Marlowe’s secret volcanic lair
At his secret volcanic cat lair, Marlowe attempts to conduct important business, only to be thwarted
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Holiday dinner party
We had our annual holiday party last night. My grandmother Robby (from whom I get my middle name) started throwing a Christmas Eve dinner party for the entire family 57 years ago. My parents have carried on the tradition. While I was growing up, they’d do a similar menu in Raleigh and I eventually realized
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Chapter 10 is up, for those reading along with OF NOBLE FAMILY
For those reading along, I made some changes to Chapter 8, which is mostly at the end starting with “Vincent narrowed his eyes…” that might affect how you read Chapter 10. Meanwhile, I recorded an audio book this week, so got very little writing done. Hopefully I’ll start being able to get pages turned out
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Do you have questions for Debut Author Lessons?
I have this series of posts about Debut Author Lessons. As a sort of holiday present, I thought I’d do some more this month but… to make them as helpful as possible, I thought I’d see if you have any requests. Just leave a question down below in comments. I’ll see how many I can
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Finished NaNoWriMo! Have a new chapter…
I finished NaNoWriMo earlier today, which is always a satisfying feeling. Behold! As a result, those of you reading along with Of Noble Family have a new chapter to read.
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Look– Jane Austen included characters of color. Stop citing “historical accuracy” with an all white cast.
So, there’s this Jane Austen game that people keep pointing me to with great excitement. There’s been some conversation in the community because all of the characters in the prototype are white. Their FAQ says: Will you provide choices in race and ethnicity? We will provide historically accurate racial diversity. This only becomes an issue
Chapter 8 is up
We had an internet outage today, so I had a lot of distraction free time. 4000 words today, which means finishing a chapter. For those of you reading along, Chapter 8 is up.
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White gauze Regency dress with steel grey trim
This is the Regency dress that I’m currently working on. It’s a mix of a machine embroidered border eyelet fabric and me doing some applique and hand-embroidery to match. I’ll post a picture when it’s finished, but you can see where I’m headed.
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I need to hire an assistant in Antigua for my novel. Do you know anyone?
Hello internet, I’ve tried going about this the old fashioned way and contacting museums, historians, even the tourism board, with no luck. So, I’m turning to you. I need a research assistant in Antigua. I’m willing to pay for help. While I’d love to have just one assistant, if I need to break the tasks
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Chapter 6 is up, for those of you reading along with Of Noble Family
I spent most of the weekend teaching a writing class so my forward progress on the novel slowed a little bit, but… Chapter 6 is up.
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