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Sunday School - PLUS a Giveaway
A few musings on a life creating – read below for a GIVEAWAY!!! The year was the 1980’s, and I was a teenager. My family, always the last...
Elizabeth de Veer
Dec 2, 20215 min read
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On Writing
I am very excited to report that last week I had my FIRST EVER book club meeting for my debut novel The Ocean in Winter!! It was hosted...
Elizabeth de Veer
Nov 11, 20214 min read
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On Ghosts
This blog was originally published on freshfiction.com. Thanks, Fresh Fiction friends, for featuring The Ocean in Winter! My debut novel,...
Elizabeth de Veer
Sep 27, 20214 min read
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Remembering Lynne
Reflections from a cabin porch, Saturday night I am at the KoA in Saco, Maine, and it’s past dark on a sultry summer night. My daughter...
Elizabeth de Veer
Aug 19, 20214 min read
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Suicide Prevention Resources
Back in February, I posted a longer blog post about where to find resources if you or someone you know needs some support. Today I want...
Elizabeth de Veer
Jul 7, 20211 min read
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Pub Day!!!
Hi friends! As of yesterday, July 6, 2021, my book The Ocean in Winter is officially out in the world. They call it "pub day," the...
Elizabeth de Veer
Jul 7, 20213 min read
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Let's Connect!
Yesterday was amazing! It’s about three weeks until the launch of my debut novel The Ocean in Winter, and I am connecting with the...
Elizabeth de Veer
Jun 18, 20213 min read
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Where I Started – Thank You, Grub Street!
Less than one month until the launch of my debut novel, The Ocean in Winter, and I am getting very, very excited! And nervous. And...
Elizabeth de Veer
Jun 12, 20215 min read
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JUNE GIVEAWAY!
Hi friends! It's officially LESS THAN 7 weeks until my debut novel, The Ocean in Winter comes out to the world! Am I excited? I'm pretty...
Elizabeth de Veer
May 26, 20212 min read
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Prayers for India
"India, where are you? In the darkness of the early dawn in the holy city of Varanasi, on the Ganges River, pilgrims are lighting tea...
Elizabeth de Veer
May 7, 20212 min read
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Why I Write #1
And how did I manage to stay with it for 18 years before getting published? I was TOTALLY honored and grateful and thrilled to be...
Elizabeth de Veer
Apr 24, 20213 min read
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Grief
Before last Sunday, I had never lost someone I knew to suicide. But I got the call around 9:10 pm, while my daughter was watching Taylor...
Elizabeth de Veer
Mar 20, 20212 min read
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My Pre-Pandemic Pilgrimage to the Williamsburg Bridge
When a publisher agrees to publish a novel, the manuscript goes to an editor whose job it is to scrutinize the writing, the story, the...
Elizabeth de Veer
Mar 1, 20213 min read
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Suicide Awareness and Prevention
The Ocean in Winter is about a few things: family drama, a mystery, relationships between sisters, ghosts, a haunted house. And a story...
Elizabeth de Veer
Feb 22, 20212 min read
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Enter a Drawing to Win a Free Advance Reading Copy
Hi friends! Okay, here's the deal: if you sign up for the mailing list on my web site by March 15, your name will be entered into a...
Elizabeth de Veer
Feb 17, 20211 min read
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The Best Review
First of all, if you know me personally, we must never speak of this. If you'd like to read the best review of any book ever written,...
Elizabeth de Veer
Feb 15, 20211 min read
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Inspiration for The Ocean in Winter
About eleven years ago, my husband and I visited Maryland’s eastern shore. We took a ferry to visit a small island in the Chesapeake Bay....
Elizabeth de Veer
Feb 4, 20212 min read
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The Pink House
At one point while I was writing The Ocean in Winter, I enlisted the help of Stuart Horwitz of Book Architecture, whom I have worked with...
Elizabeth de Veer
Feb 4, 20212 min read
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