Author: Linda Ulleseit
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5 Books That Impacted My Life
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes This is the first historical novel I remember reading, and it began a long love affair with the genre. It was a Newbery Medal winner (1944) that was required reading in my eighth grade reading class. At first, it seemed unlikely that I would love it. A book published a […]
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Top Hist Fic Picks January 2023
January is all about new beginnings. Maybe you’re determined to keep this year’s resolutions, or you’re looking forward to a year full of new events. My next novel, The River Remembers, comes out in June, for example. Paper Lantern Writers added nine new members to start 2023! Read about them on our website. So January […]
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Christmas in Hawai’i
*This is a post from December 2019, before the release of my novel The Aloha Spirit. With my novel, The Aloha Spirit, coming out next August, my thoughts are in Hawai’i this holiday season. Before Christianity came to the Hawai’ian islands in the 1700s, the Hawai’ians celebrated a four-month tradition called Makahiki, a time when […]
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Top Hist Fic Picks December 2022
(This post first appeared on paperlanternwriters.com) December is all about baking, family, baking, food, baking, decorations, and baking! To help with all that cooking, download PLW’s Dessert, Appetizer, and Beverages cookbooks for Free from the Paper Lantern Writers store. There’s also a Holiday Gift Guide, also for free! All for a limited time only. The […]
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10 Christmas Desserts From Around the World
Christmas is my favorite time of year. The two most important parts of Christmas for me are family and food. This year Christmas will be seen through the eyes of my one-year-old grandson. How special is that? I will begin to teach him all about our family’s Christmas traditions, including the food. (Read this blog […]