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April 6, 2025 By Julie Klassen

We hope you are enjoying these weekly feature posts from the authors of Inspired by Life…and Fiction. We’re sharing some of our favorite things to help you get to know us a little better—and we’d love to hear your answers to these “favorites” questions in the comments below.

French roast in a pretty coffee cup made by my friend Beverly S.

Favorite Beverage (whether hot or cold): In the mornings, I enjoy strong French roast coffee with heavy cream. Notice the ray of sunlight shining on this morning’s cup. Ahhhh! (I used to be a coffee snob but now I happily drink French roast from Aldi’s.)

(L) Quick snap from my closet. Perhaps I have a blue problem? (R) Office wall.

Favorite Color (and why): I like BLUE: cobalt, aqua, turquoise, teal, you name it. Not sure why, but wearing bright blue (especially when I speak at events) gives me added confidence. Also, my office is painted a robin’s egg blue, and my car is teal.

Favorite Thing You Collect: Dust bunnies? British magazines? 😊 I don’t actively collect anything (except research books) but I am drawn to items with lily-of-the-valley or hummingbirds on them, so if I were going to collect something, I might choose one of those. In the meantime, I have a growing collection of Jane Austen-inspired items from generous friends.

Just a few of the British magazines hubby and I subscribe to, read, and re-read.
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Julie Klassen

JULIE KLASSEN loves all things Jane—Jane Eyre and Jane Austen. She worked in publishing for sixteen years and now writes full time. Three of her novels have won the Christy Award for Historical Romance. Julie and her husband have two sons and live in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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  1. Sabrina T says

    April 6, 2025 at 3:19 am

    I like blues also!!!! They calm me or rev me up! I

  2. Kay Garrett says

    April 6, 2025 at 6:08 am

    Favorite drink at any time is Diet Pepsi.
    Favorite color is purple.
    Collect – at this age and having downsized, we our love of photography, we collect photographs that we take.

  3. Betty Strohecker says

    April 6, 2025 at 9:58 am

    Favorite drink – hot tea, love trying many kinds.
    Color – blue and purple
    Collect – I’ve collected many things over the years. I still collect spoons and magnets from places I’ve visited. My refrigerator is covered in magnets. And of course, BOOKS.

  4. Jen Black says

    April 6, 2025 at 12:12 pm

    So fun to read these!

    I also share your affinity for the color blue. (Yellow is a close second.) My car is also blue but I haven’t brought the color to my walls yet. I like your pale blue idea…and have friends who painted their kitchen/dining/living room a navy blue (with white trim). Food for thought!

  5. Deborah Raney says

    April 6, 2025 at 1:31 pm

    Those British magazines would draw me in too! I’ve so loved seeing everybody’s favorites!

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