Copperfield Review Quarterly

19/12/2024

Here are some traditional Victorian Christmas traditions, as well as some recipes from Mrs. Beeton.

While I recover from a stubborn sinus infection, I thought I’d share the links to this blog’s most popular holiday posts. Christmas in the Massachusetts Bay Colony Mrs. Beeton’s R…

03/12/2024

Here are some of my favorite murder mysteries I've been reading lately.

https://meredithallard.com/2024/12/03/what-im-reading-current-favorite-mysteries

25/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving Week, Friends. Some years more than others, it's important to remember gratitude.

Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. ―Mary Oliver Once again it is Thanksgiving week. The trees in my neighborhood are dropping their beautiful red, yellow, …

31/10/2024

The Swirl and Swing of Words was named a #1 New Release on Amazon in Authorship. Thank you!

29/10/2024

My second nonfiction book, The Swirl and Swing of Words: Embracing the Writing Life, is now available.

I’ve been hoping to be able to make this announcement this autumn and here it is. My newest nonfiction book, The Swirl and Swing of Words: Embracing the Writing Life, is available today, Tuesday, O…

04/10/2024

Her Dear & Loving Husband has vampires, witches, and the Salem Witch Trials. It's the perfect autumn read and it's featured today on Freebooksy.

Every year I enjoy seeing lists of favorite autumn reads. Her Dear & Loving Husband certainly fits that bill. It has vampires, witches, and the Salem Witch Trials. Also, most of the story takes…

19/08/2024

I've been reading a lot of Dark Academia lately. Here are some of my favorites so far.

I had a wonderful summer, for which I’m thankful. I managed to balance working on two different book projects, one fiction and one nonfiction, and I also took time to just exist and enjoy my summer…

28/06/2024

Victory Garden, a novel of the American women's suffrage movement, is on sale for 99c through July.

As much as I love the Loving Husband Series and the Hembry Castle Chronicles, one of my books that really stands out to me is Victory Garden, a novel of the American women’s suffrage movement…

01/06/2024

Here are the frequently asked questions about And Shadows Will Fall, which is more contemporary than historical but still touches on the Salem Witch Trials.

Happy summer everyone. I’m always happy it’s summer, but this year even more so. I recently did a promotion for Her Dear & Loving Husband, and nearly 2000 copies were downloaded in …

17/04/2024

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And Shadows Will Fall, Book Six in the paranormal/historical Loving Husband Series, is now available.

I’m so excited to announce that the latest chapter in the eternal love story of James and Sarah Wentworth, And Shadows Will Fall, is now available. If you were wondering what happened to Jame…

13/03/2024

The latest news about And Shadows Will Fall

The release of And Shadows Will Fall, the next installment of the Loving Husband series, is finally upon us. The official publication date is Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Of course, Loving Husband Ser…

01/03/2024

How to write a first draft part 5

You Must Make Time For Writing Every writer I know has a list of well-refined Excuses. But if you are compelled to write your story, then you must write it. You must sit at your computer, or with y…

22/02/2024

How To Write a First Draft Part 4

Keep the Creator and the Editor Separate This is an old writers’ adage heard by everyone who has ever taken Creative Writing 101. The funny thing about this adage: it’s true. If you try to edit as …

20/02/2024

How To Write a First Draft Part 3

Your First Draft Will Need Help If you accept that your first draft is going to need a crazy amount of rewriting, it frees you up to write, as Natalie Goldberg calls it in Writing Down the Bones, “…

30/01/2024

Tip #2 for writing a first draft: https://meredithallard.com/2024/01/30/writing-inspiration-writing-a-first-draft-part-1/

25/01/2024

Tip #1 for writing a first draft.

A Necessary Part of the Process Every writer I’ve ever known, and every writer I’ve ever read about, says the same as Hemingway, “The only kind of writing is rewriting.” Wri…

20/01/2024

The pain of writing a first draft...

No One Likes Writing First Drafts While I will always love writing in the Loving Husband and Hembry Castle worlds, my creativity has been pulling me in other directions lately. I’ve started t…