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March 29 & 30, 2025: Willow Lake Estates Craft Fair
Something new for the new year! And yes, March can be considered the new year if you're as behind...
October 6, 2024: Gail Borden Library Annual Author Fair
I'm looking forward to my second-ever author fair on Sunday, October 6 in Elgin! I've never been...
March 29 & 30, 2025: Willow Lake Estates Craft Fair
Something new for the new year! And yes, March can be considered the new year if you're as behind on things as I am. I have a booth at a craft fair! On Saturday and Sunday, March 29 and 30, I'll be at the Willow Lake Estates craft fair in Elgin, IL from eight in the...
October 6, 2024: Gail Borden Library Annual Author Fair
I'm looking forward to my second-ever author fair on Sunday, October 6 in Elgin! I've never been to the Gail Borden Library, but I have to commend the organizers of the event for being super organized, helpful, and communicative! It bodes well for an awesome fair. The...
August 24, 2024: Elmhurst Library Author Fair
Join me and other authors at the Elmhurst Library’s Local Author Fair on Saturday, August 24!
Explore the music of Rooted: a listening guide for readers
Curating a playlist for a work of fiction is a trend that I’ve noticed from as early as 2015. Some authors will provide a list of the songs they listened to while they wrote, while others will piece together a sort of aural mood board. I’m using it as more of a history lesson.
Welcome, writers and readers and history nerds!
Welcome! I’m Emma Golding, a musician by day and a vigilante fiction writer by night. If you found my blog, you must be a kindred spirit looking for some inspiration…
Cupid’s Other Arrow: How heroines escape the Daphne treatment in romance novels
When books with helpless waifs and overbearing hunks stop hitting like they used to, it’s time to find a romantic lead with a little grit.