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When I was little, I was the girl in the park with her nose stuck in a book. I carried them with me everywhere and found every occasion I could to break the binding and get lost for a while between the ink and vanilla-scented pages. It always struck me…

We’ve all been there. You’ve got an idea for a piece of writing and have finally carved out some time to get it out of your head and onto the page. You brew yourself a cup of coffee, light your candle for ambiance, and open your laptop. Your fingers hit…

It is an interesting thing being both a historian and a creative writer. As a historian, I want to represent the past and its complexities as accurately as I can. As a creative writer, I want my writing go where it needs to so the stories I tell are the…

As any reader or writer knows, the protagonist of a story is a pretty significant piece of the narrative. For the reader, the protagonist is the character they journey with throughout a novel or series. There is a weight to this character because he or she is the one whose…

“As a student of history, I am constantly drawn to the past. But as a woman, the past has told me my story isn’t one worth telling.” This quote is taken from the Note from the Author section in my debut novel, Crimson Time. Since it is the first line…