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Jazz Lovers Saturday: Music to Revise By…
Today's Jazz is Smooth: I listen to music while I write, according to the scene, my mood, the weather, the music is a constant sound that I can tune in or tune out. Lately, everything I listen to is jazz or jazz-influenced (I mean, seriously:), my first two historical...
Women and Ambition: Historical Fiction and Urban Fantasy Inspirations
I am a fan of using images, photos, sketches, scenes from films, to inspire the characters in my stories. These are three of my favorite posts on Pinterest. Each has inspired a particular character in three different books. Two historical (I think you can guess which...
REPOST: My Recap of ‘Outlander’ 410: The Deep Heart’s Core
REPOST OF MY JANUARY 6 RECAP OF OUTLANDER 410 - Originally appeared on FROLIC. (Check out Frolic on January 13 at 9:01 pm Eastern for episode 411, If Not for Hope. Hello Frolic! I am so thrilled to be here! I am also excited to bring you my recaps of Outlander, season...
A Day at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
I love museums--and always have from my first visit with my father when I was five or six, and we took a train to New York City to visit relatives in Brooklyn. But my reasons for loving museums sometimes have little to...