by Margaret | Sep 5, 2016 | creativity, reading, Titbits, writing life
In every happy, sane person’s life, there is a balance of the three C’s: Consuming–Creating–Connecting I stumbled across this lesson a while ago, and recently have tried to connect one of my Consumptions with one of my Connections: Reading +...
by Margaret | Aug 15, 2016 | reading, Titbits
I’ve been reading. If we’re friends on Goodreads, you’ve probably noticed I read a lot. Which is a good habit for writers. I recently read What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew, a reference for the general period I write about: the 19th...
by Margaret | Aug 1, 2016 | events, reading, Titbits
Thank you to all the wonderful Readers who came out for the NW Book Festival! It was a BEAUTIFUL sunny DAY, as you can see, and I got to talk to many lovely book-lovers 🙂 Topics included: the Europeans’ love of Harleys the propogandist nature of...
by Margaret | Apr 23, 2015 | process, Titbits
I’m excited today because I will very soon be able to reprise a favorite role: the sleuth on the trail of history! Right at this moment, I am editing my third book, working title: Remnants, which is a historical fiction novel. Not a mystery. Not a romance....
by Margaret | Mar 26, 2015 | language, Titbits
While researching what to call a small ship in the 1820s in western Scotland, I came across a series of interesting terms. So here’s a quiz. The terms dinghy, currach (or curragh), and coracle. Match them to the proper picture: A: B: C. Well, what did...
by Margaret | Mar 13, 2015 | Titbits
I was trying to describe a trick recently, whereby someone produces an object from a place where it could not possibly have been stowed. I couldn’t find a very good way of describing it (obviously), so I went online to see if it had a known term that would make...
