• Facebook Notes (Part 2)

    Facebook Notes (Part 2)

    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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  • Facebook Notes (Part 1)

    Facebook Notes (Part 1)

    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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  • Writing yourself into a corner.

    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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  • PSAA

    PSAA

    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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  • Yours Truly

    Yours Truly

    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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  • A Bad Word.

    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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  • Time, Time, Time…

    Time, Time, Time…

    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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  • Getting Lit!

    Getting Lit!

    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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  • The Book Party

    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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  • Colorado Connection

    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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