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Fall 2021 ~~ Author Interviews

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“Write about things that you’re afraid to speak. . . ”  ~~Linda Hoye   The Presence of Absence: A Story About Busyness, Brokenness, and Being Beloved The Presence of Absence sounds like an oxymoron at first. Far from it. It’s a story that encompasses philosophy, spirituality, and a fascinating journey of self-discovery. Author Linda Hoye

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Summer 2021 ~~ Interviews

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“Entering any contest is good for a writer. It sharpens our tools and forces us to do the best we possibly can. To get published, we must accept nothing but the best from ourselves.”  ~~ Susan Keller   Writing Brings Clarity An Interview with Susan Keller by B. Lynn Goodwin Susan Keller submitted the opening

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Spring 2021 ~~ Interviews

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“Journaling is my way of clearing my throat as a writer, basically getting anything that might be in my way out and onto paper so I can focus.”  ~~Susan J. Tweet   A Creative Time An interview with Susan J. Tweit by B. Lynn Goodwin Susan Tweit’s Bless the Birds: Living with Love in a

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Winter 2021 — Interviews

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“Isolation isn’t an excuse to give up.”     ~~Carolyn Howard Johnson “Be generous to others and it will come back to you.”   ~~ B. Lynn Goodwin “Whenever I try to engineer a story too much, it ends up feeling forced and obvious.”  –Eliza Jane Brazier   Note: More interviews coming soon.  Another Project,

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Fall 2020 Author Interviews

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“We tell stories in order to live.”    ~~Joan Didion “Isolation isn’t an excuse to give up.”     ~~Carolyn Howard Johnson   Promotion, Promotion An inteview with Carolyn Howard-Johnson by B. Lynn Goodwin Carolyn Howard-Johnson brings her experience as a publicist, journalist, marketer, and retailer to the advice she gives in her HowToDoItFrugally series

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Summer — 2020 Two New Author Interviews

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New review published 9-08-20: “Storytelling as an effective teaching strategy was my first focus…”  ~~Kate Farrell STORY POWER: Secrets to Creating, Crafting, and Telling Memorable Stories  An interview with Kate Farrell by B. Lynn Goodwin Storytelling has been around longer than the written word. How can you make your stories more vivid, compelling, and engaging?

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Spring 2020–An Interview with Susan Cushman

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“The best editor I’ve had actually helped a book increase by 10,000 words by making suggestions to expand scenes and even add chapters where the plot was sagging.”             ~~Susan Cushman FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY An interview with Susan Cushman by B. Lynn Goodwin ISBN # 978-1633938953 Koehler Books   Informed by Issues from my

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Interview with Camille Pagan–Summer 2019

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Don’t be so stuck on one course of action that you miss crucial opportunities to advance your career.   –Camille Pagan    The Only Constant in Publishing is Change An Interview with Camille Pagan by B. Lynn Goodwin   Do you ever want out of the drill and tedium of your daily life? I sure

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Interview with Mary Jo Doig — April-June 2019

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My Story Must Be Told An interview with Mary Jo Doig by B. Lynn Goodwin   We all have things we don’t remember. Some memories move over to make space for more important ones, and some get buried because they ignite pain or fear. In Mary Jo Doig’s memoir, Patchwork, a flashback following the death

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An Interview with Peng Shepherd

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“Dystopian literature especially appeals to me because it’s a genre that lends itself well to exploring what it means to be human.”            ~~Peng Shepherd   The Book of M   As I Wrote The Idea Grew An interview with Peng Shepherd by B. Lynn Goodwin   Author Peng Shepherd starts The Book of M with

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