Feisty Deeds: The Subversive history of tea-rooms

Introducing Barb RistineAuthor of "The Tearoom" in Feisty Deeds II When I set out to write “The Tearoom”, I knew I wanted to write about a nineteenth-century woman helping other women within the constraints of Victorian society. Hattie Ferguson appea...

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Apr 22, 2026
Sheltie Gazette: College Library 🏰 Edition

Hello, Reading Friends!Confession: I am very tired. April is the month when high school seniors have heard back from the colleges they applied to, and May 1st is the deadline to commit to the rest of their lives and lose every other possible opportun...

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Apr 20, 2026
Egg hop/Which Irish fairy tale heroine are you?

Welcome, !Thank you for filling out my quiz about "Which Irish fairy tale heroine are you?" Some of you hopped over to my page from the Historical Fiction Easter Egg Hop, and some of you already know me. I hope you had fun! All of you have won a bonu...

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Apr 08, 2026
Feisty Deeds: Lis's Moonshine & Dessert

Hello, ! I’m Elisabeth Carson-Williams, but you can call me Lis. A Virginian by birth, I’ve spent my adult life traversing the planet, meeting people and learning about other cultures first-hand. My whole reason for travel is to meet people, hear the...

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Apr 08, 2026
Sheltie Gazette: Introducing Sci-fi-orama! 👽

Hey, , let me tell you about my new series!It's going to be a sci-fi medical dystopian thriller. There are twelve point-of-view characters in the first book alone, half of which are cyborgs and all of whom swear profusely. Every other chapter is a me...

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Apr 02, 2026
Sheltie Gazette: Bob the Cat Makes a Decision

I am entirely invisible under the shadow of night. I sneak down the oak limb, as quiet as feathers. Except I would eat the feathers. Or bat them around. Mm, I like feathers. Wait, I was looking for something. I’ve reached the castle wall, and if I s...

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Mar 26, 2026
Sheltie Gazette: Bob the Cat is not influenced by anyone

NB from Malin, your resident Book and People Management Herding Dog:Please forgive me for the delay in retrieving the next installment of your bonus story. My peoples all got the flu, including my favorite writer-person. I had to chase all the bad fl...

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Mar 25, 2026