I’m a few weeks shy of twenty years old, and this is the first Valentine’s Day of my life that I haven’t been single. Most of those Valentine’s Days, I was perfectly content exchanging homemade valentines with my friends, but I won’t lie—those last several Valentine’s...
What I will do:• Read through one draft of your manuscript 2+ times.• Watch for continuity issues with plot, theme, characters, setting, and writing style (voice), analyzing each from the perspective of your target audience.• Leave comments on your document.• Provide...
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A few weeks ago, I was reflecting on the ending of The Lord of the Rings—not the movie ending, but the original ending of the book, in which Frodo returns home to the Shire only to find that it’s been destroyed by Saruman despite all his efforts to protect it. As a...
Eivend's Song by Grace MacPherson https://authorgracemacpherson.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Eivends-Song.mp3 I wrote this song for a character in The Lily and the Lyre, the sequel to The Star and the Sword. It appears in that manuscript (although that’s...
