"These books are so good it took every ounce of self-control to not pick up book 2 until after writing my review of book 1 I Am Margaret It was worth the wait. This book continues immediately after book one. The story in some ways has a very different pace than book one. But it is a very tight story. A story about resistance, about friendship, betrayal, faith and a journey of 2000 kilometers and above all hope." Read More...Book Reviews and More: The Three Most Wanted - Corinna Turner - I Am Margaret Book 2:
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Monday, August 31, 2015
Book Reviews and More: The Three Most Wanted - Corinna Turner - I Am Margaret Book 2

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Wednesday, August 26, 2015
#5Faves: Contemporary Catholic Fiction-Writers Edition | Carolyn Astfalk
Carolyn Astfalk mentioned me in the company of some other really good Catholic authors in her blog post today!
#5Faves: Contemporary Catholic Fiction-Writers Edition | Carolyn Astfalk:
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#5Faves: Contemporary Catholic Fiction-Writers Edition | Carolyn Astfalk:
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Monday, August 24, 2015
"One of the Best Books I Have Read This Year..."
Steve McEveroy writes: "Sometimes it really pays to follow authors you really like. Regina Doman recently posted about this book, and it caught my attention. To be honest I had never heard of the author or the series. I am so glad it did. This is one of the best books I have read this year and the best new Catholic fiction author I have discovered in years! This book was incredible...." Read More
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Friday, August 21, 2015
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Wednesday, August 19, 2015
The Fairy Tale Novel Forum
Recently someone asked me if the Fairy Tale Novel Fan Forum still existed, and I answered: Yes! I wanted to post the link so that folks could find it again.
If you've never heard of the Forum before, the Fairy Tale Novel Fan Forum was started by fans of my books who wanted to connect and keep in touch. It's a private, moderated forum staffed by wonderful young adults, where fans can discuss the books, play online games, and just get to know one another.
You need to sign up and be approved in order to join, but the link is here if you'd like to start the process. If you're a fan of Blanche, Rose, Fish, and Bear and the rest, I hope you'll consider joining!

Monday, August 17, 2015
Finalists in our Contest
We received so many amazing and delightful entries in the #PrincessinDisguiseFTN contest (and you can browse them all here) but today the staff of Chesterton Press voted on their favorites. While we still haven't picked our winners yet, we wanted to share the list of the finalists -- those contestants whose outfits received one vote or more.
We've enlisted a judge off-site to break the tie, and hopefully within the next 48 hours we'll be announcing the First Place, Second Place and Third Place winners, as well as Honorable Mentions for each of our seven categories from the entries below.
Stay tuned! And congratulations to all our finalists!
We've enlisted a judge off-site to break the tie, and hopefully within the next 48 hours we'll be announcing the First Place, Second Place and Third Place winners, as well as Honorable Mentions for each of our seven categories from the entries below.
Stay tuned! And congratulations to all our finalists!

Stay Tuned for Contest Results!
We are compiling the posts for the Princess in Disguise Contest and our judges will be making decisions soon... You can see all the entries we have collected so far here: if your entry is missing, email me ASAP and let me know!
In the meantime, enjoy this long blog post from one contestant showing all her entries in the Princess In Disguise Contest!
winged writings, feathered photos: to live is an awfully big adventure: Entries for the Princess in Disguise Contest #PrincessInDisguiseFTN “Every once in a while you just have to decide to do something very...
In the meantime, enjoy this long blog post from one contestant showing all her entries in the Princess In Disguise Contest!
winged writings, feathered photos: to live is an awfully big adventure: Entries for the Princess in Disguise Contest #PrincessInDisguiseFTN “Every once in a while you just have to decide to do something very...

Thursday, August 6, 2015
Video Trailer of our Princess in Disguise Contest!
This video trailer features photos of some of the outfits already submitted by fans! Submit your own and join our contest!

Contest Entries so far!
We have nine days left in the #Princess in DisguiseFTN contest (click here to find the parameters and prizes!), and I wanted to post the entries we've found online so far! If you've entered and your picture isn't up there, let us know. You can also email entries to me, or post links to them in the comments section of this blog.
*Remember that although this is a photo contest, it's also a fashion contest, so we'd really love to see the outfits as well. So keep that in mind when deciding what photo to pick!*
Thanks so much to everyone who's entered, and remember you can enter as many times as you like, so keep on posting! And please share this contest with a friend!
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015
From: Confessions of a Seamstress: The Costumes of "The Shadow of the Bear"
I thought this was the perfect time to do a post about the costumes of "The Shadow of the Bear." (For newcomers to the blog, several years ago I directed/produced a student made/author approved adaptation of Regina Doman's "The Shadow of the Bear." You can read the whole story on this blog.)
One thing fans like myself really enjoyed about the books was how Regina detailed so many of the outfits Rose and Blanche wore. I did my best to be as accurate as possible, but because my role as "costumer" had to come second to "director/producer" I couldn't always be as precise as I wanted. When I couldn't precisely match up outfits, I just put Hannah (Blanche) and Sharayah (Rose) into appropriate colors/pieces.
(Yes, Hannah wore a black wig - she is a natural blonde). Read more...

Our Hearts Are Restless: Shelf Spotlight: Corinna Turner
A great review of I Am Margaret!
Our Hearts Are Restless: Shelf Spotlight: Corinna Turner: Welcome to this week's Shelf Spotlight! I've had the fun of reading a series by a brand-new British author, Corinna Turner . ...
"Based on the story of St. Margaret Clitherow, this is an intriguing look at a young adult's faith in the face of a disastrously pagan dystopia. Great world-building and conflict, which is made even richer in the following books. My favorite part is Easter - you'll understand why. :)" Read more...
Our Hearts Are Restless: Shelf Spotlight: Corinna Turner: Welcome to this week's Shelf Spotlight! I've had the fun of reading a series by a brand-new British author, Corinna Turner . ...
"Based on the story of St. Margaret Clitherow, this is an intriguing look at a young adult's faith in the face of a disastrously pagan dystopia. Great world-building and conflict, which is made even richer in the following books. My favorite part is Easter - you'll understand why. :)" Read more...

Monday, August 3, 2015
Regina's Reading Table: Intelligent Disobedience
This is an important book.
I met the author, Ira Chaleff, at a local author event shortly after he had moved into our area. Ira is a leader in a necessary area of business ethics: follower-ship. We always hear about the need for leadership, and the training of good leaders, but very few people think of the importance of good followers, or of being a good follower.
I consider myself a student of human nature by virtue of my primary occupation of fiction writing and editing. In order to create fascinating characters, one must be fascinated by humanity. An important part of studying humanity is studying how we relate in group settings, and that has led me to have an abiding interest in sociology. So when I first heard Ira discourse on the importance of follower-leader interactions I was intrigued, and I was excited to get a copy of his landmark book, The Courageous Follower. I knew he was working on a new book, and I knew I would read it, but I was unprepared for how engaging, provoking, and inspiring this book, Intelligent Disobedience: Doing Right When What You're Told Is Wrong, would be.
The term "Intelligent Disobedience" is used in guide-dog training: dogs who are trained companions to disabled people. When I was a little girl, we had a family friend, Bertha, who was blind, and whose constant companion was a black lab dog, a patient, gentle animal, who was always at her side, listening for Bertha's commands, but wise enough to disobey when needed. Bertha had told us how the dog was not only a guide, but a protector as well: he would stop her from walking into a busy street, or from hitting her head on a low obstacle. I don't know if I ever saw the dog's "intelligent disobedience" in action, but it impressed me profoundly that this dog was not only smart enough to obey, but smart enough to disobey.
How does this play out in human relationships? Most of us spend our social lives as part of some kind of hierarchy, however informal: we are employed, we are church members, we are club members, political party members: in our personal lives, we are students of teachers, children of parents, and so on. Part of being an adult is learning to be a good team player, to be able to take on a job or responsibility, to be able to be accountable. There's a lot of conscious and unconscious pressure, especially at school and at work, to learn to obey, to be obedient. While we Americans always pay lip service to the rebel, especially in our entertainment, most of us learn that rebelling in most situations is unproductive and even destructive. When we experience a conflict, especially in personal relationships, we might feel like we have only two choices: obey without question, or rebel and lose everything.
But how often do we learn how to disobey intelligently?
While Chaleff praises thoughtful civil disobedience, he makes it clear that intelligent disobedience is different. It's a wise way of working within the system to preserve the values the institution is based on while opposing a specific command or practice that contradicts those values.
The most riveting part of the book was the true life stories. The young emergency room nurse who was directed to give a patient a medication that she knew was dangerous. The lieutenant who was asked to cover up a military base violation. The teacher who found a fellow teacher had duct-taped a student to a chair. The McDonald's manager who was told to strip-search an employee. Sometimes inspiring and sometimes disturbing, these stories act as templates for how to act--and how not to act--in difficult situations.
Most of us have heard of the famous Milgram experiment in the 1960s where participants were asked to administer a possibly dangerous electric shock to test participants. Nearly 75% of participants did as they were told, even when they knew it was wrong. Chaleff revisits this experiment to find out something more important: under what conditions did participants disobey the orders? What factors encouraged more intelligent disobedience?
As in his other book, the highly-recommended The Courageous Follower, Chaleff acknowledges the role of belief in higher values and authority (ie: religion) to help a person wisely obey an errant authority. His ability to depict the nuances of ethical behavior is, as in the other book, spot on, making this book an important resource for believers who find themselves in the position of management or employee, in institutions both religious and secular. In a world where business ethics books either neglect or dismiss the role of religious belief, this inclusion is a breath of fresh air.
He also issues a call for educators to examine how they can train their students not just to learn to obey, but how to discern when disobedience is the higher call. Those who are striving to recover true liberal education (education that liberates) in schools should read this book. Montessori educators and Responsive Classroom theorists would find affirmation in some of their approaches. Classical educators and off-the-beaten-path educators and homeschoolers will find a book they will want to read aloud to their teenagers and absorb into their curriculum. At least, that's what I experienced!
Intelligent Disobedience is a must-read for anyone who recognizes the paradoxical quality of loyalty: that sometimes the best thing you can do for the authorities in your life is to oppose them. Wisely. Creatively. And loyally.
Read it to your teenagers. Read it to your fellow teachers. Share it with your organization.
This is an important book.
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Sunday, August 2, 2015
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