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An Author’s Work is Never Done

Updated on February 14, 2025February 14, 2025

You might be surprised to learn that I have many tasks that are aspects of my work but have nothing to do with writing books. I’m between drafts of book …

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Fiction as an Escape

Updated on April 19, 2024April 19, 2024

The busier I get, the more tasks I give to Frances. That seems fair, doesn’t it? She’s a character whose life I create. If I’m juggling a dozen tasks at …

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Historical fiction Research Writing life

Research: Rabbit Hole or Hamster Wheel?

Updated on February 17, 2024February 17, 2024

I hear so often about that research rabbit hole and I admit I have fallen in myself, usually when reading old newspapers. I’ll find so many fascinating stories, yet not …

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Research Writing life

Brain Matters

Updated on August 14, 2023August 14, 2023

I turned in book 7 to my editor a couple weeks ago and I’ve been playing with ideas for the next book in the series. No matter how many books …

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Historical fiction new fiction Research Writing life

Casting My Characters

Updated on March 9, 2023February 15, 2023

I never feel that I know my characters very well until I finish the first draft of a manuscript. That’s one of the great things about writing a series. Characters …

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Research Trip!

Updated on March 18, 2023November 15, 2022

By the time A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder came out in 2018, I had already done enough research to plot three books. At the time, I didn’t know …

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The Writing Community

Updated on March 18, 2023August 15, 2022

I gave a talk for a local Rotary Club this week. Public speaking is not my favorite thing to do, but I keep telling myself the more I do it, …

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The Victorian Life

Updated on March 18, 2023October 15, 2021

I’ve been off social media and laying low for the past few weeks. My back surgery was successful and now that I’m out of the hospital and back home, my …

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In the Eye of the Beholder

May 15, 2021May 15, 2021

I never provide detailed descriptions of my characters in my novels. When I read, I rarely pay attention to character descriptions and decide for myself what they look like based …

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A Fiancée’s Guide to First Wives and Murder new fiction New mystery Writing life

A Fiancée’s Guide to First Wives and Murder

April 15, 2021April 15, 2021

I spend a lot of time browsing newspapers from 1899, the year my books are set. I do it for a few reasons; to immerse myself in the era, to …

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