Lavinia Thompson
Rugs aren't permanent - neither is darkness.
An interview published in The Paris Review’s spring edition caused me to go into a state of reflection. Author Rachel Cusk discussed many...
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Lavinia Thompson
Feb 14, 2022
Cover Reveal Time!!
Official cover for "Martha Holmes Mysteries" has arrived! I couldn't be more excited. I wasn't expecting to release "Martha Holmes...
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Lavinia Thompson
Feb 7, 2022
My Family Murder Mystery pt 2
Where to Start? Intergenerational Trauma and its Roots A whispered story swept through three generations of my family. A whisper that...
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Lavinia Thompson
Jun 20, 2021
Strange Obsessions Part 1
A cobblestone alley filled with shadows, dim lanterns, and silence. Whitechapel, London, England, 1888. A night looked different back...
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Lavinia Thompson
May 20, 2021
The scandal could ruin everything...
I've had my ear to the ground on some new releases coming up from fellow authors and this one sounds intriguing. Aviva Gat's newest book,...
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Lavinia Thompson
Oct 18, 2020
Let's Re-connect
This week’s post is dedicated to my friends in my writing group on Discord, the Night Owls. Thank you for being there and being a light...
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Lavinia Thompson
Oct 13, 2020
Belladonna's Roots 7: The Music
My Spotify is out of control. Like, there are so many playlists. It’s endless. Music is my addiction, and it spills over into my writing....
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Lavinia Thompson
Oct 5, 2020
Belladonna's Roots 6: Thayer
When Alyssa was first introduced to the Russian rookie covered in biker tattoos, she could only roll her eyes. Thayer waltzed into her...
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Lavinia Thompson
Sep 28, 2020
Belladonna's Roots 5: Alyssa
Sometimes a character can reside in a writer’s mind long before they come to exist within pages. Such was the case when I created Alyssa....
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Lavinia Thompson
Sep 21, 2020
Belladonna's Roots 4: Deadly Nightshade
The ominous, droopy, bell-shaped flower that becomes a purple star is an enticing sight, growing on branches that reach out, almost...
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Lavinia Thompson
Sep 14, 2020
Belladonna's Roots 3: Narcissism
Narcissist: “an extremely self-centered person who has an exaggerated sense of self-importance”, and also: “a person affected with...
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Lavinia Thompson
Sep 6, 2020
Belladonna's Roots 2: a glimpse at the profile
Research, research, research. Knowledge becomes central to a story. Much of what a writer studies to make a story realistic never makes...
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Lavinia Thompson
Feb 21, 2020
Hope Incipient
Becoming something new has uprooted what that kept me immobilized for so long. This is the first time in many years that I have felt an...
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Lavinia Thompson
Aug 3, 2019
Musings ~ A Sign of Life
Eventually you have to be unafraid of yourself and who you’re becoming. To embrace the signs of life stirring within, showing that a...
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Lavinia Thompson
Mar 8, 2019
Musings: This is my Meadow
Sometimes I'm living my life in a rearview mirror. There are so many moments here and now I should be living for. Soaking in. Because...
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Lavinia Thompson
Feb 11, 2019
Onward and Upward
My First Writing Conference In the midst of my “Edge of Glory 1” edits, I am surrounded by my binder, three notebooks, three pages (and...
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Lavinia Thompson
Oct 22, 2018
Preptober Catch up
Preptober Day 18 – Shelf Neighbours I honestly have no idea where in a bookstore “Edge of Glory” would live other than the fiction...
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Lavinia Thompson
Oct 10, 2018
Preptober Days 7-9
Preptober Day 7 Week One Check In As always, I am behind! This past weekend was Canadian Thanksgiving. Between becoming single again on...
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Lavinia Thompson
Jul 24, 2018
Letter to Chester Bennington
Dear Chester; I’ll never tell him how much I cried that day. How, as he pulled out of the driveway and disappeared, I collapsed, a...
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Lavinia Thompson
May 10, 2018
Another year older...
Twenty-nine isn’t old. But on the odd rainy spring night when I get home from work, I sit back in my favourite orange chair with a...
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