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Chemistry Lesson
I discovered the other day that sometimes the key to a good story comes down to one thing: chemistry. I had what I thought was a good...
lhbrown62
Feb 24, 20232 min read
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Writing Metaphors
Sometimes writing can be like driving in the dark without a map. Sometimes writing can be like rock climbing. And sometimes writing can...
lhbrown62
Feb 24, 20232 min read
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New Year's Resolutions
I’m not a huge fan of New Year’s resolutions because I figure I beat myself up enough as it is, so why give myself even more ammunition? ...
lhbrown62
Feb 24, 20234 min read
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Vacation Blog #2
As I mentioned in my previous blog, my husband and I just returned from a 12-day trip through Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon,...
lhbrown62
May 25, 20223 min read
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Vacation Blog #1
My husband and I just returned from a 12-day road trip through Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, and Idaho, and I had some...
lhbrown62
May 24, 20226 min read
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Green
(I wrote this on St. Patrick's Day, then set it aside for a while, intending to look at it again before posting it, and the time got away...
lhbrown62
Apr 11, 20224 min read
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The Deep Dive
I love to do research. Maybe it’s my library background, or maybe I can attribute my love of research to having a curious mind. Whatever...
lhbrown62
Jan 4, 20223 min read
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Stuck in the Mud
I’ve been working on a historical fiction/Christian novel for the last couple months. It’s told from three different points of view,...
lhbrown62
Sep 23, 20213 min read
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Go West, Young Man!
I traveled to Fort Laramie, Wyoming, a couple weekends ago to do research for a short story I am writing about the Oregon Trail. As my...
lhbrown62
Jul 23, 20211 min read
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Bible Verses and Mom
I have been working on a pioneer story about a woman whose family is wiped out in an Indian attack, leaving her to struggle on alone....
lhbrown62
Jul 23, 20212 min read
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I’ll take 1800s Slang for $500
“I think we’re getting into a weird area here.” Those words were spoken by Bill Murray to Dustin Hoffman in the movie Tootsie. The same...
lhbrown62
Jul 3, 20212 min read
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Lessons Learned While Building Fence
I spent a couple days last week in northern Wyoming helping my brothers repair the barbed wire fence that surrounds a large chunk of...
lhbrown62
May 24, 20212 min read
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Damn-Foolery
Years ago, my high school English teacher, Mrs. Banks, told my class about a time she and a bunch of teenage girlfriends “borrowed” a car...
lhbrown62
Apr 13, 20212 min read
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Recent Reads
The last month has been a month of reading. Most of the time, I read the entire book, but sometimes I cherry-pick certain sections that...
lhbrown62
Apr 13, 20212 min read
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Character Development
At the beginning of the COVID pandemic, I decided to enroll in Masterclass online, figuring I might as well learn something while I was...
lhbrown62
Mar 17, 20213 min read
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Own Who You Are
I just sent off a query to a respected agent. I spent ages looking at all the agents that took the type of novel I’d written (historical...
lhbrown62
Mar 4, 20212 min read
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God is in the Details
Years ago, when I worked as a library consultant, a coworker stuck a sticky note that said, “Sticky Note Cemetery! 😊” onto my computer...
lhbrown62
Feb 19, 20213 min read
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Launch Day!
Lois Brown Books is now live!
lhbrown62
Feb 19, 20211 min read
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