Holidays

Sunday Dinner with Danielle Grandinetti – Part 3

As Silent as the Night, Christmas, Culture, Holidays, Sunday Dinner

For today’s Sunday Dinner, I’m inviting you to pull up a chair as I share some fun research behind the history I include in my upcoming Christmas novella, As Silent as the Night. This is the third of three posts. If you missed the first two posts, you can read them here and here. Today I’ll share about a few Wisconsin Christmas traditions.

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Sunday Dinner with Danielle Grandinetti – Part 2

As Silent as the Night, Christmas, Culture, Holidays, Sunday Dinner

For today’s Sunday Dinner, I’m inviting you to pull up a chair as I share some fun research behind the history I include in my upcoming Christmas novella, As Silent as the Night. This is the second of three posts. If you missed the first post, you can read it here. Today I’ll share about Santa Lucia Day.

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Sunday Dinner with Danielle Grandinetti – Part 1

As Silent as the Night, Christmas, Culture, Holidays, Sunday Dinner

For today’s Sunday Dinner, I’m inviting you to pull up a chair as I share some fun research behind the Christmas traditions I include in my upcoming historical romance, As Silent as the Night. This is the first of three posts and in it, I’ll share about St. Nicholas Day.

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Spotlight | To Stand in the Breach

1920s-1930s, Historical Fiction, Holidays, Novellas, Romantic Suspense, Spotlight, To Stand in the Breach, Writing Spot, Written by Danielle

This month, 89 years ago, Wisconsin dairy farmers debated a coordinated strike to protest the low milk prices. The day after Valentine’s Day, the first of three strikes began. The day before, I take readers to fictional Eagle, Wisconsin in To Stand in the Breach. Read on for an excerpt from the first chapter.

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