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Happy Birthday, Louisa May Alcott!


“November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year,” said Margaret, standing at the window one dull afternoon, looking out at the frostbitten garden. “That’s the reason I was born in it,” observed Jo pensively, quite unconscious of the blot on her nose. Now that November is coming to

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Welcome, October!


Welcome to October, a month of writing, of working, of striving, and of celebrating.  I’m not sure how it’s possible, but The Heroine’s Bookshelf comes out in 19 days!  In the meantime, I find that a heroine is well-suited by October: ramblings conversations with dear friends rifling through the kitchen

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Invincible Louisa – Case Study #236236264646


It’s a singularly exciting, overwhelming, and trying time these days.  I find myself on quite the rollercoaster of ups and downs in terms of my day job, my writing, my relationships, and my own self-image. Maybe it’s some kind of lunar phase or solar phenomenon (since everyone I know seems

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Writer Tip: Learn to Love The Wait


Be patient, Jo, don’t get despondent or do rash things, write to me often, and be my brave girl, ready to help and cheer all. – Marmee’s last words as she leaves to take care of Father in Washington, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott When I update my friends

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Ambition


Jo March – Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

“Sorry you could find nothing better to read. I write that rubbish because it sells, and ordinary people like it.”

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