#inspiration Archives - Miss Demeanors

Lori Robbins: Armchair Detective and Serial Late-Bloomer

October 3, 2024 Lori Robbins #inspiration, Creating Characters, Uncategorized, Writers, Writing

It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Eliot I’m delighted to join the accomplished,[…]

How do book clubs choose?

September 19, 2024 Susan Breen #inspiration, book clubs, Books

The other day I read about a book club that chose only books with one word titles. That’s good news[…]

LET’S ALL PRETEND WE’RE BRITISH

September 9, 2024 Lane Stone #inspiration, Contemporary Culture

A third Downton Abby movie is on the way! It was filmed and will premiere on 12th September 2025. To[…]

How To Be a Writer: It’s No Mystery!

August 29, 2024 C. Michele Dorsey #inspiration, Uncategorized, Writers inspirations

So, you want to be a writer, or maybe you want to be a better writer. How do you go[…]

None of This is True by Lisa Jewell

August 27, 2024 Susan Breen #inspiration, Books, Fiction, Reviews

When you’ve been a writing teacher for as long as I have, it’s impossible to read a novel, especially a[…]

Changing Genres with Laura Jensen Walker

August 22, 2024 Connie Berry #inspiration, Historical Mysteries

A few years ago, Laura Jensen Walker and I discovered that we both have roots in Racine, Wisconsin’s Danish community. In fact, we were born in the same hospital, St. Luke’s–but not at the same time! Our friendship was sealed when we discovered a common passion for Danish Kringle and the British Isles. What more could one ask for?

Laura and I finally met in person last year at Left Coast Crime, and I had the privilege of reading an ARC of her latest novel, Death of a Flying Nightingale. The novel is a departure for her. Welcome to Miss Demeanors, Laura!

The Woman Behind the Writer: Sofya Tolstoy

July 25, 2024 Marni Graff #inspiration, Editing, Fiction, Writers habits

Since contributing an essay to the book The Who, The What and the When: 65 Artists Illustrate the Secret Sidekicks[…]

In Defense of Daydreaming, Wasting Time, and Libraries

July 4, 2024 Connie Berry #inspiration, Books

“Doesn’t pay attention in class.”
That was a common remark on my school report cards, along with “tends to daydream,” and “head in the clouds.” I know because my mom was a saver, and I still have a box of those early evaluations. To her credit, I don’t remember a single time she berated me for not coming home with all A’s.