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Veronica's Writer's Diary: So, Your MC Wants to Write a Book
'It begins with a character, usually, and once he stands up on his feet and begins to move, all I can do is trot along behind him with a...

Veronica Cline Barton
Sep 246 min read


Veronica's Writer's Diary: ALASKA or BUST!
“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” Anita Desai Well, hello, August! Month eight of the year has arrived and that means one...

Veronica Cline Barton
Aug 63 min read


Veronica's Writer's Diary: July Sparkle
' Be Americans. Let there be no sectionalism, no North, South, East or West. You are all dependent on one another and should be one in...

Veronica Cline Barton
Jul 24 min read


Veronica's Writer's Diary: Summertime Calls
“Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June.” Al Bernstein Well, hello, June! The sixth month of the year has arrived and with...

Veronica Cline Barton
Jun 43 min read


Veronica's Writer's Diary: Time for Some Inspiration Research---It's a May Getaway!
“Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach of us more than we...

Veronica Cline Barton
May 74 min read


Veronica's Writer's Diary: Book Cover Reveal, Introducing Family Skeletons: The Secrets of Castlewood Manor!
'Family: the bonds that connect us, and the secrets that send us reeling.' Gemma Lancaster Williams, Marchioness of Kentshire Well,...

Veronica Cline Barton
Apr 25 min read


Veronica's Writer's Diary: March Musings, Previews of Things to Come?
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” Peter Drucker Well, top-o'-the-mornin'-to-ya, March! 2025 has been full of...

Veronica Cline Barton
Mar 54 min read


Veronica's Writer's Diary: February, Short and Sweet
“In the coldest February, as in every other month in every other year, the best thing to hold on to in this world is each other.” Linda...

Veronica Cline Barton
Feb 54 min read


Veronica's Writer's Diary: Dawn of a New Year, Page One
"There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind." C.S. Lewis HAPPY NEW YEAR ! A quarter into the first century of the...

Veronica Cline Barton
Jan 14 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: MERRY CHRISTMAS!
" So, every year when Christmas comes, I realize a new, the best gift life can offer is having friends like you. " Helen Steiner Rice...

Veronica Cline Barton
Dec 25, 20242 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: Giving Thanks
"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." John F....

Veronica Cline Barton
Nov 27, 20244 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: October Whispers, BOO!
"A pretty sight, a lady with a book." Shirley Jackson Happy Trick or Treat Eve! It's been a busy 10th month of the year--trips to an...

Veronica Cline Barton
Oct 30, 20246 min read


Veronica's SPECIAL EDITION #WritersDiary: BEHIND THE SCENES: THE EXHIBITION OF CASTLEWOOD MANOR is Here!
"In a weak moment, I have written a book." Margaret Mitchell We interrupt this spooktacular month of October with some #BREAKINGNEWS ,...

Veronica Cline Barton
Oct 16, 20242 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: Murder They Wrote, Writing Tips from Bouchercon 2024!
"The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible." OSCAR WILDE September, what a lovely month of mystery and mayhem it...

Veronica Cline Barton
Sep 25, 20246 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: Let's Give Them Something to Talk About
"I don't think the robots are taking over. I think the men who play with toys have taken over. And if we don't take the toys out of their...

Veronica Cline Barton
Aug 28, 20245 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: July, It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times...
"The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history." George Orwell The end is...

Veronica Cline Barton
Jul 31, 20243 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: Going 'Behind the Scenes', It's a Book Cover Reveal!
Behind the Scenes: The Exhibition of Castlewood Manor Veronica Cline Barton Whoop, whoop, here we are, that most wonderful time of year...

Veronica Cline Barton
Jun 26, 20244 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: Mystery in May!
"He laughs best who laughs at the end." Agatha Christie ✍️🪷📚✍️🪷📚✍️🪷📚✍️🪷📚 Be still my heart (not too still), I am so filled with...

Veronica Cline Barton
May 29, 20244 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: April Fun & Foolery
"I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world." Mary Anne Radmacher Buongiorno! What a fine and...

Veronica Cline Barton
Apr 24, 20244 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: Marzo Madness
"Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent." Arthur Conan Doyle March, what a mad month it has been!...

Veronica Cline Barton
Mar 27, 20244 min read
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