Category Archives: Michelle’s Posts

Therese Walsh and Michelle Diener discuss the Call To Adventure (with giveaway!)

UPDATE: The winners of the draw are Na and Liz. Congratulations. I’ll be in touch with you. I am so pleased to invite good friend and all round perfect Virgo, Therese Walsh, back to MM. Therese and I have served … Continue reading

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Guest blogger Christina Phillips and Michelle Diener compare scenes (with giveaways!)

First off, we have the winners for last Thursday’s giveaway with Gabi Stevens and myself. Gabi has very generously offered a book as well, so we have three winners! They are, thanks to the magic that is random.org: Liz Cate … Continue reading

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Guest blogger: Gabi Stevens and Michelle Diener compare openings (with double giveaway)

I want to thank Michelle for having me here at her blog for two reasons: One, I love to reach out to readers; and two, I love the challenge of this particular blog. A chance to analyze and explain my … Continue reading

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Building a Story

I had never thought to set a historical novel in Hong Kong before my husband told me his company was happy for me to come along on a business trip with him there. I didn’t even think about a book … Continue reading

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Travels in China

I am in Hong Kong at the moment, and I’ve been to Shanghai earlier in the week. It’s been such a wonderful trip and I have loved seeing something of China, which I’ve never been to before. There is such … Continue reading

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That special something

I regularly visit my library, and I find myself, time and again, being attracted to the same books on the shelves. The library isn’t small, and yet, the same books keep making me reach for them. I’ll take them off … Continue reading

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Dipping back into the classics

I started reading The Hobbit to my kids yesterday. And I totally got sucked in again. I love that book. As a child, I must have read it at least three or four times, but reading it again yesterday and … Continue reading

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The Twist at the End

I watched the movie THE TOURIST last night. I hadn’t heard much about it, and was glad I hadn’t because I didn’t see the twist at the end coming. And I love being surprised like that. When a story line … Continue reading

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You Have the Power (with Giveaways!)

I know readers of this blog have heard a lot over the last week or two on the anthology a number of the MM blog team are involved in – ENTANGLED. When it went up over the weekend on the … Continue reading

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The Power of History

I think fiction is powerful. It has the power to change how we see things, how we interpret the world around us, how we respond to our successes and failures. A study at the University of Toronto which has been … Continue reading

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