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Garden Romance
I’ve been working on a seriously chill, romantic, 1920’s vibe in my garden this year. It is starting to come together.
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A Long Visit With La Gioconda
When your friends know exactly what to send you for your birthday: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Robin Rivers (@robinmriversauthor)
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Symbolism in Story – Peacock Folklore
Historical fiction author Robin Rivers dives into the mythology and iconography surrounding the peacock
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A Canadian In France – This Week: Trains, Podcasts, & Private Tours
Historical fantasy author Robin Rivers shares some planning tips from her novel research trip to France.
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Lapidary of Sacred Stones & My Grandmother’s Amber
Author Robin Rivers is researching sacred stones from the Medieval and Renaissance periods in order to discover the lore behind amber, a key symbol in The Woman On The Wall.
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The Romance of the Epistolary Novel
I’ve made a huge dent in The Woman On The Wall this week, finally hitting my flow in the balance between the modern-day timeline and the historic epistolary component. Incorporating the fictitious journals and letters of Francesco Melzi and determining their role in the storytelling process has, to be honest, posed the biggest dilemma for […]
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The Imprint of Flowers
As a child, nothing ever manifested in quite such a glorious way as our backyard garden. If there was one thing my mother could do, it was to grow beautiful things (she had many talents). Our eclectic, high-altitude heaven included everything from blooming cacti and yucca plants to lilacs, Iris, and my personal favourite, the […]
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Day 20 – In The Writer’s Studio
More research. Where does it all get stored? (obvs, not my brain. That would be dangerous.) First stop, Pinterest. Go peek inside my Pinterest boards at https://www.pinterest.ca/robinmrivers/boards/ Watch the video on Insta. Be sure to like and comment. Tell me what you want to know about the writing process. https://www.instagram.com/p/BxF-eUmBvVN/
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Geist is Out For Submission
Geist (formerly The Maiden of Gevaudan) is out to agents. Here is the premise: For Ekaterina Racovitža, dreams bring broken, harsh, disjointed images, cruel in their lack of clarity. Ionela, her murdered sister, rages—transformed into a malformed child hunting for bugs in the refuse pits on the borders of the palace at Iaşi, Moldavia. Her father […]
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