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An Alsatian Tale: Letting the character tell her own story.
(Kaysersberg, Alsace, France) How characters tell their own stories… One of my favorite places to be in the writing process is when characters are introducing themselves to me. I’m walking through...
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An Alsatian Tale: Now and Then
(The cemetery in Kaysersberg, Alsace, France.) It’s fall in France. Everywhere I look, from the once green ivy blushing red to the golden vineyards, life is preparing for winter. I look at the...
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Amelie: From Castle to Cottage
(Castle tower in Kaysersberg, Alsace, France.) When a character introduces herself… Following my last trip to Kaysersberg, I began researching names from the region. I wrote out a list, mostly from...
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New Novel: Setting the Stage
My writing nook… While fishing for an agent for my novel, The Stone Manor, I’m beginning work on a new story. As is always the case, I need to regroup, leave Scotland behind for the moment and move my...
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Amélie: An Alsatian Tale…Music as a Muse
I love music boxes… Last year our son and daughter-in-law came to visit us in Germany. We took them to Alsace, France because…why wouldn’t we. Our son had been before as a teenager on our family...
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On Writing A Novel: A Vacation of Research
Sometimes you just have to pack your bags and go there… My husband and I have taken a week of vacation and driven to Kaysersberg, Alsace, France. As I’ve said so many times before, it is my favorite...
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A Night at the Museum: Kaysersberg, France
Enter at your own risk! May 18 from 7:00 pm to midnight across France was “A Night at the Museum.” All museums were open and I assume free. At least the historical museum in Kaysersberg was. This...
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Of Carriages and Chapels: Medieval Moments
Chapelle de l’Oberhof “Will I ever get through those locked gates to see the 14th century chapel?” I’ve asked that question for a number of years now, and FINALLY, I learned the answer this week. This...
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Heroes Real and Imagined: Knights Across the Centuries
Knights in Shining Armor are not always what they seem. In April, we drove to France for lunch. (I love saying that!) We met several friends in Riquewihr, another lovely Alsatian village. After eating...
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Finding Yourself Inside The Story
ˆ Luc Grun and me in his studio in Riquewihr, France. Guess who’s coming to dinner? Our new friends and owners of the apartment we’d rented for the week invited us downstairs one evening to their...
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French With Friends
Learning a new language is always . . . always an adventure. I’ve decided to learn a new language. French. Why, you’re asking, if you live in Germany would you be learning French? Such a good...
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Moving: Self-hosting My Blog Site
I now have a new and improved blog site! I’m self-hosting for more options. One of these is being able to use my .com name. Sadly, I’ve been unable to transfer all you lovely subscribers to my new...
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