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Marie Bostwick

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Marie Bostwick is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of uplifting historical and contemporary fiction. She lives in the state of Washington and travels frequently to sign books, speak to reading groups, and meet her readers. Keep up with Marie, her travels, new releases and lifestyle blog, Fiercely Marie, at www.mariebostwick.com. ...more

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Marie Bostwick In my experience, the best way to deal with writers block is to bash your way through it. In other words, write. Just write. Even if what you're writi…moreIn my experience, the best way to deal with writers block is to bash your way through it. In other words, write. Just write. Even if what you're writing is bad, even if you end up having to delete it all later, the act of writing is the only thing will move us past fear, negative voices in our heads, and creative dry spells into fields of fresh inspiration.

I also believe that, in addition to writing, it is important to feed our creativity in other areas. Listen to good music, visit an art museum, pick up a paintbrush. I engage in a number of secondary artistic pursuits - quilting, painting, piano - for the sheer pleasure of it. I don't play the piano nearly as well as I write, but this and my other secondary art forms help feed and inform my primary art form - writing.(less)
Marie Bostwick Hi Eileen! You know, right after I finished it, I thought I might. I loved that book and those characters so much. But when I looked at the cast of se…moreHi Eileen! You know, right after I finished it, I thought I might. I loved that book and those characters so much. But when I looked at the cast of secondary characters, I just didn't see anyone who I thought could carry a whole book. Now, that doesn't mean I won't wake up one day and have a Nilson's Bay plot in my head that is just aching to be written; it took me years before I was ready to give Mary Dell Templeton her own book in BETWEEN HEAVEN AND TEXAS, and three years after that before I was ready to write the sequel, my March 29th release, FROM HERE TO HOME. So it is entirely possible that I will write more Nilson's Bay books someday, but I don't have plans to do so right now. (less)
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Pork Osso Bucco is a hearty, budget-friendly dinner the family will love! Meaty pork shanks braised in a robust sauce of tomatoes, veggies, and herbs until they’re fall-from-the-bone tender. So good!

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“I realized that I'd been comparing the inside of my life with the outside of everyone else's; measuring my own fortunes against the cheerful how-are-you-I'm-fine facade that people put on for each other.”
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“Between one breath and the next, your whole world can change. ”
Marie Bostwick, A Single Thread

“Novels force you to think—to make your own conclusions about characters and themes, and decide if they’re valid or relevant or true or good, or the opposite, or maybe somewhere in between. My”
Marie Bostwick, The Book Club for Troublesome Women

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“Novels force you to think—to make your own conclusions about characters and themes, and decide if they’re valid or relevant or true or good, or the opposite, or maybe somewhere in between. My”
Marie Bostwick, The Book Club for Troublesome Women

“The book didn't solve the problem but it did put a name to it. Shining a light that helped women who felt isolated and powerless find one another - and their voices. That has been the very start of every revolution.”
Marie Bostwick, The Book Club for Troublesome Women

“It's smart. It's what men do. Why do you think they join all those clubs —the Elks? The VFW? The Masons? Congress!" she cried. "To support one another, that's why. Why do you think they call them booster clubs? Because they're trying to boost each other over the wall or bend the rules in their favor, help the group.
If women stuck up for one another the way men do, this would be a very different world.”
Marie Bostwick, The Book Club for Troublesome Women

“The invisible fence of rules and mores that confined women to a small, carefully defined patch of human achievement impacted men as well, required them to carry the bulk of a family’s financial burden, even if it meant doing work they disliked.”
Marie Bostwick, The Book Club for Troublesome Women

“the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.”
Marie Bostwick, The Book Club for Troublesome Women

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