Tag: literature
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A Morning at Character Cafe with Faith from Rocky Mountain Journey
Good morning, Faith. Welcome to Character Cafe! I am so excited to have you here today since your novel contains one of my favorite tropes — woman disguised as man. Tell us why you had to become “Frank” for a time. My sisters and I made a promise to my father that we’d return a…
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A Morning at Character Cafe with Kensi
Good morning, Eve. Oops, I mean Kensi. It’s hard to get used to using your other name. It’s really neat to see you making changes in your life, though. I hope you’ll be able to move on… Thanks, Amy. After six years of being in survival mode after my fiancé died, when my bestie Ezra…
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Mornings at Character Cafe — Welcome, Eliza Ellis!
Good morning, Eliza! It’s so good to have you here in Character Cafe. Oh my goodness, from the first page of your story, I felt like we had so much in common. Like you, I spent a large portion of my childhood exploring forests and allocating names to boulders. My brothers and I had a…
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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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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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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 Walshwick Papers — Ivy’s Journey to London
Beside the passenger car, Lady Georgiana drew me in for a last hug, and then I turned toward Lord Malcolm, who handed me the closed bustle basket which held a meowing Pigeon. I would be able to strap the basket to myself each time I disembarked along my journey, but it had been nestled between…