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cplesley
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Writing Series Characters
On problems with keeping characters' details straight while writing the Legends of the 5 Directions and Songs of Steppe & Forest series
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cplesley
Jan 314 min read
Interview with Joseph Finder
Interview with the contemporary thriller writer Joseph Finder, whose latest novel, The Oligarch's Daughter, came out in January 2025
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cplesley
Jan 245 min read
Bookshelf, Winter 2025
Novels on my bookshelf, Winter 2025, by Su Chang, Elyse Durham, Lora Jones, Kate Maruyama, Victoria Christopher Murray, and Jane Yang
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cplesley
Jan 172 min read
New Books Network Interview: Fiona Davis
New Books Network interview with Fiona Davis, whose latest historical novel, "The Stolen Queen," just came out from Dutton
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cplesley
Jan 107 min read
Interview with Kate Mosse
Interview with Kate Mosse, whose historical novel "The Map of Bones" has just appeared, closing out her Joubert Family Chronicles series
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cplesley
Jan 34 min read
A New Year of Interviews
A sneak peek at author interviews planned for January 2025, with Fiona Davis, Joseph Finder, Poppy Kuroki, and Kate Mosse
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cplesley
Dec 27, 20243 min read
The Annual Overview, 2024
C. P. Lesley's annual overview of tasks attempted, accomplished, and not yet attained in 2024
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cplesley
Dec 20, 20241 min read
New Books Network Interview: Suzanne Allain
New Books Network interview with Suzanne Allain, acclaimed author of Regency-era historical romance
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cplesley
Dec 13, 20244 min read
Watching Characters Grow
A discussion of what an author means by "watching characters grow" in a single novel or across a series
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cplesley
Dec 6, 20243 min read
The Pluses and Minuses of Procrastinating
A short discussion about the pluses and minuses of procrastinating while writing, exemplified by my own work
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cplesley
Nov 29, 20242 min read
Reflections on Thanksgiving
Reflections on Thanksgiving as one generation of hosts yields space to the next
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cplesley
Nov 22, 20242 min read
New Books Network Interview: Monica Chenault-Kilgore
New Books Network interview with Monica Chenault-Kilgore, whose historical novel The Jewel of the Blues just came out from Graydon House
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cplesley
Nov 15, 20244 min read
Interview with Mimi Matthews
Interview with historical novelist Mimi Matthews about The Muse of Maiden Lane, book 4 in her Belles of London series
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cplesley
Nov 8, 20243 min read
Buried Treasure, Part 2
More buried treasure from my Kindle library, here books by Erika Monahan, Marlowe Benn, Jessie Burton, and Debra Dean
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cplesley
Nov 1, 20243 min read
Buried Treasure, Part 1
Buried treasure in books, unearthed from the depths of my Kindle library, here by Jane Johnson, Paullina Simons, and Xinru Liu.
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cplesley
Oct 25, 20242 min read
New Books Network Interview: Vanessa Kelly
New Books Network interview with Vanessa Kelly, whose "Murder in Highbury" came out with Kensington Books in October 2024.
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cplesley
Oct 18, 20245 min read
Interview with Alyson Richman
Interview with historical novelist Alyson Richman, whose The Time Keepers looks at the Vietnam War and its aftermath
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cplesley
Oct 11, 20244 min read
Weaving a History of Silk
A glimpse into the history of wild silk and its possible relevance to my forthcoming novel, Song of the Silk Weaver
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cplesley
Oct 4, 20242 min read
New Books Network Interview: Christina Dodd
New Books Network interview with Christina Dodd, whose A Daughter of Fair Verona, appeared with Kensington Books in July 2024
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cplesley
Sep 27, 20247 min read
Interview with Anna Lee Huber
Author interview with Anna Lee Huber about her historical novel Sisters of Fortune, about a family that traveled on the Titanic
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