Grand Falls House overlooking the Exploits River in October 2024. This Tudor estate, built in 1909 in less than six months for Lord and Lady Northcliffe, was modeled after Mark Twain’s Connecticut country home. Soil was shipped from England for the flower beds. This...
In my former career, I attended conferences and seminars, not festivals or retreats. Those corporate gatherings were often held at cookie-cutter hotels or convention halls which all looked the same. The attendees, including me, looked and acted much the same too –...
One of the first decisions I made for my author website was choosing the font to be used for my logo. The creative team at Monkey C Media asked me to react to various styles, then suggested a font based on the Doves Press typeface. I had never heard of it. ...
One of the assignments in this autumn's MFA semester is to choose ten “must read” fiction novels and provide a brief note explaining why the novel is important. Naturally, I chose novels that can aid me in the completion of my historical fiction manuscript. It’s...
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