“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
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Quotable Women
Remember my making my own quote journal? Looking up quotes daily for where I happened to be at the moment. Then I decided I wanted to make a pretty quote journal as a gift, so I’ve been searching books and online for those quotes that would make an inspirational theme. I began to see a…
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Romance Classic: Miracle On I-40 on Sale! $.99
This week, Miracle On I-40, a Christmas romance classic, is on sale for $.99 on Kindle and direct from the publisher, Belgrave House, who offers a number of formats. You can check out more about the book by clicking on the Kindle and Belgrave House links above, and also here on my site. The old…
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Gluten Free Orange-Cranberry Muffins = Joy!
There’s something about this time of year– the cool days and falling leaves– that send me to making these orang-cranberry muffins. Now, with the advent of Thanksgiving and weeks of Christmas shopping looming, they are just the thing to greet the day, or for an afternoon’s rest. I thought I would repost the recipe first…
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How Did the Author Make You Like That Character, Part 2
Without sympathetic people in your story, you might as well be writing a grocery list. ~Jack M. Bickham Isn’t that true? When I have no feeling one way or the other for characters in a story, I put the book down. And let me say here that a pitiful character won’t hold my attention long.…
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How Did the Author Make You Like That Character?
You might have wondered why I rarely write about the nuts and bolts of the writing craft. Generally I can answer a question about writing, and then I’m off and running. But basically my mind and soul do not run in that direction. I am fascinated and experienced in the act of creativity itself. That…
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November, the Month of Creative Abandon
So how are you doing on the fourth day of the ‘thirty days and nights of literary abandon’– National Novel Writing Month? And so what if it is not a novel. Maybe it is the story of your life, or an article on tea, or one hundred ways to cook chicken (not me). Maybe it is…
“Matlock writes about generous people striving to live and love well. She does it beautifully.
~ Contra Costa Times
Curtiss Ann Matlock 