Author: LCRWriter
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Receiving Incorrect Editorial Advice
I can’t believe it’s happened again. I was enjoying a perfectly good online workshop on editing, until the presenter insisted that using a form of the verb, “to be”, followed by a past participle, would lead most agents to reject a manuscript for using “passive voice.” I politely posted a message in the chat (to…
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Today’s HOAs and the Puritan Watch of 1677
In the spirit of, “if you aren’t part of the solution, you’re part of the problem,” I’ve decided to run for a position on my neighborhood Homeowners’ Association Board of Directors. I’m the new kid on the block, having moved here from California a year ago, and my first impression of my new community was…
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The Puritan Town of Hatfield, Massachusetts
My upcoming novel is titled Hatfield, 1677, for the small town beside the Connecticut River in what is now western Massachusetts. In 1677, it was one of the most remote habitations in Massachusetts Bay colony, a town of roughly 50 homes in the midst of pastures and farmland in the midst of wilderness. Hatfield was…
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Hatfield, 1677
I am beyond excited to announce that I am working with Acorn Publishing for my historical fiction novel, Hatfield, 1677. I found the inspiration for this novel in 1992, wrote a partial first draft in 1995—and then set it aside for twenty-five years. But good stories never die, and when life hands you retirement and…
Laura C. Rader 