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Jillian Lark’s First Year
Jillian Lark (and my website) are twelve months old. Thanks to my web guru, Cheryl Rae, I don’t use gestures and point to things anymore. She is busy trying to Jillian-proof my website as I learn how...
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Terrible Twos Contest
Welcome to my Terrible Twos Contest! Now that my website is entering its second year, it’s time to celebrate. Instead of messing up my hair and pinching my sister on the knee like I did when I was a...
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Terrible Twos Contest Has Ended!
Winner(s) will be notified by email and announced here on Mon. Apr. 29th.-Jillian
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Terrible Twos Contest Winner
Congratulations to Haley W.! She is the only winner. -Jillian
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May Day Dew
According to an old British superstition if you washed your face in the morning dew on May 1st, you would have a beautiful complexion for the rest of the year. Supposedly the magical dew removed...
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The Neglected Side of Backstory
This is NOT a post about limiting backstory in your manuscript, query, or synopsis to avoid info dump.* I completely agree with that recommendation. This post is about what I learned about backstory...
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Balancing the Writer’s Life
Remember when most playgrounds had a see-saw, and how much fun it was until someone kept you up in the air or you sat on a bee like my sister did? No one wanted the see-saw to be balanced, because not...
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Father’s Day Wishes
Happy Father’s Day to fathers, grandfathers, and great-grandfathers past and present! - Jillian
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In Search of the Perfect Victorian Afternoon Tea Part 2
Last month I visited the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C. Although the hotel was named in honor of Queen Victoria, the portrait above the tearoom fireplace is of her daughter, Princess Louise, whose...
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Confessions of a Romance Reader
Although I would love to read while wearing a gorgeous dress in the woods like the young woman in the painting, I’m usually clad in pajamas and sitting at my computer or in a living room chair. Maybe...
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The Dreaded Author Photo
I postponed replacing my original website and Twitter photo. Not that I liked that photo, but I wanted time to prepare for a costly professional headshot. Lose weight. Save money. Lose weight. Save...
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A Vintage Halloween Card
Tagged: Halloween card, Halloween witch, kittens, little girl, Vintage
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The Trials and Tribulations of a Forkless Hostess
Place Settings I don’t know about you, but my Thanksgiving table won’t look like the Warsaw Royal Castle place settings pictured above. No eighteenth or nineteenth century silver service, gilt brass,...
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Seasons Greetings!
Tagged: bird, Christmas, cottage, Happy Holidays, Holiday card, holly, lark, Seasoms Greetings, snow, Vintage card, vintage holiday card, winter
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Welcome 2014!
Image(s) courtesy VintageHolidayCrafts.com Tagged: 2014, bells, Happy New Year, holly, New Year, New Year clock, snow, Vintage card, Vintage clock, winter
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