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Madam Mariana fields a question from…a dog!

April 29, 2021 by Claudia Long 2 Comments

In which Madam Mariana fields a question from…a dog! Yes, even dogs have questions about love, about life… Dear Madam Mariana,   I am a Scottish Terrier named Bilbo, and […]

Filed Under: advice, artists, Books on Parade, Dog's Life, Dogs, Food, Journeys, love, San Francisco, Uncategorized Tagged With: #AskMadamMariana, #dogs, #dogslife, #GreyfriarsBobby, #indiewriter, #MadamMariana, #obituaries, #ScottishTerrier, #typecasting, advice, love

Breaking up with a killer? Here’s how!

April 22, 2021 by Claudia Long Leave a Comment

Dear Mrs. Know-it-all, aka Madam Mariana: I am the taller, more beautiful sister of the notorious Zara Persil-Pendleton, who is getting all of the attention as usual. As if money-management […]

Filed Under: advice, artists, Books on Parade, Food, Journeys, love, San Francisco Tagged With: #bestsellingnovel, #booksonparade, #coittower, #MadamMariana, #moneymanagement, #siblingrivalry, #tellallnovel, advice, Jewish, Women writers, Women's Fiction

From Italia, con amore

April 15, 2021 by Claudia Long Leave a Comment

Beyond the Ghetto Gates

Mia cara Madam Mariana: I am corresponding with someone I may have feelings for. Our letters have to cross the Mediterranean Sea as I live in Ancona, Italy, and my friend is […]

Filed Under: advice, artists, Food, Journeys, love, San Francisco, Uncategorized Tagged With: #lovelorn #MadamMariana, historical fiction, historical romance, Jewish, love, Women writers, Women's Fiction, writing

Our San Francisco lusty-widow-turned-journalist is back

April 8, 2021 by Claudia Long Leave a Comment

[Madam Mariana has received a shocking missive from 1933, and her cloche hat definitely slipped when she read this letter from Lucy!] Dear Madam Mariana: Now it’s really too late. […]

Filed Under: advice, artists, Food, Journeys, love, San Francisco Tagged With: #Arnautorff, #coittower, #loveadvice, #MadamMariana, #SanFrancisco

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