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Where History Meets Romance—Saint Augustine’s Nights of Lights
Crowds of joyful tourists thronged the streets of historic Saint Augustine, Florida on Christmas night, and what fun it was to be part of it all. Strolling along the ancient city’s streets with family, I reveled in the annual Nights of Lights festival, with blocks and blocks of buildings and trees and statues, and every…
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My Word of the Year is “Now”
I like to think of myself as a goal-oriented person, so every January 1st I dutifully sit myself down and come up with a list of New Year’s Resolutions. That I write down. Because everybody knows that goals need to be written down in order to count, right? The problem is, as everybody also knows,…
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A Serendipitous Surprise Door
One of the many enjoyable things about writing historical fiction is doing research. For a history buff like me, it’s a fun way to explore other times and places and even more fun when a place that you’re exploring still exists. For me, one of those places is Shriver’s Saltwater Taffy and Fudge on the…
