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Book Review: Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
I’ll admit I was “influenced” by Reese Witherspoon’s official book club to put Clare Leslie Hall’s book Broken Country on my TBR list. I didn’t know much about it other than it was a mystery, but I requested it on my Libby app anyway. I knew it would take a few months to become available, and that was fine with me because I wasn’t lacking for anything to read when I requested it. But gradually, I noticed many of my friends on Goodreads completing the book and rating it favorably. To be transparent, I’ve read books praised by Reese’s list before that didn’t blow me away, so I added Broken Country with a…
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Create Vivid Settings In Your Writing This Summer
I often struggle to find my writing groove in the summer. This past year, I officially became an “empty nester” with two kids away at college from August through May. Their absence has given me more time to write. When the kids were younger, I had a hard time balancing my summer schedule with pool time, enrichment activities, and work. I’ve been freelancing or working remote for most of my career, so this is nothing new. But among the juggling, I embrace the opportunities for new ideas I always find during my summer breaks and travels. Last summer, we rented a home in the Boone/Blowing Rock area of North Carolina to help my…