Author: festivalforromance

New York City, 1962 – the Swinging Sixties have yet to make their way across the pond from London, meaning that society was still run by prim and proper, family-style values. The arrival of Barbara Novak (Renée Zellweger) signals quite a significant change. Her humble roots are in Maine, where she gradually put together a […]… Continue reading Down with Love (2003) — Movies Unchained

During this quarantine, my sister has taken it upon herself to watch all the epic movie series that I’ve been recommending to her for years. Series like all the Star Wars and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. She has inspired me to watch one of her favorite series that I’ve never seen before: Twilight. […]… Continue reading The Twilight Saga — Movies with Marshall

The Woman Who Wasn’t There is a documentary about Tania Head, a decidedly peculiar woman who for several years successfully posed as a 9/11 Twin Towers survivor, when in fact she had not even been in the country at the time of the terrorist attacks. That’s not a spoiler, by the way, or at least […]… Continue reading The Woman Who Wasn’t There — Philo on Movies

It is not really difficult to construct a series of inferences, each dependent upon its predecessor and each simple in itself. If, after doing so, one simply knocks out all the central inferences and presents one’s audience with the starting-point and the conclusion, one may produce a startling, though possibly a meretricious, effect. Sherlock Holmes, […]… Continue reading On Writing Pastiche: A Technique for Constructing Believable Deductions — Baker Street Forever

One thing that has always boggled my mind when it comes to interacting with bookish people or communities is that there is a premium placed on hardcover editions of books. They want the newest novel and they want it in hardcover so that they can line it up next to all their other hardcovers. It’s […]… Continue reading Paperbacks are the superior book format — Ochre Dreams

This Friday is June 19 aka Juneteenth which commemorates the day in 1865 when the last slave was released in America. I am ashamed to admit that I had never heard of this holiday until this year when I noticed it on my iPhone calendar. I looked it up and was amazed because I don’t […]… Continue reading 48 hr Blackathon TBR — Books With Cassie

Did you know different fonts can have different effects on readers? As a writer, I’m well aware that most agents and editors prefer manuscripts be submitted in 12 pt. Times New Roman (a few years ago it was 12 pt. Courier), presumably because that’s easiest on the eyes when reading for hours at a time.… Continue reading A Font Fixation — Carol’s Musings

When’s my turn? 🤣 via Anna: Alright you’ve been writing romance fantasies about Jenna for 5 years now.. — Online Book Of Mirrors

I’ve been really struggling with the book I’m writing. It’s #6 in my Ladies’ Wagering Whist Society series and it’s a lot more difficult than almost all of the others that came before because I accidentally stumbled into a huge, current issue: #metoo. How does one stumble into #metoo? Well, it started off innocently. I […]… Continue reading Writing Romance With a Deeper Meaning — Meredith Bond