New Year's un-resolutions
At this time of year, it seems to be expected to post about your New Year’s resolutions. I’ll confess, I’ve never been one for this.
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elizabethdonnebook
- Oct 17, 2021
- 3 min
Lessons from the birds
You have to do your own flapping and keep your focus forward, but everything feels so much better when you struggle together.
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elizabethdonnebook
- Jun 28, 2021
- 2 min
“Mr Malcolm’s List” by Suzanne Allain
One can picture many a merry argument continuing after the pages are done.
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elizabethdonnebook
- Jun 14, 2021
- 5 min
Gardening like Jane
Did Jane Austen emerge from the confines of winter with an enthusiasm for soil and greenery?
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elizabethdonnebook
- May 31, 2021
- 3 min
"Marianne" by Jenny Hambly
Marianne is a plain-speaking young lady — perhaps too plain-speaking by acceptable standards.
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elizabethdonnebook
- May 17, 2021
- 5 min
War in the Life and Works of Jane Austen
Three-quarters of Austen’s life was experienced through the lens of war. Why, then, do we see so little of it in her books?
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elizabethdonnebook
- May 3, 2021
- 3 min
The Earl’s Lady Geologist by Alissa Baxter
Alissa Baxter has woven fascinating details about the fossils at Lyme Regis into a most enjoyable narrative.
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elizabethdonnebook
- Apr 19, 2021
- 2 min
What's wrong with an envelope?
It would be unusual for a Regency author to write a scene in which the heroine eagerly rips open an envelope.
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elizabethdonnebook
- Apr 5, 2021
- 3 min
The Governess of Penwythe Hall by Sarah E. Ladd
The descriptions of Cornwall in general, and the characters’ more immediate environments in particular, are detailed and exquisite.
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elizabethdonnebook
- Mar 22, 2021
- 2 min
It's spring!
The signs of life are a renewal, not only for the birds and the plants, but also for me. A sort of awakening has occurred in my writing, too
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elizabethdonnebook
- Mar 8, 2021
- 4 min
Rescuing Lord Inglewood by Sally Britton
The title caught my attention at once. It is not often the heroine saves the gentleman.
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elizabethdonnebook
- Feb 22, 2021
- 3 min
The Elusive Comp Book
For my readers who are not also writers, this blog heading will likely make little sense. Allow me to explain. The expression “comp book”...
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elizabethdonnebook
- Feb 8, 2021
- 3 min
Love is ...
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, I wanted to do a blog about love
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elizabethdonnebook
- Jan 25, 2021
- 5 min
The Long and Winding Road to Publishing
Oh, if only writing a good book guaranteed its publication...
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elizabethdonnebook
- Jan 11, 2021
- 7 min
From Sand to Snow
Every January, I am reminded of the watershed moment when this lifelong South African began to feel like an Iowan.
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elizabethdonnebook
- Dec 28, 2020
- 3 min
Sense and Sensibility: Finding Happiness in the Average
“I wish as well as everybody else to be perfectly happy; but like everybody else it must be in my own way. Greatness will not make me so.”
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elizabethdonnebook
- Dec 14, 2020
- 3 min
Looking with eyes that see
My writing space is set up so that I have an inspiring view across the curve of our cul-de-sac. Because Iowans take a lot of pride in...
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elizabethdonnebook
- Nov 30, 2020
- 3 min
Ten words to describe my series, "Armor of God"
It’s time to take another look at my collection of “Ten Things.” This month I am focusing on ten words/phrases that come up when I am...
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elizabethdonnebook
- Nov 16, 2020
- 2 min
Let’s name some characters together!
I have begun my preparation work for a new book. This is a really fun part of the writing process, as I research and set out the world...
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elizabethdonnebook
- Nov 2, 2020
- 8 min
Emma: What the Humor Hides
distressing aspects of the book that lie beneath the veneer of Austen’s wit
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