100 years ago today, on the 9th International Woman's Day, the women workers of St. Petersburg took to the streets.

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Ah, historical fiction. Why the hell did I choose to write historical fiction?

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I mentioned in my last post that my novel draft languished for months this year, and I only started revising again in October. There's a very specific reason for that.

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Back in October, when I picked up my novel edit after letting it languish for a couple of months, I vowed to be less ambitious. Originally I had a 10-step revision plan....

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People say that coming up with titles is hard. As you can see from my "works in progress" page, I'm struggling....

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I'm plugging away at the second draft of my "Devil's Wall" novel, the one about Anna and Evgenia. I'm excited to be making progress, but at times it feels like 2 steps forward and 3 steps back.

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