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Janet Morrison's Writing Blog is a personal blog where the author, Janet, writes about Southern historical fiction and local history. She is currently working on two novels set in Virginia and the Carolinas in the 1760s. Her weekly blog is about her journey as a writer and a reader. In her blog, she shares her thoughts on the books she has read, including both fiction and non-fiction.
Janet's Writing Blog
3d ago
As promised in my April 1, 2024 blog post, Three of the Six Books I Read in March 2024, today I’m blogging about the other books I read last month. I received some comments of interest two weeks ago, and I hope you will also find some books you want to read today. The Caretaker, by ..read more
Janet's Writing Blog
1w ago
In today’s blog post, I am revisiting my blog post from April 8, 2016. I had been asked to share 10 random facts about myself. It is interesting exactly eight years later to reread that post and see that little has changed. Here are the 10 random facts about myself as I offered them eight ..read more
Janet's Writing Blog
2w ago
The first Monday of the month seems to roll around faster and faster, and it’s time for me to blog about all or some of the books I read the preceding month. Today’s post is about three of the six books I read in March. I plan to blog about the other three on April ..read more
Janet's Writing Blog
3w ago
On March 4, 2024, I blogged about three of the 5.4 books I read in February. After writing about #OnThisDay anniversary topics the last two Mondays, today I get to tell you about the other 2.4 books I read last month. Slave Escapes & the Underground Railroad in North Carolina, by Steve M. Miller & ..read more
Janet's Writing Blog
1M ago
I should have kept my notes from studying the Gideon v. Wainwright US Supreme Court case when I took Constitutional Law as a senior political science major in college. Fifty years later, I remembered the Gideon case as the one that gave individuals charged with a crime in the United States the right to legal ..read more
Janet's Writing Blog
1M ago
I am wearing my historian hat today to write another #OnThisDay blog post. Sometimes I’m quite familiar with the topics covered in my occasional #OnThisDay blog posts, but today’s subject was one I knew nothing about. I need a topic like that to come along once in a while to keep my research juices flowing ..read more
Janet's Writing Blog
1M ago
February was another interesting reading month for me, even though I did not read as many books as in January. Here’s my take on three of the 5.4 books I read last month. Fortune Favors the Dead, by Stephen Spotswood I was not familiar with Stephen Spotswood’s writing until I read about Fortune Favors the ..read more
Janet's Writing Blog
1M ago
I recently read a blog post that made my head spin. It left me wondering if I can make it as a writer. The world is changing at warp speed, and I cannot keep up. My post today is a bit of a rant. Please bear with me. I’m curious. Do you feel the same ..read more
Janet's Writing Blog
2M ago
This is a first! I’ve never read so many books in one month that I had to dedicate three blog posts to those books the following month! Saving Grayson, by Chris Fabry I requested this book at the public library after reading that it was about a man with Alzheimer’s Disease. This terrible disease has ..read more
Janet's Writing Blog
2M ago
January brought me lots of books and time to read them. Last week’s blog post talked about three books I read last month. Today’s blog is about three other books I read. Next week, I’ll blog about the other four books I read in January. The Woman in the White Kimono, by Ana Johns It ..read more