I flew there with him for a short, five-day trip. Since his concert was in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, we stayed in a hotel just a few blocks from the historic Brooklyn Bridge (completed in 1883 and still used by commuters to … [Read more...]

The Plot Thickens|Jane Kirkpatrick

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Each Sunday "Inspired by Life...and Fiction" shares a Christian novelist's newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration. After spending years clearing sagebrush and wrestling wind and rattlesnakes on their ranch in a remote part of Oregon, Willa Award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick and her husband Jerry are back in central Oregon. Jane has brought some reminders of her … [Read more...]

Love Well

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I love love!  Especially the process of falling in love. The romantics among us will agree, there's just something about the intensity of the feelings we experience when we fall in love for the first time. It's exciting! The joy is over the top. The doubt is nerve wracking. The loneliness of separation heart-breaking. The sensations of falling for someone -- who's falling for you at the same -- … [Read more...]

Join Me for a Jane Austen “Tour”

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If you know me at all, you know that I am a fan of Jane Austen. I have been ever since I fell in love with Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy in the 1995 BBC/A&E adaptation of Pride & Prejudice.Seeing it led me to re-read Jane Austen’s books and in turn, to set my novels in the Regency period.    So it should come as little surprise that I would be interested in something called an Austen … [Read more...]

Being real in a social media world

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My husband and I went out for an impromptu breakfast the other day and he asked me, "Aren't you going to take a picture?" (Meaning, for Facebook...) I said, "No, let's just let this one be for us. For you and me." But it caused me to wonder: has my life been reduced to a post-a-day on Facebook? I hope not! We all know that Facebook isn't exactly "real." Most of us put our best foot forward on … [Read more...]

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