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An analogy that I cannot use in my 1818 novel.
He stopped and for a moment appeared to hold his breath. It was imperfectly held, though, and a small thin stream of air leaked out in a tiny whine such as an Asgardian god might make after being thrashed by Hulk.
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Without a Summer scenic location map: A new use for Pinterest
I’ve used Pinterest for the last couple of books to collect my visual reference material. It’s been very, very handy. They just added a feature today where you can pin the locations to a map. I’d been trying to do that with Google Maps, but having the pictures and my notes all in one place
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Here! Play MadLibs with my fiction
So, as I write, I often use [square brackets] as place holders for things I need to look up later. This offers you the opportunity to play MadLibs with my work in progress. A cheer went up from a crowd of sailors bunched around the [part of ship] An enclosed [type of carriage] with a
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These are a few of my favorite things: Single malt, leather bound books, wind-up toys, and lab glass
And because I know people will ask… The set of lab glass is something Rob and I picked up early in our marriage. We use the large ones for water at our dinner parties. The books are the complete works of Hawthorne from 1879 The wind-up toys are something that my family has been collecting
New scene in Chapter 2 of OF NOBLE FAMILY
If you’ve been reading along, I just added a new scene to chapter 2. Look for the line, “She is a Countess,” and continue from there.
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Chapter 4 is up for those reading along with OF NOBLE FAMILY.
Had a lovely productive day at Letizia’s Natural Bakery, my writing spot of choice in Chicago. As a result, there is a new chapter for those reading along as I write Of Noble Family. Do you want to read along as well? Hop over to the post with the ground rules.
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Chapter 3 is posted, for those of you reading along with OF NOBLE FAMILY
Rob and I had a lovely weekend, which was mostly spent being domestic and attending to various marital duties. I did, however, write a chapter.
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It’s our 12th anniversary, so I’ll be offline for the weekend
Tomorrow, the 17th, is our twelfth anniversary. It’s a day on which I unplug from the electronic world and just hang out with my husband. This weekend, it also coincides with the end of harvest and crush at the winery. Rob is taking his first days off since harvest began in September. To celebrate that,
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Chapter two is up
For those of you reading along as I write Of Noble Family, I just posted Chapter two. If you are wondering what I’m talking about, I am writing the fifth book in The Glamourist Histories, and letting people read along as I go. Want to join in? Pop over to this post to read the ground
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Want to read OF NOBLE FAMILY as I write it?
It’s NaNoWriMo time again. That means that I have a novel in progress and am looking for people who want to read along. With Shades of Milk and Honey, I posted the first three chapters in the clear as I wrote them and then password protected the rest. For Glamour in Glass, Without a Summer, and Valour
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