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Jane Ward I always re-read at least one Laurie Colwin novel each summer. Her titles have been reissued this year, and I’m starting with the first to be reissued…moreI always re-read at least one Laurie Colwin novel each summer. Her titles have been reissued this year, and I’m starting with the first to be reissued: Happy All the Time.

Also in the to-be-read stack: Palace of the Drowned by Christine Mangan and The Sum of Us by Heather McGee. I have four books to read in preparation for a Friends of the Library event we’re planning for September. The event theme is Seeking Sanctuary, and the three novels and one memoir are: Wild Boar in the Canefield, Guesthouse for Ganesha, Purple Lotus, and Finding Venerable Mother.(less)
Jane Ward We can feel a great deal of internal pressure when struggling with a piece of writing or a deficit of ideas, and it's very easy to become frustrated w…moreWe can feel a great deal of internal pressure when struggling with a piece of writing or a deficit of ideas, and it's very easy to become frustrated when the work isn't flowing. I try to remember a college writing instructor's advice in those moments. He said, "If you're thinking about characters, even ones you know you will set aside, you're writing. If you're taking notes about what you observe around you, you're writing. If you're sharpening pencils for those notes, you're writing." He meant, of course, that a lot of writing is preparing to write, by thinking and observing and noting. When he said that, I felt a lot of the burden to prove productivity through a growing page count lift off my shoulders. It was a liberating message. (less)
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In the Aftermath

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The Mosaic Artist

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Brushstrokes of a Story: the art behind Should Have Told You Sooner

The idea for my forthcoming novel–Should Have Told You Sooner (She Writes Press, releasing February 10, 2026)–came to me while I was immersed in a book of Welsh folk tales. One Moonlit Night, written by T. Llew Jones and translated into English by Gillian Clarke, is a child’s book, full of lovely illustrations among the simplified stories, perfectly written for either the young or the newbie to W

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