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"There is one way." (Meet Cassian, second MC in my novel, BtB!)
“But what will I do?” the man wailed, “What will become of my children?"
I don't know what came over me as I watched him leave, but for...

Lilyana Page
Mar 314 min read
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I'm Still Writing A Novel (BtB update)
It's been a while since I have put out a BtB (Beauty and the Beast) update on my blog. Let me share what has been happening behind the sc...

Lilyana Page
Mar 105 min read
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Dear Davey
I have a passion for stories like hers. Perhaps that is because I am an orphan myself, which you know, although we did not talk about my...

Lilyana Page
Feb 173 min read
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2024 Year of Writing In Review
I'm so glad I've gotten to share some of my successes with all of you and thankful for how much I have grown as a writer over the past year.

Lilyana Page
Dec 30, 20246 min read
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CHRISTMAS Acrostics
Christmas is coming! Quick! Put up the tree! Ornaments galore. Most of them make it to the tree. Little Brother drops one, and it...

Lilyana Page
Dec 23, 20243 min read
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"I'll Do It" (Meet Corinne, spirited MC of my current WIP novel!)
Seventeen year old Corinne, playing the part of Beauty, is now her family’s sole provider. There’s no money saved up in the bank, no...

Lilyana Page
Dec 16, 20244 min read
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Novel November (What I’m Working On)
National Novel Writing Month always seems to sneak up on me. November arrives, and others around me begin their mad dash to get 30,000...

Lilyana Page
Nov 25, 20243 min read
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Ruth: A Narrative Poem
Happiness seems to be slipping through Naomi’s outstretched hand
like so many grains of elusive, shining sand...

Lilyana Page
Oct 21, 20244 min read
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The Story Behind Three Feet of Trouble (what inspired the tale, & where it all began)
One thing led to another, and before I knew it, the less than 500 word story had ballooned into a 16,000 word story filled with lots of...

Lilyana Page
Sep 16, 20243 min read
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Caged
Everyone is frightened. Even the squabbling chickens above us have ceased to fight. Everyone is whispering about who will be next...

Lilyana Page
Aug 26, 20245 min read
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Three Feet of Trouble: Part Four
Cuddles dropped the goblin ear and launched himself at Rumplestiltskin, bowling the little fiend to the ground...

Lilyana Page
Jul 22, 202410 min read
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Three Feet of Trouble: Part Three
Hair. Lots of it. Dark, thick, shaggy, nasty hair. How come she’d never noticed that before? And that thing on his finger, glinting...

Lilyana Page
Jul 8, 202421 min read
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Three Feet of Trouble: Part Two
Isabelle, certain that the ancient looking goblin would be dead by the time she had her first child, hastily agreed. Anything to keep her...

Lilyana Page
Jun 24, 202419 min read
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Three Feet of Trouble: Part One (A Short Story)
Suddenly, unexpectedly, she laughed. Who else had a father who was so short that he had to reach up on tip-toe to smack her? Who else had...

Lilyana Page
Jun 17, 202410 min read
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From My Bookshelves: Caleb's Story
"Behind the barn," said Cassie. "He's wrapped in a green blanket. He asked me about Papa."
I smiled.
"You and your imaginary"...

Lilyana Page
May 13, 20242 min read
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