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Why write strong female characters? Why do I do it? In short because I am one β or Iβm usually at least two of those things. Definitely female, often strong, always a character.
Why bother to make up an animal name for a town when there are so many that already exist? Is your story going to focus on bears? Beavers? Eagles? Pelicans? Swans? Turtles? No matter what animal you are searching for in a name, there are plenty of town names already in existence to meet your needs.
Abigail, chased by a ferocious beast who wants to kill her, is desperately trying to find her way back home. Will she succeed?
This psychological thriller written by Deborah Stone opens with Clare and Jack on their way to see Clareβs mom. Clare is so excited to introduce her boyfriend to her mom, but her mom has a rather strange reaction to Jack. She runs out of the room. When Clare goes to check on her, she insists Clare break up with him and never see him again.
Yesterday evening, I saw a spider in my fridge. Was I imagining it? Had I lost my mind? Why was there a spider in my fridge?
The Great Molasses Flood was a horrible event that took place in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1919. On January 15 of that year, a storage tank collapsed and sent over two millions of gallons of sweet, sticky molasses flowing out of the burst tank. Chaos as well as molasses flooded the streets. What a perfect time to commit a murder.
Something sinister is going on in Falkville Falls. The hanging death of a teacher starts off the story, and the situation only gets more intense with each page. This murder, or execution, takes place in Oliviaβs school. Someone or something is killing teachers. Is there a serial killer on the loose?
Writing is a journey of self-discovery and exploration, a quest to bring to life the stories that have been swirling around in my head for as long as I can remember.
The story of a quiet women whose life is turned upside down while experiencing menopause is a hilarious dark comedy that will have you rolling in the floor with laughter. Debbi struggles not only with hot flashes, night sweats, and panic attacks, but she also finds herself exploding in fits of unbridled rage. How can she make these symptoms stop?
Alene Baron, a vegan, owns and runs the Whipped and Sipped CafΓ©. Her cookies and confections are known all over Chicago. The coronavirus pandemic has changed things for everyone. Her business has suffered because of it and her employees are frustrated. A cafΓ© once filled with customers has turned into one that mostly handles take-out orders. On top of that, thereβs this homeless man who hangs around outside of her cafΓ© bothering her customers who still visit for the yummy treats they can get there.
Iβve been going to Chicago bars and restaurants since I was a kid. Some of them still brag about having been speakeasies during the Prohibition era.
πππππππ π π΄ππππ’π π·πππππ, a thrilling fantasy book for young readers, takes place during medieval times. The kingdom of Valdoria has been under threat from a fearsome dragon for the past six years. Princess Adele is understandably upset when her brother, King Robert, sees no other way to appease the dragon than to sacrifice a child. Risking death and not wanting an innocent child to needlessly lose his life, she sets out to save her kingdom from this terrifying creature.
In this thriller, Sally and Gilly have a secret, one that Gilly hasnβt even shared with her husband. When she was young, she and her best friend Sally, found something one day in the cemetery: they found a box with a dead baby in it.
The way romance and love were looked upon during the Middle Ages differs greatly from the way it is viewed today. Comparing our time to the Middle Ages is difficult. I know times are different, and here in the USA, we have a romanticized view of marriage.
I first arrived in Japan in the spring of β84 to take up a job I had got while completing my doctorate on 18th century English literature at Edinburgh University. I had been hired as a βGuest Professor of Englishβ by a new university located in a fishing village in northern Shikoku. Shikoku is one of Japanβs four main islands, but it is also the smallest, the most rural and, at that time β before the construction of bridges linking it to Honshu and Kyushu β the most remote.
Part fiction. Part real. Itβs somewhere in between.Β When someone tells me they write nonfiction, I sometimes reply, βItβs πππ fiction.β I get strange looks, especially from those who have their heads entrenched deeply in what they term as reality
πβπ πΌππππππππ¦ πΏπππ ππ π΄πππππ π½ππππ is a captivating read, and the things that took place in Abigailβs life made me look forward to turning each page. The author’s vivid descriptions of seemingly insignificant details brought them to vibrant life.
Most people know something about πΉπππππππ π‘πππ by Mary Shelley. They might not have read the book, but still they know at least one thing about the story: itβs about a monster made by a human, a mad scientist. But who is the real monster? Is it Frankenstein? Or is it the mad scientist?
All writers are asked, βWhere do you get your ideas?β
Rose and her daughters, Magnolia and Lily, are gardeners. They normally have one big garden, but Magnolia and Lily want to have their own garden this year in which they will grow pumpkins, tomatoes, snow peas, and other veggies. While watering their garden, they discover a mystery. A leaf is moving and going kerplop all by itself. Underneath the leaf, they find a new friend: a toad.
Did the water in the Nile and all the other water really turn to blood or did it just turn red?
Urban fantasy describes a subgenre of fantasy in which the real world collides with the decidedly supernatural or magical world. πβπ πππππ π΅ππ¦π : π·ππ πππ£πππ¦ ππ π‘βπ πΉππ£π ππππ ππ is an urban fantasy adventure for young people.
Vicks VapoRub can be a lifesaver for us humans when it is applied to our chest, back, throat, and bottoms of feet to relieve coughs (yes, it really works). But what about dogs? If your dog has a cough, can Vicks VapoRub safely be used on them?
Iβve used all three of these methods at some point. Initially, I was more of a pantser and went in with whatever was in my head, usually the beginning and end with a few moments in the middle. These books mostly didnβt work because I was just starting out and didnβt know how to set a scene or write decent description and other technical stuff.
