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How to Write a Short Story for Beginners: The Sensory Story

Laurel Osterkamp · May 13, 2022

Sensory Story Writing

This post describes how to write a short story for beginners, or if you’re a teacher, activities for teaching short stories. There is a sensory story example, and there are also sensory story writing prompts at the end. You can use the exercises and examples below either for your own writing or for your students. A great way to begin writing short stories is through the sensory story. A sensory story focuses on using imagery to create …

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Book Review: The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont

Laurel Osterkamp · May 10, 2022

"Ah Reader. Must I know and provide an answer for everything?" On December 3, 1926 Agatha Christie went missing for 11 days. This was after her husband, Archibald Christie, told Agatha that he was leaving her for a younger woman. Then she took off, leaving Archie and their young daughter, Teddy, without an explanation. Agatha resurfaced of course, and she went on to write many novels and eventually remarry. But why did she disappear, and what did she do during that time? It remains a …

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Book Review: Campaign Widows by Aimee Agresti

Laurel Osterkamp · May 4, 2022

It’s been a while since I read Aimee Agresti's Campaign Widows, but with my August 25th release of Favorite Daughters rapidly approaching, I’ve decided to focus most of my reviews on political fiction. Campaign Widows is an excellent way to start! The novel’s protagonist is Cady, who is in a fairly new relationship with Jackson. She uproots her life for him and moves to DC. Everything is great and they’re engaged, and Cady believes she can fit in at the nation’s capital. But then the campaign …

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Was Jane Eyre a Feminist?

Laurel Osterkamp · May 2, 2022

There are several lines that could be considered Jane Eyre feminist quotes. I love the novel and I love Jane as a protagonist. But was Jane Eyre a feminist? Consider the following quotes: “Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts, as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, to absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is …

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Path to Publication: Favorite Daughters Advanced Review Copies Arrived!

Laurel Osterkamp · April 24, 2022

Last night, Rich and I were on our way for a date night when we saw that two big boxes and one small one had been left outside our door. "Were you expecting something?" Rich asked. I shrugged. "I have no idea. I guess one of us was." One quick glance at the packaging, and the mystery was solved. "They're my books!" I exclaimed. Thank God we'd been on our way out. It was about to storm, and had we been staying in the for the evening, we could …

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