Veronica Cline Barton
Veronica's #WritersDiary: Book Club Reads; How Would Your Book(s) Stack Up?
"Books are something social - a writer speaking to a reader - so I think making the reading of a book the center of a social event, the...
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Veronica Cline Barton
- Oct 12, 2022
- 8 min
Veronica's #WritersDiary: A #Spooktober Chat with a Master of Horror, Author Ken Stark!
Multi-award-winning #horror writer, questionable painter, unapologetic nerd, and committed beer enthusiast. Ken Stark One of the absolute...
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Veronica Cline Barton
- Oct 5, 2022
- 3 min
Veronica's #WritersDiary: It's Fall Y'all; Time to Eat, Drink, and Be Scary!
“I long for the days Of pumpkins and ghosts; When the dead use homes And people as hosts.” ― E. Reyes 🎃👻 Pumpkin spice and everything...
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Veronica Cline Barton
- Aug 17, 2022
- 4 min
Veronica's #WritersDiary: Coming this Christmas Season, It's A Novel Noel!
“Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.” ― Mary Ellen Chase I know it's still August, but... This week I'm super...
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Veronica Cline Barton
- Jul 13, 2022
- 6 min
Veronica's #WritersDiary: The Allure of Places Where Things Go Bump in the Night...
“Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.” ― Edgar Allan Poe With Wicked Mist and A Novel Noel set to launch this fall,...
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Veronica Cline Barton
- Jun 29, 2022
- 3 min
Veronica's #WritersDiary: Something Wicked This Way Comes...
"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes..." William Shakespeare, Macbeth Ah, the joys of being a writer when one's...
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Veronica Cline Barton
- Jun 15, 2022
- 4 min
Veronica's #WritersDiary: Coastal Kismet!
“Watching a coast as it slips by the ship is like thinking about an enigma. There it is before you, smiling, frowning, inviting, grand,...
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Veronica Cline Barton
- May 18, 2022
- 4 min
Veronica's #WritersDiary: The Countdown Begins for the U.S.A. Premiere of #DowntonAbbey; A New Era!
“You are a woman with a brain and reasonable ability. Stop whining and find something to do.” — Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess #Squee...
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Veronica Cline Barton
- Apr 20, 2022
- 5 min
Veronica's #WritersDiary: April's Mystery Topic; #CozyMystery Tropes & Themes!
“Use that fluff of yours you call a brain.” ― Agatha Christie Whodunnit fun today--this month's mystery topic is Tropes and Themes for...
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Veronica Cline Barton
- Nov 3, 2021
- 3 min
Veronica's #WritersDiary: #NewRelease: An Evening of #Christmas Mystery & #Holiday Magic Awaits!🎀
Well, hello November, what a weekend! The #spooktacular season of scary ended at midnight Sunday and at 12:01am November 1st, the...
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Veronica Cline Barton
- Oct 27, 2021
- 3 min
Veronica's #WritersDiary: Countdown to 🎃All Hallows' Eve🎃; What Will You be #Reading?
When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, 'tis near Halloween... Just five more days until the...
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Veronica Cline Barton
- Oct 20, 2021
- 4 min
Veronica's #WritersDiary: Ode to 🎃#ChristmasWeen🎄!
"Keep Calm and Get Your #HoHoHo #Boo On!" Auntie Pippa 💖👻👑 I have to be honest, Christmas-Ween was not a familiar term for me until...
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Veronica Cline Barton
- Oct 13, 2021
- 8 min
Veronica's #WritersDiary: The Lanthorne Ordinary Witches Return: A Chat with Author Cynthia Raleigh!
“To me, a witch is a woman that is capable of letting her intuition take hold of her actions, that communes with her environment, that...
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Veronica Cline Barton
- Sep 8, 2021
- 4 min
Veronica's #WritersDiary; #Theatre Under the Stars!
This past week we were so excited to attend the Solvang Festival Theatre once again! We've been attending the performances under the...
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Veronica Cline Barton
- Sep 1, 2021
- 5 min
Veronica's #WritersDiary; It's a TANGLED WEBS Countdown to #LaborDay!
Well hello, September! The pumpkin spice lattes have been unleashed and I'm so ready for autumn to arrive. It's an especially festive...
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Veronica Cline Barton
- Aug 25, 2021
- 5 min
Veronica's #WritersDiary: Amateur Sleuthing in a Modern, #CozyMystery World
This week I was supposed to be enjoying the comradery and literary banter with mystery #authors and #readers alike at the Bouchercon...
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Veronica Cline Barton
- Apr 21, 2021
- 5 min
Veronica's #WritersDiary, The #Grape Escape!
"Wine and friends are a great blend." Ernest Hemingway Once again we ventured away from the confines of the family room and traveled to...
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