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Fiction Tips From My Granddaughter

August 20, 2018 By Lynn Austin

Last week our family welcomed a new grandbaby into the world. Mama and baby are both fine, thank the Lord. And I had the pleasure of taking care of Lyla, who is two and a half, while mama and papa were in the hospital. I thought I would be taking time off from writing, but it so happened that I learned a few lessons from my granddaughter about what makes a good story. Lyla currently has two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Faith, Family, Writing

Novella Cover Reveal!

August 15, 2018 By D'Ann Mateer

I love finding obscure bits of history that I can build a story around. My soon-to-come novella came about in just that way. As I was looking through some history timelines, I came across a reference to The Toledo War in Ohio. With a little more digging, i discovered that the state of Ohio and the territory of Michigan each did a some grandstanding over the official placement of the line between … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing

Living in the Story

August 8, 2018 By Robin Lee Hatcher

Yesterday, Jerry and I took Boo for a “meet and greet.” In a few weeks, she is going to spend time with a dog sitter while we travel across the state to a family event. I found the sitter on Rover.com, and we were meeting her and her family in advance of our trip. Side note: Boo is going to have so much fun with those boys!! Anyway, to get to the sitter’s home, we drove through a lot of farmland, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing

Research Bonanza!

August 2, 2018 By Karen Witemeyer

Last Saturday I had the pleasure of digging my fingers into some fabulous Texas history. I'm coming down to the wire for my current manuscript (deadline is August 15 - Ack!) so I knew it was time to start thinking about my next project. The final story in my Patchwork Family series is going to be a novella with a heroine who serves as a Harvey Girl in one of the early Harvey Houses of Texas - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History, Writing Tagged With: Gainesville, Harvey Girls, Historical Research

Help! Retitle My Book Giveaway

July 26, 2018 By Cara Putman

In 2012, Barbour released A Wedding Transpires on Mackinac Island as part of one of their fiction lines. I love this story. It's set on one of my favorite places to escape and combines a blend of romance and suspense. In many ways, it was my first foray into the full length story telling like the Hidden Justice series. It was well received by readers, and about a year ago I got the rights back to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: cara putman, Mackinac Island, Retitle my book

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