Yvette Keller

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  • The Dressmaker

    The Dressmaker

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    The lights came up, the credits began to roll, and my husband turned to me and said, “I’d watch that again. Right now.” Which made us both laugh out loud. But we were used to that by then. Watching the final hour of The Dressmaker was a well-matched emotional tug-of-war, with regular intervals alternating between genuine,…

  • NaNoWriMo Prep: Are You Ready?

    NaNoWriMo Prep: Are You Ready?

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    (Hint: I’m not) That’s a hard thing to admit because I’m signed up to be a Model WriMo this year, a.k.a. a Municipal Liason (ML). Being an ML can be as serious or casual as you want it to be, but you all know me –or will know me soon– and you know that what I…

  • National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is Coming!

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    It is time to buckle down and prep for NaNoWriMo! (I’ve actually been prepping since this summer when an idea came to me, and I started running to and fro with it.) This year I am writing the first book in a series of mysteries. I was inspired by the audiobook work on the Viola Roberts…

  • My Writing Influences

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    Every writer I’ve ever read has no doubt influenced me in ways I can’t imagine, but when I’m asked what writers have influenced me and why specific images and feelings pop into my head: The severe, dark-haired Anne Rice in a small room, holding a black oil pencil. The white walls are scribbled with words.…

  • Adventures in Narration

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    Everyone around me was so supportive and curious about my first job as an audiobook narrator that I wrote many facebook posts and journal entries about the day-to-day process. For launching my new website, I decided to gather them all together here and share the ups-and-downs.   May 09, 2016 1:15pm So, when I was doing over voice…

  • Time Traveling Again

    Time Traveling Again

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    In two weeks, for the third year in a row, I will be returning to the Oregon Caves Chateau for my favorite time travel event of the year. Please enjoy this re-post of my 2014 article describing my first experience with the Oregon Regency Society.   A Time Traveller’s Note By Madame Bessey My Dear…

  • Elect Melissa McCarthy Queen of Everything Already

    Elect Melissa McCarthy Queen of Everything Already

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    As a part of the run up to the new Netflix Season Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, here’s my paltry addition to the accolades being showered on Melissa McCarthy (rightfully so!). She was so amazing as Sookie St. James that she instantly became one of those actors where I shout “I LOVE her!” when…

  • When Did You Become A Writer?

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    I’m trying to write a bio for my “author” page because I have my first publication coming out in October, and something just struck me: At some point in 2016, I became a writer. I think I’m in FIVE writing groups right now: Novelists for the Long Haul – remote – read-n-critique (facilitator) MRK Sunday…

  • Angel’s Devil (Jake Brand, PI #1)

    Angel’s Devil (Jake Brand, PI #1)

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    I listened to the audiobook on a long drive. I’m not usually a fan of crime thrillers, but this had enough of a mix between Jake, the main character’s, inner world and the outer world to hold my interest. I suspect I would not have finished this book if I’d been reading. It has a…

  • A Very Good Place To Start

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    The workshop I spent the most time in at the Santa Barbara Writer’s Conference (SBWC) was called Story Structure for all Genres. Playwright and author, Dale Griffiths Stamos, provides brief lecture and then conducts interview-style one-on-ones with each author, discussing their overall work. I’m still very new to writing so it takes only the simplest…