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Author Talk…One Week Away!
Thank you Pleasant Hill Library in Hastings, MN for hosting an Author Talk with Kennedy and me on May 29! Suddenly Rural Girl is an awesome summer read for teens, so if you know some in the area, let them know! (Plus, if you order your favorite teen a copy of Suddenly Rural Girl fromContinue reading “Author Talk…One Week Away!”
The Storms of Eddie Greer (a review)
Over the past few years, I’ve enjoyed reading novels by local authors more and more. William Kent Krueger remains my favorite modern Minnesota writer, but Mary Perrine captures our Midwestern state well. The Storms of Eddie Greer is a detailed character study into what makes an old man grumpy. It doesn’t justify his behavior, butContinue reading “The Storms of Eddie Greer (a review)”
21 Most “EPIC” Book Trailers!
The Suddenly Rural Girl trailer was recently selected by Rocket Expansion as one of the 21 of the Most Epic Book Trailers. In addition to be honored, it’s also humbling to be recognized in such an impressive grouping. The site also offers great tips on how to develop more epic book trailers. To watch ourContinue reading “21 Most “EPIC” Book Trailers!”
CS Lewis says The issue, is Us.
Be Gloriously Different.
While I read my Kindle, I highlight lines I think are particularly well-written. This is another from C.S. Lewis/
The Paragon Hotel
While I read my Kindle, I highlight lines I think are particularly well-written. Here’s another.
Quote 1 from The Alchemist
While I read my Kindle, I highlight lines I think are particularly well-written. Here’s another.
Please is enough.
She masked her pain until she couldn’t take it anymore, and now here I was, for the second time in a week, witnessing her vulnerability. I wanted to walk away. It was her problem, after all. I couldn’t fix it. But I had to try. I didn’t have to like her, or trust her, butContinue reading “Please is enough.”
Great Lines from the Paragon Hotel (5)
“Lighting it, he hands it over. I take a drag. It’s asphalt and moonlight, better than the soup.” “Max’s deep-set eyes narrow. They’re darker than gold, lighter than bronze. The color of an elegant brass rail in a speakeasy. Or, better still, of a pocket watch that’s been taken out and consulted over a fewContinue reading “Great Lines from the Paragon Hotel (5)”
Moms and daughters…
Again, the line was silent. Sometimes moms and daughters put too many words between them. Sometimes silence creates the distance. This is another line from Suddenly Rural Girl, the Christian YA Novel I’m close to wrapping up. I’m looking forward to shifting from the editing to the publication phase, soon, and that’ll be fun andContinue reading “Moms and daughters…”
Laura Taylor Namey’s The Library of Lost Things (5)
It’s a treat to be able to highlight quotes in a Kindle and have them saved in a csv file! Here are a few more from Namey: “My stomach instantly fluttered. ‘You,’ he said, ‘are so pretty. But when we’re at Yellow Feather, and I’m staring at you from across the room, and you’re bentContinue reading “Laura Taylor Namey’s The Library of Lost Things (5)”