Essays & Musings
What We’ve Been Thinking About
Thoughts on books, reading, culture, and the literary life.
Lori Leachman Talks about Family and Football. (Plus, there’s a Giveaway!)
September 8, 2018I have been friends with author Lori Leachman for over twenty years. In that time, I’ve heard many stories about Lamar Leachman, her storied father, and his great love affair with…
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The Problems of Persuasion: A Guest Post and a Giveaway by Jenny Holiday
September 4, 2018Once upon a time there was a romance novelist who blithely signed up to retell Jane Austen’s Persuasion. Once upon a time there was a romance novelist who was an…
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The Ojibway Circle: A Guest Post by Maggie Blackbird
August 17, 2018I find when I’m too familiar with something, I forget to see the beauty in familiarity. Growing up on the rez, the huge, beautiful lake surrounding the community where I…
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Talking with Loreth Anne White at #RWA18
August 4, 2018I caught up with Loreth Anne White at RWA and was, honestly, kinda thrilled. I’ve been a fan of her books for almost as long as I’ve been reviewing. (If…
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Chatting with Teri Wilson at #RWA18
August 2, 2018It’s always a joy to meet new authors at RWA. We’d chatted with Teri Wilson whose first trade paperback with Gallery Books, The Accidental Beauty Queen, will come out this…
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Chatting with Rachel Grant at #RWA2018
August 1, 2018The best part of RWA’s annual conference is, for me, getting to talk with authors I love. I’ve been lucky enough to have lunch with Rachel Grant the past few…
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Chatting with Elizabeth Kingston at #RWA18
July 30, 2018The best part of RWA’s annual conference is, for us, getting to talk with authors we love. Elizabeth Kingston’s books get high marks from us so we were excited to…
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PROMISE ME A DREAM: The Struggle Continues by Wayne Jordan
July 27, 2018For me, 2018 was going to be an exciting year. Back in 2016, I pitched an idea to a few of my author friends. The concept was not original. Harlequin…
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Chatting with Kelly Bowen at #RWA18
July 26, 2018The best part of RWA’s annual conference is, for us, getting to talk with authors we love so natch we enjoyed catching up with Kelly Bowen. (Ms. Bowen has received…
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Chatting with Sherry Thomas at #RWA18
July 23, 2018The best part of RWA’s annual conference is, for us, getting to talk with authors we love. And we love Sherry Thomas. (If you haven’t been reading her, you need…
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Why We Need Romance by Leslie Hachtel
July 16, 2018Life is definitely getting harder. The news is more terrible everyday: children are killing children, Mother Nature is angry and more and more people are suffering. Sometimes just getting through…
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What, why and how do you read? A survey by M.K. Tod
July 14, 2018Readers and writers – a symbiotic relationship. Ideas spark writers to create stories and build worlds and characters for readers’ consumption. Readers add imagination and thought to interpret those stories,…
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