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A Morning at Character Cafe with Stella Schmucker
Good morning, Stella! I can’t say I’ve ever had an Amish visitor at Character Cafe, but being from Pennsylvania, I’ve visited Amish farms and communities a number of times. And, we’ve even taken our 5th-grade students to visit Amish country in the past. The nearest Amish community to me is Cherry Grove, Kentucky. But I…
A Morning at Character Cafe — with FBI Agent Tiberius Granger
Good morning… Or should I say “Creepy morning…” since we have a Jessica R. Patch character in the house. Hey! Just because I am an agent from the Strange Crimes Unit, doesn’t mean that this morning has to be creepy. Though, I guess since we’re in the middle of a case involving dead girls covered…
Character Cafe Welcomes Tempia of Overflow with Hope
Welcome to Character Cafe, Tempia. It’s nice to meet you, but I have to be honest…This is a hard interview for me because there are far too many real-life couples stuck with toxic relationships. How did you get trapped? How did you end up with Quince — when it seemed so obvious that Cory was…
A Novel Museum — Voices in the Sanitorium
A Glimpse of the Voices in the Sanitorium Mini-Museum Though the 2009 components of my novel are fictional, as far as characters and some of the settings, the diary excerpts from 1931 are based on actual characters I “met” through interviews with relatives, photographs donated to me, trips to local historical societies, and hours reading…
Sort of a Newsletter
Blame my school district’s cyber attack, the six hours it took me to update my eSchool grades from home yesterday, ladies Bible study last night, and Karen Kingsbury’s Baxter Family series on me forgetting to use MailerLite to send my promised email yesterday. Hence, I am sending out updates via my blog after failed attempts…
Random Questions
What’s the most fun way to exercise? I have fond memories of hiking last spring when nature was singing with blooming trees, daffodils, and fire bushes. One day, I was listening to Jessica R. Patch’s A Cry in the Dark via my earbuds when I passed a wooded area with the ruins of an abandoned…
A Roman Visitor in Character Cafe — Redemption’s Promise
Welcome, Antonius Marcos! This is our first time having a soldier from biblical times visit the cafe. I’m not sure if I should feel honored or nervous… No need to fear. Yes, I am a Roman centurion stationed in Jerusalem, but I am not the enemy of Jews or Christians my fellow soldiers would be.…
A Morning at Character Cafe with Gladwynn Grant
Good morning, Gladwynn. I’m so excited to have a newspaper reporter from the Brookstone Beacon here for a visit. My great grandmother was a reporter for a smalltown newspaper, and I’d like to think I inherited some of my writing genes from her. Thank you, Amy. The Beacon is running a series on local eateries,…
A Morning at Character Cafe with Luella Linley
Meet Luella Linley, best-selling author of regency romances, and one of the characters in Organized Backup. She is determined to find a match for her daughter. No matter what it takes…
A Special Event at Character Cafe!
Meet Livie and Corbin, characters from A Cursed Enchantment. This post has the answer needed for the Scavenger Hunt from #SOMANYNEWWORLDS2024
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