Category Archives: Clean Writing

Guest Author: Pamela S. Thibodeaux and My Heart Weeps

Posted on September 14, 2020 by

Promoting books often takes as much time as writing them. I’m extremely thankful for various groups in which the focus is helping each other reach readers. Pamela S. Thibodeaux is an extremely active member of Authors Helping Authors, or AHA. … Continue reading →

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Guest Author: Idabelle Aylor and Folded Corners

Posted on April 27, 2020 by

I belong to several online author groups, and a few months ago someone in the Writing Gals Critique Group suggested that we form smaller, more manageable groups organized by genre. I quickly agreed, and I joined the Sweet Critique Group … Continue reading →

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Guest: Donna Feyen, “More Than a Review”

Posted on March 27, 2020 by

We write here at 4F, 1 H. We have in guest authors talking about writing their books, so after some years, I thought I would turn the tables and bring in someone who reviews books all the time. Please welcome … Continue reading →

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No, They Aren’t Zombies.

Posted on January 29, 2020 by

Exploring new worlds can be fraught with dangers, some of which you can’t even see. Things like germs, for instance, but in many cases the danger is right there in your face.  In my Clean Reads release The Enchanted, a … Continue reading →

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Rambling Reader Reviews 2020, Part One

Posted on January 27, 2020 by

It’s a new year, and time for a new Goodreads Challenge! I’ve managed to read 50 books per year for the last five years or so, and I decided to continue with that number. I figured one book a week … Continue reading →

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Guest Author: Lucie Ulrich and Mountain View Lodge

Posted on January 20, 2020 by

Just over three years ago, I asked fellow Clean Reads author Lucie Ulrich to come and share her sweet romance called The Starlight Inn. I’d read the book and had been fascinated by the character Tillie Spencer. She’s not strictly … Continue reading →

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Some Things Change and Some Things Don’t

Posted on May 8, 2019 by

Are you writing the same kind of books as when you first started writing? My answer to this question is no in terms of both technique and type of books, and I suspect it will be no for some others … Continue reading →

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Guest: Author Joanna Campbell Slan and Book Download!

Posted on March 22, 2019 by

Once again, I stumbled into quite a famous author without realizing it, and this week I am pleased to bring in Joanna Campbell Slan. Sometimes I ask an author to join us and I have had to scramble to collect … Continue reading →

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