2016-07-02 15:58
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2016-05-20 00:53
Here's my latest one-minute video:Copyright © 2016 by Brenda Coulter, No rules. Just write.
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2016-04-03 12:50
Here's a one-minute video celebrating the arrival of spring in my garden. Copyright © 2016 by Brenda Coulter, No rules. Just write.
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2016-03-22 17:08
Many readers enjoyed my first short story, "Living it Up in Fiddly Falls," and asked for a sequel. So I wrote one. Hope you all like it!Download "The Oldest Bride in Fiddly Falls" now. (Plea… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Download for FREE at Amazon.Download for FREE at Apple.Download for FREE at Barnes and Noble.You're very welcome! I hope you enjoy it.Copyright © 2014 by Brenda Coulter, No rules. Just… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I'm not yet happy with the two novels I've been working on, so last month I started writing my first-ever short story in an attempt to recharge my creativity. It was a great writing exercise… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I'm now updating this blog only sporadically, but as there are 1,004 posts (going way back to December of 2004), these pages still get a great deal of traffic from Google and other sear… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
On balmy summer evenings, I enjoy sitting on the bench behind the fountain in my lighted front garden. The splashing and burbling of water against a background of cicada music is immensely s… Read More
2013-08-24 13:45
(This "golden oldie" NRJW post was originally published on August 20, 2009.)I wonder why Ogden Nash never wrote a poem about Japanese anemones? The words roll trippingly off the tongue and s… Read More
2013-08-20 13:04
(This "golden oldie" NRJW post was originally published on January 30, 2007.)I've been writing all morning, and just now I decided to break for "elevenses," as my British friends call it. I… Read More
2013-08-16 13:02
(This "golden oldie" NRJW post was originally published on May 23, 2008.)How many other novelists, I wonder, avoid looking at their words as they type them onto the page? I'm actually a fair… Read More
2013-08-14 12:17
Most published romance writers are pretty quick to deny it when anyone dares to suggest that category (or "series") romance novels are written to a formula. But I insist that there is indeed… Read More
2013-08-12 13:30
(This "golden oldie" NRJW post was originally published on June 23, 2011.)I just happened upon this over at Jon Winokur's Advice to Writers:1. Dialogue should be brief.2. It should add to th… Read More
2013-08-09 14:02
(This "golden oldie" NRJW post was originally published on August 11, 2008.)One of the writers' e-mail loops I used to follow closely has become such an annoyance that in the past couple of… Read More
2013-08-07 13:32
(This "golden oldie" NRJW post was originally published on May 10, 2008.)One of the great things about reading and writing romance novels is knowing that no matter what goes wrong in the sto… Read More
2013-08-05 12:29
(This "golden oldie" NRJW post was originally published on December 21, 2010.)Last night I read a book review complaining that a certain romance novel tried a reader's patience because the s… Read More
2013-08-01 12:30
Life lessons from the garden(This "golden oldie" NRJW post was originally published on August 15, 2008.)Sometimes even our strongest friends need a little propping-up. (David Austin's "Evely… Read More
2013-07-30 13:00
(This "golden oldie" NRJW post was originally published on June 12, 2006.)Posted by Brenda Coulter at No rules. Just write.Over the weekend I downloaded a couple of Snow Patrol CDs for my iP… Read More
2013-07-29 12:36
(This "golden oldie" NRJW post was originally published on February 6, 2007.)Recently, one of my aunts sent me the full text (as recorded in a local newspaper) of a speech delivered in 1887… Read More
2013-07-25 12:30
(This "golden oldie" NRJW post was originally published on February 3, 2006.)More than twenty-five years ago my father gave me a gold Cross ballpoint pen he didn't like. I didn't care much f… Read More
2013-07-24 18:50
Although I haven't been blogging for a while, there are still a number of people subscribed to this blog's updates, and Google is still sending lots of traffic, as well. So today I… Read More
2012-12-12 22:18
I might have mentioned this before [snicker], but new reader favorite Her Minnesota Man is now available in softcover. It's big and beefy (5.5 X 8.5 inches, and more than an inch t… Read More
2012-12-10 23:32
Over the past several months, I've been delighted to hear from hundreds of readers who have confessed to falling in love with the town of Owatonna, Minnesota, as depicted in my inspirational… Read More
2012-11-24 17:06
Her Minnesota Man, my self-published e-book, has become a big hit with readers. As of yesterday there were 96 Customer Reviews on Amazon, a whopping 87 of which are 5-star. I am just amaze… Read More
2012-10-25 17:56
I'm in the process of changing the bookcover of Her Minnesota Man at all of the online stores. Several people had complained about the old cover (which is always a risk when you put a face o… Read More
2012-10-22 18:12
Last month I invented this recipe for a super-quick and easy fudgy-brownie-in-a-cup and posted it on my Facebook page. Since that post has received tons of "Likes" and "S… Read More
2012-10-11 15:08
If I lived in Chicago, I would have a regular table at this place for working on my novels while sucking down lots of lattes. Next time you're in Chicago, check out Gaslight Coffee Roasters… Read More
2012-08-24 16:57
I've been a huge Wodehouse fan (say: "WOODhouse") for at least a couple of decades. Today I'm rereading A Damsel in Distress, and I just came across a delicious bit that made me drop the boo… Read More
2012-08-04 17:32
Get it now at:Barnes and NobleAmazonApple's iBookstore. . . or just about anywhere else e-books are sold.If you want to help spread the word about this new inspirational romance novel, pleas… Read More
2012-07-15 20:13
I still haven't decided whether to return to blogging on a regular basis, but I wanted to leave an announcement here for you nice folks who are still subscribed to this RSS feed.I've recentl… Read More
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