It’s Release Day for Season of Seduction!
Today is release day for Season of Seduction, a new holiday contemporary romance anthology filled with romantic stories that take place around the winter holidays.
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From Story Bible to Editorial Style Sheet
Story Bibles are important tools in a writer’s toolbox, but one of its best uses is how it builds Editorial Style Sheets.
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Rough Draft November: Week Two
It’s time for Rough Draft November Week Two! But regardless of where you are in your word count journey, don’t forget to have fun. Time away from the desk, and having fun, offers a chance for writers to recharge and refill their creative well.
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The Hungry {Romance} Writer: French Onion Soup
Tonight I’m enjoying one of the last quiet evenings we’ll have until the end of the year. So, to celebrate the calm before the chaos, I’m making French Onion Soup that we can enjoy outside around the fire pit.
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Firelight And The Stories We Leave Behind
Tonight is Bonfire Night, so today I’m talking about how flames symbolize storytelling and how those enduring sparks of creativity sometimes call us to revisit older projects.
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Story Bibles: Organizing Historical Research
Let’s talk about how to organize historical research in your story bible, track sources, build timelines, and maintain continuity in your novels and series. It’s not just another form of procrastination!
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A Different Kind of Rough Draft November
Rough Draft November has started! And as I begin an almost-new draft, I wanted to share my list of self care ideas to help me get to The End.
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Time to Say Goodbye to Unshaken
It’s almost time for Unshaken, A Charity Anthology, to leave us. But there are still a few more days to check it out.
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Days of Spooks, Saints, and Souls
Today I’m writing about the history and traditions of Halloween, All Saints’ Day, and All Souls’ Day, and how these three days honor the harvest, the saints, and the dead.
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The Signal-Man: A Halloween Tale
Step into the eerie world of Charles Dickens’s *The Signal-Man*, a classic Victorian ghost story filled with mysterious warnings, supernatural encounters, and chilling suspense. A haunting Halloween read from the Fairytale Archives.
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The Hungry {Romance} Writer: Honey Cake
Bake an old-fashioned honey cake inspired by the Van Tassel harvest feast in Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. It’s a sweet autumn treat!
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Why are Bats Associated with Dracula?
From ancient superstitions to Bram Stoker’s famous vampire, how did an ordinary nocturnal animal become one of Halloween’s most recognizable creatures?
