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DK Marley
Mar 30, 20214 min read
How to Enjoy Shakespeare
I found this passage while rereading Hardin Craig’s The Complete Works of Shakespeare and found the words immensely agreeable to anyone...
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DK Marley
Mar 29, 20213 min read
Quintessence of Dust
Sometimes as a writer the creative juices usually flowing onto the page are dammed by the realities of the world around you. Ambition and...
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DK Marley
Mar 25, 20216 min read
Grief in a Downpour
Summary What is it like to live every day without your child? This is my reality and my story. This episode is also available as a blog...
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DK Marley
Mar 23, 20212 min read
Book Review – STEALING THE HOLY GRAIL by S. M. Perlow
Stealing the Holy Grail by S. M. Perlow, a book I requested from Netgalley, was a heart-pounding gallop through another rendition of the...
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DK Marley
Mar 22, 20212 min read
Book Review – THE GIRL FROM THE MOUNTAINS by Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger
The Girl from the Mountains by Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger is a haunting reminder how things can progress from idyllic to horrific in the...
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DK Marley
Mar 22, 20211 min read
Book Review – THE GIRL WHO ESCAPED FROM AUSCHWITZ by Ellie Midwood
FIVE STARS!!!!!!!!!! The Girl Who Escaped Auschwitz is another poignant and captivating story from the brilliant mind of Ellie Midwood....
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DK Marley
Mar 22, 20211 min read
Book Review – A COMFORTABLE ALLIANCE by CATHERINE KULLMAN
A Comfortable Alliance by Catherine Kullman is a beautifully written historical novel set right after the Napoleonic Wars. From the...
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DK Marley
Mar 15, 20215 min read
DReMA’S DREAMS OF VICTORINE
In connection with The Historical Fiction Club’s Author Takeover, I am happy to welcome to my blog and podcast today, Drema Drudge,...
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DK Marley
Mar 12, 20212 min read
The Dignity of Rebecca Duvall Scott
Welcome to The Hist Fic Chickie! Today I am featuring the artistic and dignified stylings of Christian Historical Fiction author, Rebecca...
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DK Marley
Mar 11, 20216 min read
CONGRATULATIONS, SIR JACOBI . . . I AM CONVINCED!
Well, it is official. It has taken a while but Sir Derek Jacobi and Mark Rylance have convinced me after all these years. Not that my...
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DK Marley
Mar 11, 20213 min read
A SOUTHERN GIRL WHOSE BRITISH ROOTS ARE SHOWING
So, this is a blog post I’ve been wanting to write for some time (and a podcast episode) and now that I am back on a roll with my...
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DK Marley
Mar 10, 20211 min read
Curious Opinion about Writing Historical Fiction – What Do You Think?
Summary So many people have opinions about writing historical fiction. Another blogger shared her view which swept across the historical...
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DK Marley
Mar 9, 20211 min read
BOOK REVIEW – HISTORICAL STORIES OF BETRAYAL
First and foremost, I must say I am privileged to know many of these phenomenal historical fiction authors and have shared and re-shared...
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DK Marley
Oct 23, 20203 min read
Quintessence of Dust
Sometimes as a writer the creative juices usually flowing onto the page are dammed by the realities of the world around you. Ambition and...
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DK Marley
Oct 20, 20202 min read
Book Review – “The Violinist of Auschwitz” by Ellie Midwood
RELEASE DATE: November 18, 2020 Is it possible to give a book ten stars? If so, this is one!! Ellie Midwood is an expert wordsmith and...
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DK Marley
Oct 13, 20204 min read
Chickie’s Writing Tips #1
I am at a loss for words, and here I sit trying to write a post for this blog. I mean, I’m not really at a loss for words but you know...
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DK Marley
Oct 10, 20202 min read
Kindness is Magic
While this doesn’t pertain to historical fiction, it did happen to a historical fiction author – me, and I just had to share. With this...
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DK Marley
Oct 8, 20204 min read
The Mysterious Agent 355 by Amber Leigh
She’s been fascinating people since 1948, when Long Island historian Morton Pennypacker first wrote about her. The problem is, she might...
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DK Marley
Oct 6, 20202 min read
Rabbit Holes
The path of writing is pocked with rabbit holes. I can remember each and every time the moment before the first fall, the peeking into...
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DK Marley
Oct 2, 20202 min read
First Post? Shakespeare, of course!
Galileo said, “Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth...
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