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Veronica's #WritersDiary: The Merry, Merry Month of May!
"I used to be Snow White, but I drifted..." Mae West Well, hello, May! I thought I'd kick off the discussion and giggles today with a bit...

Veronica Cline Barton
May 10, 20235 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: Elements of a Best Seller; How Does Your Story Stack Up?
"I don't know. I don't know at all. And that's what's frightening the life out of me. To have no idea..." Agatha Christie, history's...

Veronica Cline Barton
Apr 26, 20237 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: To the Top of the World!
Det finnes ingen snarveier til steder det er verdt å resie til – There are no shortcuts to anyplace worth going... Norwegian adage The...

Veronica Cline Barton
Apr 12, 20234 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: Author Chat: Branching Out to a New Audience...
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T.S. Eliot As this first quarter of 2023 draws to a...

Veronica Cline Barton
Mar 29, 20235 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: Southern Road Trip #InspirationResearch!
"Road trips are the equivalent of human wings. Ask me to go on one, anywhere. We'll stop in every small town and learn the history and...

Veronica Cline Barton
Mar 15, 20234 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: Book Chat: What's the Future Hold for Your Fav Genre?
"A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called "leaves") imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles....

Veronica Cline Barton
Mar 1, 20237 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: #NewRelease Murder on the Runway: Fashion Week at Castlewood Manor! 💖👑👠
"With the right pair of stilettos, a girl can slog through anything..." Collette Valentine, Editor of Le Chic Vie...

Veronica Cline Barton
Feb 15, 20234 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: A Whale of a Time!
“There she blows!-there she blows! A hump like a snow-hill! It is Moby Dick!” ― Herman Melville, Moby Dick Last week the OH and I had the...

Veronica Cline Barton
Feb 1, 20235 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: Book to Stage Productions, What Can Get Lost in Translation?
“Try fighting with your head for a change... it's a good one, even if it does resist learning.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird I've...

Veronica Cline Barton
Jan 18, 20237 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: 2023, Here's to a Fabulous New Year!
Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about un-becoming everything that isn’t really you, so you can be who...

Veronica Cline Barton
Jan 4, 20235 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: My Top Reads of 2022!
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Veronica Cline Barton
Dec 28, 20225 min read


Copy of A #WritersDiary Christmas Day Encore: "Mrs. Singh Shuts the Shop' by Sheila Patel #QueenEliz
🎀👑🎄🎀👑🎄🎀👑🎄🎀👑🎄🎀👑🎄🎀👑🎄🎀👑🎄🎀👑🎄🎀👑🎄🎀 🎀👑🎄🎀👑🎄🎀👑🎄🎀👑🎄🎀👑🎄🎀👑🎄🎀👑🎄🎀👑🎄🎀👑🎄🎀 Happy Christmas! On...

Veronica Cline Barton
Dec 25, 202210 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: We Wish You a Merry Christmas!
“I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year. Charles Dickens 🎀🎄🎀🎄🎀🎄🎀🎄🎀🎄🎀🎄🎀🎄🎀🎄🎀🎄🎀🎄🎀🎄🎀🎄🎀🎄...

Veronica Cline Barton
Dec 21, 20221 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: A Sneak Peek at Book 8 in My #CozyMystery Series, Murder on the Runway!
"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we...

Veronica Cline Barton
Dec 14, 20223 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: A Charming Chat with Author Tonya Penrose!
✨🌲🌹💐💟🍀🌸✨🌸🌻💮🌷✨🌿💞🌳🌷🌹✨🌺💮🍀 ✨🌲🌹💐💟🍀🌸✨🌸🌻💮🌷✨🌿💞🌳🌷🌹✨🌺💮🍀 Well, hello December! One of my absolute, Twitter...

Veronica Cline Barton
Dec 7, 20225 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: #HoHoHo Bring on the Holidays!
“Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour.” –John...

Veronica Cline Barton
Nov 30, 20223 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: Giving Thanks!
“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite -...

Veronica Cline Barton
Nov 23, 20223 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: Cozy Mystery Fashion Fun!
“Literature & Fashion...food for the mind, a visual statement of the soul, a conversational platform for global transformation.” ―...

Veronica Cline Barton
Nov 16, 20224 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: Mystery Topic: #CozyMystery Trends I'll Be Watching for in 2023
"Now comes the mystery." Henry Ward Beecher As a cozy mystery writer and reader, I'm looking ahead to 2023 and have started booking my...

Veronica Cline Barton
Nov 9, 20226 min read


Veronica's #WritersDiary: 'Tis the Season for Holiday Mysteries!
“I'll tell you a secret. Old storytellers never die. They disappear into their own story.” -Vera Nazarian Well, #HoHoHo hello, November,...

Veronica Cline Barton
Nov 2, 20225 min read
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