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I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart; I am, I am, I am. —Sylvia Plath
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Sophia Rose
Jan 94 min read
REVIEW: Jane Austen’s Remarkable Aunt, Philadelphia Hancock: A Girl of Genius and Feeling by Jan Merriman
Sophia Rose reviews Jan Merriman's Jane Austen’s Remarkable Aunt, Philadelphia Hancock. Like other Austen-related biographies, relies a...
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Christina Boyd
Jan 74 min read
INTERVIEW: Rebecca Carter's Characters are the Soul of the Book
Christina Boyd interviews Rebecca A. Carter, an author, editor, singer, and actress living in Madrid, represented by Christine Goss...
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Christina Boyd
Dec 24, 20243 min read
INTERVIEW: Deborah Wong Likes Immortalizing People She Knows in Her Characters
Christina Boyd interviews debut author Deborah Wong. Deborah Wong is a Rhysling Award and Pushcart Prize nominated Malaysian poet.
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Christina Boyd
Dec 10, 20245 min read
INTERVIEW: An Online Roleplaying Game Inspired Megan Zalkan's Debut Book
Christina Boyd interviews author Megan Zalkan. Her debut novel, The Last Roadtrip, will publish in December 2024 from Wild Rose Press.
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Christina Boyd
Sep 10, 20243 min read
INTERVIEW: Gabriela Graciosa Guedes Borrows Personality Traits from People Around Her for Characters
Christina Boyd interviews Brazilian Austenesque author Gabriela Graciosa Guedes. Besides making a living off reading and writing stories
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Christina Boyd
Sep 3, 20245 min read
INTERVIEW: Hadley Leggett Loves Stories That Spark Discussion
Christina Boyd interviews debut author Hadley Leggett, who writes layered book club fiction exploring truth in shades of gray.
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Christina Boyd
Jul 30, 20244 min read
INTERVIEW: Caroline J. Trussell Wrote Her First Book at Age Seventeen
Christina Boyd interviewed author and literary agent, Caroline J. Trussell. Caroline has a background in editing, writing, communications
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Christina Boyd
Nov 1, 20234 min read
Review: IT HAPPENED ONE FIGHT by Maureen Lee Lenker
Christina Boyd reviews "It Happened One Fight" I liked the Old Hollywood vibe and the play on fake relationship and enemies-to-lovers trope
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Christina Boyd
Aug 21, 20234 min read
Guest Review: THE WORST DARCY by Robyn Gynne
REVIEW: The Worst Darcy by Robyn Gynne, "a well-paced, fun, and sizzling romance beginning with a cringe worthy first encounter..."
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Christina Boyd
Jun 27, 20234 min read
INTERVIEW: How Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder Inspired Maureen Lee Lenker
Maureen Lee Lenker is an award-winning journalist who has written for Turner Classic Movies, The Hollywood Reporter, Ms. Magazine, and more.
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Christina Boyd
May 15, 20232 min read
Is AI Muddying the Waters for Writers?
Last week, I came to the depressing decision to stop sharing my #fridayKiss lines on social media as well as my First Wednesday WIP excerpts
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Christina Boyd
Dec 24, 20222 min read
Some Jolly News: Must Hope, Trust, Believe
Sharing “one thing very clever, be it prose or verse, original or repeated—or two things moderately clever—or three things very dull indeed”
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Christina Boyd
Oct 24, 20224 min read
Review: WILL WRITE FOR WINE by Sara Wesley McBride
ABOUT THE BOOK: Alexis Lynn has just quit her successful twenty-year career and escaped on a direct flight to Italy. A one-way ticket to...
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Christina Boyd
Oct 24, 20221 min read
Woman in the Painting: Shortlisted for RTTA Unpublished Award
Christina Boyd’s unpublished debut novel WOMAN IN THE PAINTING has made final round in 19th Romance Through the Ages Contest.
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Christina Boyd
Sep 26, 20222 min read
Winning at Pacific Northwest Writers Conference
Finding my writer wings at the Pacific Northwest Writers Assoc conference—a win on so many levels! #PNWA2022
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Christina Boyd
Jan 5, 20221 min read
Grace: #OneWord2022
Last year my ‘word’ was ‘breath’. “Instead of knee jerk reactions, take a breath. Before meeting a challenge, take a breath. Every day,...
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Christina Boyd
Aug 28, 20191 min read
REVIEW: Letters from the Heart by Kay Bea
Review by Christina Boyd One of my favorite romance tropes is a forced marriage scenario. You know...something occurs that brings about...
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Christina Boyd
Aug 15, 20192 min read
REVIEW: Death Takes a Holiday at Pemberley by Kelly Miller
Review by Christina Boyd Dark? Unbelievable? Affected? Yes to all. But debut author Kelly Miller bravely undertakes this paranormal...
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Christina Boyd
Aug 9, 20192 min read
REVIEW: An Eaton Affair by William Coles
Review by Christina Boyd: When a seventeen-year-old schoolboy, Kim, at one of Britain's most extraordinary institutions, Eton College,...
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Christina Boyd
Mar 22, 20183 min read
Am I Ancient?
As fifty looms near, I confess I may not be comfortable with the idea of aging (though I am strongly against the alternative), I am hopeful
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