Tag: fiction
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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…
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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.…
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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,…
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Mornings at Character Cafe — Featuring Sylvie
Meet Sylvie, the main character of Carolyn Miller’s novel, The Love Penalty — set to launch on January 25th.
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A Morning at Character Cafe with Julia and Fatima
Good morning, Julia. I am so glad you stopped by. [Hands Amy a box of tomatoes, zucchini, and yellow squash and then pulls off gardening gloves] Don’t mind my muddy knees. I needed a little cultivation therapy this morning. Look at the size of these tomatoes! I just love what you have done with your…
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A Morning at Character Cafe with Sophia
Good morning, Sophia Bidershem. Welcome to Character Café! [Sophia looks around the café fearfully, and then her shoulders relax.] Oh goodness. I was afraid someone may have overheard you. I’m known as Sophie Biddle here in Stone Creek, Michigan. And I confess, I’ve had to pass off my baby as my little sister. I’m so…
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The Wordsmithborough Society Pages
A very enjoyable party will be tendered on the 11th and 12 of August in celebration of the anniversary of the birth of novels by Mrs. Maria Henriksen, known as the Not Again Series. Many novelists will be present and there are certain to be gifts available to those who earn them by participating. The…
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Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day at Character Café
Featuring Characters from Voices in the Sanitorium Over a decade ago, I had a tea party with two of my best friends on the grounds of the former West Mountain Sanitarium located on the hillside above Scranton, Pennsylvania. Thus began my fascination with the history of tuberculosis and specifically the staff and patients who had…