Month: June 2021

• My Last Five Books // From Regencies to Pennsylvania.

  From Regencies to Pennsylvania history, click to learn more about the last five books I read.

  The Pittsburgh Writer

  28 Jun 2021

  The Blog

  All Through the Night, An Arrangement of Sorts, Fiction, Mindy Burbidge Strunk, nonfiction, Pamela Gibson, Rebecca Connolly, Scandal's Bride, Tara Johnson, THe Baron's Rose, The Great Book of Pennsylvania

• Five Victorian Etiquette Practices We Could Use Today.

  What do you think about when you see the word “history?” A specific decade? A certain place? Figures you wish to emulate, or hate? Events you wish turned out differently, or you can see how they affected the current times? Well, here’s what I see when I read a book titled TRUE LADIES AND PROPER […]

  The Pittsburgh Writer

  25 Jun 2021

  The Blog, The Writing Journey

  etiquette, gentlemen, ladies, research, Sarah A. Chrisman, True Ladies and Proper Gentlemen, Victorian Era

• Introducing a New Blog Series

  

  As I’ve mentioned before, things are changing here on anotherhartmanauthor. Blog series have finished, so it’s time to begin a few new ones and see how they go. Today’s short little ditty is all about the next idea: My Last Five Books. I’m still figuring out how I’m going to do my book reviews, so […]

  The Pittsburgh Writer

  16 Jun 2021

  The Blog

  blog, blogging, book community, books, historical fiction, new series, reading, reading list

• Five (but really six) Books I Bought Today.

  Money is super tight these days, so nobody, not even you. Not myself. Should feel bad about where we buy our books. At one point in time, the only two places I could afford new reading materials was at Goodwill, and scrounging through the “used” book sellers on Amazon. I still check out the used […]

  The Pittsburgh Writer

  14 Jun 2021

  The Blog

  Anne Sheasby, books, cheap books, Cookbook, Grilled Cheese Please, Half-Price Books, Handwriting Research, Jennifer Appel, John Sadler, Laura Werlin, Scottish Battles, The Complete Magnolia Bakery Cookbook, The Ultimate Healthy Eating Cookbook, Zaner-Bloser

• Five Pennsylvania Places I’d Love to Visit

  Come along with me as I learn more about my own State,and follow for possible visits to these mentioned places in the future! The last time I did any traveling was in September of 2020. Half of Pennsylvania was still shut down due to…everything. But my family and I were experiencing an intense case of […]

  The Pittsburgh Writer

  11 Jun 2021

  Historical Pennsylvania, The Blog

  Bethlehem, Bill O'Neill, Easton, historical adventure, Historical Pennsylvania, historical Pittsburgh, historical vacation, history, Kennett Square, Latrobe, Lititz, PA, Pennsylvania, Tassel Pharmacy, The Crayola Company, The Great Book of Pennsylvania, The Keystone State, The Moravian Book Shop, travel

• Thoughts On Accepting Change

  Do you easily accept change, or are you one of those folks who resist it until you absolutely have to accept it? Personally, I fall somewhere in between. When it comes to my work life, I’m not always fond of policy or procedural changes. When it comes to my writing or personal life, I can […]

  The Pittsburgh Writer

  9 Jun 2021

  The Blog

  blog, blogging, books, Change, fear, Publishing, writing community, Writing Process

• Change is Coming

  There are many types of bloggers out here on the interwebs, and I’m still finding my footing. Even after all these years of blogging, writing, and blogging about writing. I used to think I wanted to, one day, become a published writer, but I’ve come to understand something about myself: I’m really not all that […]

  The Pittsburgh Writer

  1 Jun 2021

  The Blog

  books, Change, Changes, reading, reading list, Writer’s Life