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  • Quarantined with Creativity

    Quarantined with Creativity

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    Frances Brown
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    2020 certainly has been a banner year, although I can’t quite pinpoint what the headline should say. I believe the universal theme has been CHANGE. Our world is radically different now than in most of our lifetimes. It’s difficult to imagine us ever really going back to the “old world,” the way things used to…

  • Ghost Stories & Romance: Why the Combination is So Compelling

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    Frances Brown
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    While conversing with a saleswoman in my local Apple store recently, I shared the information that I wrote novels. “What kind of novels?” she asked. “They’re basically romances, but they are all set in haunted places,” I replied. Her eyes grew wide. “With ghosts, you mean?” “Yes. There’s always a ghost story intertwined with the…

  • The Perfect Love Story…with Ghosts

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    Frances Brown
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    Those of you who know me at all know I am a huge fan of Nora Roberts (duh, I’d have to be dead not to be), but my absolute favorite series of hers is the Boonesboro Trilogy. When I say favorite, I mean, OBSESSIVE. Favorite. Love of all time. I’ve listened to all three audiobooks…