Anngela Schroeder

Anngela has a degree in English with a concentration in British Literature and a Masters of Education. She loves to travel, bake, and watch college football with her husband of 23 years and 3 handsome sons. Her earliest memory is sitting on the kitchen counter, swinging her legs and regaling her mother with stories she dreamt the night before. Her weaknesses are yellow cake with chocolate frosting, her father's Arabic food (namely grape leaves, and falafel), and frozen Girl Scout Thin Mints. She lives in California where she dreams of Disney adventures and trips across the pond. When she is not writing, she teaches 12th grade English and Creative Writing, plans events for her high school seniors, and perfects her chocolate chip cookie recipe.

Most commented posts

  1. The Greatest Risk-Chapter 1 — 66 comments
  2. The Greatest Risk-A Work in Progress — 64 comments
  3. Upcoming Release- Chapter 1 — 53 comments
  4. The Beauty of Escapism — 49 comments
  5. Inspiration Strikes-An Excerpt from my Unexpected Current Work in Progress — 42 comments

Author's posts

Mary Bennet in “Ramsgate”

  Happy Wednesday, Janeites!  I hope you are bearing the weather in your part of the globe. We are warming up here on the West Coast of the U.S., and are surviving record breaking heat.  As I’m sitting in my air conditioned house sipping strawberry lemonade, I have been working on my WIP ‘Ramsgate’ (still …

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Ramsgate Excerpt & Help Me Choose My Title!

Happy Monday, Janeites!  I do hope your July is starting out with a bang! To paraphrase Mansfield Park, ‘Life has been a succession of busy nothings’ for the last week, and it’s just what I needed to recharge my batteries! I have completed two more chapters on my upcoming novella, and it’s taking shape better …

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Excerpt from Chapter 2 of “Ramsgate”

    Hello, Janeites! Happy May! I hope your year has been going wonderfully, and will continue to bring you joy! As a busy mom of three handsome boys (I’m biased, I know), sometimes things get lost in the shuffle, and I go into cruise control. There are things that we know will happen with …

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A Rose by Any Other Name, Revisited.

  Good morning, dear readers!  I hope you enjoy revisiting one of my favorite posts from a few years ago. I have updated the game at the end and can’t wait to see your new comments below. Happy Thursday!     To love and appreciate something, you really have to understand it; understand the layers, …

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Youthful Fancies-The Adventures of the Gardiner Girls.

  Happy Tuesday, dear Janeites!  As we conclude the month of February, we reflect back on the joys of youth. Oh, to be young again; when one’s greatest concern was if mom had packed a Twinkie or Ding Dong in your lunch. When things were always much more dramatic in your mind than in reality. …

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Choose Your Own Adventure

Happy Monday, dear Janeites! I was contemplating upcoming decisions in my life and what I believe would be to the chagrin of my younger self, things have NOT gotten easier since becoming an adult. Luckily, I have our dear Jane to help me escape. I believe we all need a little escape, and often want …

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Inspiration Strikes-An Excerpt from my Unexpected Current Work in Progress

Good morning, dear readers!  Have you ever been moving along so perfectly in your life that everything seems to be falling into place?  You have your work done, the house is clean, laundry is folded, all dinners are set for the next week…basically EVERYTHING is laid out for your life to go as smoothly as …

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New Year’s Resolutions with Jane

Happy New Year, dear readers!  I hope your 2023 has started out safe, healthy and prosperous! Many of us enjoy Pride and Prejudice as an insight into the Georgian culture; a romance with refinement; a testament to the sharp wit of a female writer. However, did we ever consider it to be a compass for …

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An Unexpected Merry Gentleman

Happy Holidays, Dear Readers! I don’t know about you, but I feel as if the season has snuck up on me. Between grading essays, football season and preparing for next term, I didn’t realize it was almost Christmas until…well…it was. There is nothing I love more during the month of December than to read a …

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The Greatest Risk-Chapter 3 (Excerpt 2)

“The Greatest Risk is to show others who we truly are.” ~Cinderella 2015   Happy Fall, dear readers. What a wonderful time of year. The leaves are changing, the weather is beginning to cool and holidays are fast approaching. As we prepare to spend time with those we love, I decided I wanted to share …

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