Tag: researching a book

Posted in A Writer's Life, Blog, Books, The Golden Manuscripts

Survey About Illuminated Manuscripts: Results

After my first self-edited draft of my latest book, The Golden Manuscripts Book 6 of the series…

Posted in Blog, Love, life, small things

Paris, Je T’Aime: Looking Back

I cannot say exactly when I fell in love with Paris. I suppose I came by it…

Posted in A Writer's Life, Blog, Books, Love, life, small things, Sugar and spice and all those lies

Cooking As High Art, Eating As Sensuous Experience And Food in Fiction

In the film Babette’s Feast, a highly-gifted chef schooled in cooking as high art escapes war-torn Paris….

At a Paris Café
Posted in A Writer's Life, Blog, Love, life, small things

Literary Appropriation of Real Events: Celebrity at a Paris Café

Quai des Grands Augustins teems with people on this cool but sunny May day in 2004. Often,…

Posted in A Writer's Life, Between Two Worlds, Blog, Welcome Reluctant Stranger

The Fun of Researching a Book

Inside, the terminal was bouncing. That was the only way Leilani could describe it. Greeters jumped and…

Posted in A Writer's Life, Blog

Why Writers Are Researchers, Too

Writers are researchers, too. In fact, writers have to be Jacquelines (or Jacks) of many trades. Wordsmiths,…

Posted in Blog, Love, life, small things

How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and…