Mary Lamphere
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Everybody Wants Some !! A kick-ass soundtrack But mediocre movie With the guy from Glee The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream Writers as Readers July book club selection Messy info-dump Gilead Another WaR book I read it on audio Better than Third Coast Pocket Money My publication Four point six on the
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The Golden Rule is do unto others as you would have them do unto you. But you know that. Whatever happened to don’t knock it till you try it? Sometimes followed by, if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all? When did our point of view become more important than each other? Our
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As usual, I came to the computer this Monday morning with a million blog ideas and nothing to say. Then I read a post by a blog I follow called, 1PublishedGirl, about her book soundtrack. She says, and I quote because it’s a fabulous quote, “Writing without a soundtrack is like writing without a keyboard.” It’s a split
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Everyone is familiar with the question, Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Alas, my pondering for this holiday is not so ponder-ous. Knowing my recent history (moving and publishing), I ask, which shall come first–book two or the unpacking of boxes? Remember, it took me ten years to publish. And nineteen years to
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I don’t have a tattoo. It’s not that I’m against them, it’s just that I’ve never found a design worth permanently attaching to my body. But a lot of people I know have tattoos. I’ve accompanied several to the tattoo parlor and witnessed the process. Heck, I’ve even helped select the font they were permanently attaching
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Buy Pocket Money. From Amazon. Or Kindle. Or even through Barnes & Noble. (I’m on B&N, too!) A lot of people say they want to buy it from me directly so I get the money. I understand the logic and appreciate the intent, but really, the impact your retail purchase and subsequent review will have on the
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The protagonist is male. In the early stages of beta reading, people were occasionally confused, thinking it was a girl. Maybe because I wrote it and I’m a girl?When I corrected them, they would say, well, it could be a girl. Maybe…but it’s not. (And really, it couldn’t be.) I hope it’s clear in the
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That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, friends and family, readers and collectors of fine books! You may now purchase Pocket Money, the debut novel by author M F Lamphere. (That’s me!) Available through Amazon or Kindle. May 22, 1992 I hate this day. I’ve been away four years. A college lifetime. Heading back to meet up with
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I took the day off from blogging yesterday. I hope you were too busy enjoying the day with friends, family, meals, memories, fun & sun to notice. Last stages of editing before pre-orders for Pocket Money will be available. STAY TUNED! Beware the promotional publication blasts. Consider yourself warned, I’m just sayin’. Do us all a
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Ideas are easy. Coming up with new ideas for a story and developing a plan are easy. Verbalizing a synopsis of your story, or just telling it, is easy. Hitting the high points, introducing your characters, and bringing it all together in a two minute monologue–that’s easy. Writing is hard. Connecting those plot points is hard. Organizing the
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