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If I Were a Creek
If I were a creek and you came to sitAlong my lush green grass for a bit When summer was young and my waters flowed Over the rocks where the warm sun glowed If I…
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First Non-Fiction Release!
“Bygone” is the messy notes I scrawled on notebook paper by the quiet lakeside. Or the tears in my pillow at night. Or the nameless joys that race through me, too complicated to…
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Release Day!
It’s finally RELEASE DAY! This novel is a year of my life and a piece of my heart. I hope you enjoy reading the story as much as I enjoyed writing it. You…
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The Old Folks
The old folks—my, a race, A people all their own, I used to dread the day, I’d be so stooped and grown. I used to think—my sakes, To be so pale and slow,…
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You Can’t Fall Up: A Guide on Eliminating Redundancy Monsters
In every manuscript, there are tiny little monsters. Most of the time we, as the author, can’t find them. They’re much too clever to be discovered, and often times it takes a new…
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The Art of Thinking
Silly me, but I used to be ardently against the modern cellphone. What positive insanity, I thought! After all, who would want to be bothered with phone calls and text messages while running…
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Practical Tips for Marketing Your Book
You’re the next Jane Austen, aren’t you? Oh, come on. Don’t be modest. You really are, right? Maybe so. Who knows? I don’t know. But I’ll tell you this—I know who won’t know,…
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I Signed with a Literary Agent!
I have been bubbling over since Christmas Day, when I opened the best present ever in my inbox: an agent. I am so thankful and honored to sign a contract with Sarah Freese…
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Mr. William Kensley
Enter into the world of Garden of the Midnights, where the gardens are rich with fragrance and the terrain is green and sloping. If you chance to wander from the manor, in the early…