I read Shanna Swendson for the first time several years ago when Kitty loaned me her copy of Enchanted, Inc. I loved that book! I have bought all the books in the series, usually within a month of their release and read each one at least twice. I’m bummed that [...]

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Introductory note: Shanna Swendson’s book Once Upon Stilettos, book two in her series, is on my stack of Keep-Me-Motivated-During-NaNoWriMo books. I’ve been holding off reading it and now that NaNo is here, I’m finally released to dive into that stack. (I’m writing a middle-grade novel with magic realism elements. Shanna’s book, though a woman’s romance, [...]

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What a great week we’ve had here at Routines for Writers. Our Guest Blogger Karen Wiesner has pumped up the excitement level for NaNoWriMo. We’ve had hundreds of readers visiting this week. I hope you all have great plans for your writing in November.   So, last year’s NaNo…I went into it with a title [...]

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