Mary Lamphere
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I gave a presentation at the DeKalb Public Library Author Fair titled, “So, you want to write a book…” I opened with this startling statistic: Did you know 90% of people SAY they want to write a book? Based on reported goal percentages, half will begin and less than half of those will finish. Of those that “finish”
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Yes, the story has probably been told before. But not by you. Tell YOUR story. Your voice is unique. We’re getting close, folks… U is only five letters from the end and the 21st entry of The Writer’s Alphabet! Once I get through the alphabet in order, then I can start adding definitions willy-nilly! (note
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Welcome to the July Literary Mary Chats, happily posted in July. This month I am pleased to introduce you to a prolific author I met through Facebook. K. J. Gillenwater has a B.A. in English and Spanish from Valparaiso University and an M.A. in Latin American Studies from University of California, Santa Barbara. She worked
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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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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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