Happy Places: Yosemite National Park
This video is jaw droppingly amazing. The photography, the music. And one of the most amazing places on earth. If you ever ever get a chance to go, take it. I know I've blogged about Yosemite before in Happy Places. But when I saw this video, I knew I had to tuck...
Research: 19th Century English Post
Some links I have just discovered and would like to keep for later. How did the post work during the Regency period? The Regency Post An EXCELLENTLY researched blog by author Shannon Donnelly The Regency Post Office by Joanna Bourne London Mail in Georgian England...
Between the Lines with… Charlotte Carter
A multi-published author of more than fifty romance, cozy mystery and inspirational titles, Charlotte Carter lives in Southern California with her husband of forty-nine years and their cat Mittens—an equal opportunity lap cat. They have two married daughters and five...
100 x 100
The interest of this goal, as listed on my goals page, is to keep me continuously writing every day. It's probably set fairly low but that's because getting my butt in the chair and writing is half the battle. Thus the reason for 100 x 100. For the vast majority of...
Downton Abbey
This holiday season, as we sat in front of the TV during the late night hours wrapping gifts, I slowly and not-so-subtly got my husband hooked on Downton Abbey. It wasn't hard, really, but of course this second time around, I was viewing the series through a...
Craft Books Reading List 2012
Currently Reading: The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler On Writing by Stephen King TBR: Writer's Market (Reference) 250 Things You Should Know About Writing by Chuck Wendig Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass Writing Fiction for All You're Worth by James...
2012 Fiction Reading List
Currently Reading: Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding (re-re-re-re-read, haha) Read: Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare (an interview with the author here) An Affair with Mr. Kennedy by...
Channeling my inner male or “Drawing upon the power of testosterone”
When I first set out to write my story, "The Love Letter," for the "Jane Austen Made Me Do It Short Story Contest," I knew that the story would be from Mark's point of view. And therein lay my greatest challenge for composing the story. He is a man, and I am a...
Q & A with editor, Laurel Ann Nattress
A while back, Laurel Ann sent me some questions for a Q & A for the Jane Austen Made Me Do It anthology. I thought it might be fun to share them with you here: Laurel Ann: How did Jane Austen make you do it? What inspired you to join this anthology? Brenna...