Writing
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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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Oh, time. There never seems to be enough anymore… After another brutally busy weekend launching into another excitingly* busy week, I find myself succumbing to The Writer’s Alphabet for a quick and, ahem, timely definition. T is for Time. *Kicking off my Monday with a very special visit from South Africa! Can’t wait to see…
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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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A couple of weeks ago, Friday, May 18, I had my first ever BOOK RELEASE PARTY for my contemporary mythology tale, A Stranger’s Child. Hosted by the Karnitz Art Gallery, it was a splendid little affair. Despite ASC being my fourth publication, this was my first launch. I’ve facilitated three Word of Arts, each with a hard…
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This month’s Literary Mary Chats interview is with DeAnna Knippling, a talented, knowledgeable, and ballsy writer, speaker, and horror discussion panelist that I met at the Pikes Peak Writing Conference, #PPWC2018. DeAnna Knippling is a freelance writer, editor, and book designer living in Colorado. She started out as a farm girl in the middle of South…
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Kindle Worlds, a publication platform where authors could choose a licensed World, write their own story in that world with the author’s permission (and encouragement), then publish with Amazon to be available through Kindle for purchase and download, will be no more. I am crushed. In the midst of promoting the book I just published,…
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