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a chance to learn more about me, other than just my journey as a writer
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elizabethdonnebook
- Oct 5, 2020
- 4 min
What's in a name?
As an author who is choosing names for my characters, I must consider all likely associations which a name may evoke
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elizabethdonnebook
- Sep 28, 2020
- 3 min
Revisions: killing the caterpillar
Somewhere in the DNA of your caterpillar is everything it needs to become a butterfly.
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elizabethdonnebook
- Sep 21, 2020
- 5 min
My first pitch experience
Even if I fell flat on my face, I would still have learned something that took me one step closer to my goal.
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elizabethdonnebook
- Sep 14, 2020
- 3 min
Creating fight scenes
It was important to me that the descriptions accurately reflected the techniques and skill of the wielders of each weapon.
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elizabethdonnebook
- Sep 7, 2020
- 6 min
Northanger Abbey: the case for the odd couple
It seems, on the surface, that Henry is quite perfect, and Catherine is lucky to hold his attention.
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elizabethdonnebook
- Aug 31, 2020
- 1 min
Favorite Classics: Win a book!
Celebrate the classics!
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elizabethdonnebook
- Aug 24, 2020
- 4 min
A real conundrum: What to publish first?
The question is which genre to tackle first...
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elizabethdonnebook
- Aug 17, 2020
- 3 min
Ten settings in my series
Our reluctant hero traverses the countryside and enters cities he never could have imagined during all his years in his mountain home.
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elizabethdonnebook
- Aug 12, 2020
- 5 min
Life is what happens when you're making other plans
When we woke up, we had no idea it was coming...
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elizabethdonnebook
- Aug 3, 2020
- 6 min
Religion in Mansfield Park
Through the worldly characters of Henry and Mary Crawford, Austen presents an unexpectedly controversial debate.
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elizabethdonnebook
- Jul 27, 2020
- 5 min
Guest Blog by Bex Drate: Ten Writing and Publishing Resources
Are you a debut author?Guest blogger Bex Drate has done a lot of the homework for you!
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elizabethdonnebook
- Jul 20, 2020
- 3 min
Being a writer in 2020
Why do I continue painting worlds that seem out of touch with our present reality?
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elizabethdonnebook
- Jul 13, 2020
- 4 min
Ten favorite characters in my books
They are the ones we like to write about and get excited about when an upcoming scene is going to include them
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elizabethdonnebook
- Jul 6, 2020
- 3 min
Writing that last paragraph
It took me two days to write that last paragraph.
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elizabethdonnebook
- Jun 29, 2020
- 1 min
Sneak Peek
Here’s your chance to have a peek into my unpublished manuscripts!
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elizabethdonnebook
- Jun 22, 2020
- 5 min
The practice of drinking tea
tea-drinking has occurred for an abundance of reasons in every single book I have written thus far
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elizabethdonnebook
- Jun 15, 2020
- 6 min
TEN reasons why you should NOT publish your book
maybe this book you’re working on is not destined for print
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elizabethdonnebook
- May 25, 2020
- 2 min
Why I write traditional Regency romance
inspired entirely by the talents of Miss Jane Austen
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elizabethdonnebook
- May 25, 2020
- 4 min
Jane Austen in the 21st Century
the movie adaptations have gone a long way to bringing Austen’s works to life again
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