Mary Lamphere
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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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Scene, senses, styles, suspense, symbolism… But the MOST important S is SAVE! If you have EVER lost anything, you KNOW this! And yet… HERE IS YOUR WRITER’S ALPHABET REMINDER– Control S! Do it! Now! Again! SAVE THE WORK!
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Welcome to the fourth installment of Literary Mary Chats. I am pleased to be sharing this space with the incomparable Jen Mann, a prolific, genuine, and funny author whom I had the pleasure to meet and hear speak at a stop on her book tour in Plainfield, Il. Jen Mann is best known for her
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Not just any book release party– MY BOOK RELEASE PARTY! I am proud to be partnering with Karnitz Art Gallery in downtown Rockford for a night of reading, signing, and book sales. And also snacking and drinking. Really, I am SO EXCITED and a little nervous about this opportunity to meet with readers and discuss
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As I sit at my desk, tapping away at the keys, the visions flowing through my head to my fingertips which translate my thoughts into words creating stories, I am constantly amazed. I am a writer. I get to make stuff up to share with other people. And I like it, I really like it.
MARY LAMPHERE AUTHOR 