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Christina Boyd
Mar 14, 20246 min read
Why We Read (or Write About) Jane Austen by Harry Frost, Narrator
Why We Read (or Write About) Jane Austen by Harry Frost, Narrator: Jane Austen's novels offer a glimpse into English society and culture ...
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Christina Boyd
Mar 12, 20246 min read
INTERVIEW: Kelli Estes Says Write the Story That Needs to be Written
Christina Boyd interviews USA Today bestselling author Kelli Estes of THE GIRL WHO WROTE IN SILK, translated into 11 languages and ...
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Christina Boyd
Mar 7, 20243 min read
Guest review: THE UNQUIET BONES by Loreth Ann White
ABOUT THE BOOK A shocking discovery of human bones reopens an almost fifty-year-old cold case—and rips apart the lives of a group of...
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Christina Boyd
Mar 5, 20244 min read
INTERVIEW: Hilary Grossman Always Wanted to be an Author
Christina Boyd interviews author Hilary Grossman, a recovering corporate executive who spends her weekends hanging out with her characters.
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Christina Boyd
Feb 28, 20244 min read
Guest Review: The Book of Ile Rien by Martha Wells
Guest review by Sophia Rose of Martha Wells' THE BOOK OF ILE-RIEN. Collecting Martha Wells's Element of Fire and Death of the Necromancer...
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Christina Boyd
Feb 27, 20249 min read
INTERVIEW: Laurie Viera Rigler Says Character Rules Throughout Writing Process
Christina Boyd interviews Laurie Viera Rigler. Rigler’s best-selling Jane Austen Addict novels have been published in North America, the UK,
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Christina Boyd
Feb 21, 20243 min read
Guest Review: THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT by Simone St. James
Sophia Rose reviews THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT by Simone St. James. Award-winning author of The Haunting of Maddy Clare and Silence for the
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Christina Boyd
Feb 20, 20244 min read
INTERVIEW: Gwynne Jackson Says Women Do Not Become Disposable as We Age
Christina Boyd interviews Gwynne Jackson (also writing as Ophelia Leigh) who writes across multiple genres, with a focus on romance and…
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Christina Boyd
Feb 14, 20243 min read
Review: SEX, LIES AND SENSIBILITY by Nikki Payne
Review by Christina Boyd of Nikki Payne's SEX, LIES AND SENSIBILITIES. Two sisters roll up their sleeves to run a dilapidated inn but must..
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Christina Boyd
Feb 13, 20244 min read
INTERVIEW: Sophia Karlson Admits Writing Love Scenes Isn't Easy
Christina Boyd interviews Sophia Karlson who writes sensual, emotional, and evocative contemporary romance. Some snark might sneak in.
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Christina Boyd
Feb 6, 20246 min read
INTERVIEW: Devoney Looser is Wild for Austen
Christina Boyd interviews Devoney Looser, Regents Professor of English at Arizona State University and the author or editor of eleven books
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Christina Boyd
Jan 31, 20243 min read
Review: INTO THE BARGAIN by Colleen Cowley
Guest review by Sophia Rose: A young lady with no income—and shortly no home—must be in want of a wizard husband. Pen Novak has two weeks...
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Christina Boyd
Jan 30, 20245 min read
INTERVIEW: Bianca Marais Prefers Her Characters to Lead the Way
INTERVIEW by Christina Boyd: Bianca Marais is the cohost of popular podcast The Shit No One Tells You About Writing and bestselling author
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Elaine Jeremiah
Jan 25, 20242 min read
Favorite Austen Scene by Guest Writer, Elaine Jeremiah
Which is your favorite scene in any of Jane Austen’s novels, the one you find the most memorable, and why? I have more than one.
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Christina Boyd
Jan 23, 20245 min read
INTERVIEW: Deborah Boschert’s Journey in the Craft Industry & Publishing
INTERVIEW by Christina Boyd: Deborah Boschert is an artist, author, and teacher. She creates art quilts with layers of fabric, paint, and…
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Christina Boyd
Jan 17, 20243 min read
Review: THE LILY OF LUDGATE HILL by Mimi Matthews
Review by Christina Boyd: Mimi Matthews’s new release, The Lily of Ludgate Hill, is the third book in the “Belles of London” series about...
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Christina Boyd
Jan 16, 20246 min read
INTERVIEW: Catherine Curzon is a Plotter but Allows Leeway for Inspiration
INTERVIEW: Catherine Curzon is a historian of the eighteenth century. She writes for Orion and Bookouture
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Christina Boyd
Jan 10, 20244 min read
Guest Review: CHAOS TERMINAL by Mur Lafferty
Sophia Rose reviews CHAOS TERMINAL by Mur Lafferty: Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective and fled to outer space to...
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Christina Boyd
Jan 9, 20243 min read
INTERVIEW: Mimi Matthews Empathizes with Her Characters
INTERVIEW: USA Today bestselling author Mimi Matthews writes both historical nonfiction and award-winning Victorian romances…
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Christina Boyd
Jan 3, 20243 min read
Review: THE LONG MARCH HOME by Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee
Review by Christina Boyd: Masterfully researched, The Long March Home is a multi-layered, action-packed, emotive historical fiction…
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