It’s all about me
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Hard to believe, considering my weekly blogs, but I only posted four Facebook notes! Here is the last of them. Then: Printer’s Row June 7, 2011 at 9:55 AM My time in Chicago was brief, but I still enjoyed the event immensely. I attended the New Author Panel, featuring Deanna Fei, Samuel Park, Belinda McKeon,…
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A Facebook Note from well before “busy” was a bad word, lol. Then: Busy, busy May 8, 2011 at 11:54 AM I submitted three different short stories this past week to two different contests. How will the stories fare amongst the competition? I honestly don’t know, but as my status reads, I’ve a sweet little sense…
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In sequential order, here is the second Facebook Note I posted. Enjoy. Then: My attention is a wild animal March 13, 2011 at 3:59 PM I attended the Literary Road Show last Wednesday with Kristin, my partner in crime, er, I guess we’re partners in writing now. It was our first visit and we really did…
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How’s this for a fun flashback? Going through my Facebook Mary Lamphere-Author account, I recently came across a couple of old posts. These “notes” were a way to blog before I was blogging. It was interesting to read them after ALL THIS TIME! Here is the first one. (Did you check the date? This one was posted in…
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With the conception of A Stranger’s Child, a contemporary continuation of the Pandora myth, I wrote my first novel with series potential. I’ve always been an idea author–too many ideas to stick with one premise. That’s why I enjoy flash fiction so much, cycle through a ton of ideas with a bunch of short stories!…
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Public Service Announcement for Authors This is a message in all authors’ interest with the objective of raising awareness, changing author habits, and identifying editorial behavior towards overused words in writing. Warning: This post contains images writers may find disturbing. I recently read a book by a debut author. The cover was beautiful, the interior…
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The month of June got away from me and I was ill-prepared for (forgot about) my June Literary Mary Chats interview. So guess what? It’s ME! I’m last month’s guest. 🙂 Mary Lamphere, co-founder of In Print Professional Writers’ Organization, writes poetry, novels, short stories, and her Monday blog. A best-selling, award-winning, and multi-published author,…
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I bet you say it. A LOT. The connotation has evolved (devolved?) over the past few years. It used to reference good things like 1. actively and attentively engaged, or 2. not at leisure. But now, with our ridiculously full schedules, we drop the B word like f-bombs. You may have already guessed that BUSY…
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at the Chicago Printer’s Row 34th Annual Lit Fest celebration. For the second year in a row, I was able to set up a table and sell my books, A Stranger’s Child and Pocket Money, under the Chicago Writers’ Association tent. This year’s time slot felt different… We set up Saturday from 3-6 pm.…
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